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Nicolas Gros Verheyde 3th OctoberSeptember 11, 2023 fact checking, funding, France, Athena Mechanism, Nationalism, External operations, Opex, Stability Pact, Q&A

War or peace (4). Make others contribute to French operations? A brilliant idea… inapplicable

(B2) “France must be exempted from certain defense expenditures, if not all, because of its commitments

Brief blog Economy Euro zone Gulf Middle East

Nicolas Gros Verheyde November 21, 2015September 11, 2023 Paris attacks, BFM Business, military operation, Stability Pact, video

Stability or security pact? Going to war in Syria?

(B2) Out of 500 million Europeans, the weekend program on BFM Business devoted to Europe after the attacks in Paris, we

Blog Analysis EU Defense (Doctrine)Gulf Middle East

Nicolas Gros Verheyde November 18, 2015September 11, 2023 Article 42.7 TEU, Article 5 NATO, mutual defense clause, Daech, Defense expenditure, Francois hollande, ISIS, NATO-EU, Stability Pact, Russia, Ukraine

In 24 hours, a strategic clarification on 4 fundamental points. The end of an inconsistency

(B2) Until now, faced with the crisis in Syria and in the rest of the world, the French and the Europeans had

News Blog Economy Euro zone

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 14th January 201514th January 2015 Stability Pact, Terrorisme, Eurozone

Attacks in France. Not enough to whip a deficit!

(BRUSSELS2) No mercy for France in these dramatic circumstances? According to the first elements obtained, the pact of

Blog Analysis EU Defense (Doctrine)Economy Euro zone

Nicolas Gros Verheyde November 28, 201430th June 2023 Germany, Defense budget, Deficit, Debt, Nuclear deterrence, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, EUTM Mali, France, Investments, Iraq, Opex, Stability Pact, Statistics

Defense spending and deficit? To put an end to some false good ideas...

(BRUSSELS2) If France has a deficit, it would be in a way (also) because of its significant military expenditure.

News Blog European policy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 3th October4th October Hearings, Commission 2014, Deficit, Economy Euro zone, Stability Pact, Pierre Moscovici

Moscovici too fair for his first audition. Sentenced to catch up

(BRUXELLES2) Pierre Moscovici was expected at the turn in Brussels. Not really on his skills but on his past

Blog Analysis European policy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde September 9, 200922th January 2023 2010, social diary, Hearings, Unemployment, Commission 2009, European Commission, economic crisis, Magazine, Jose-Manuel Barroso, Indoor market, Stability Pact, European Parliament, industrial policy, Lisbon Strategy

Barroso, the marshmallow man with a beautiful social trompe l'oeil

(B2) José-Manuel Barroso finishes this week a little tour in front of the political groups to present his program (it started

[Alert] Joe Biden launches the debate on post-Gaza. Possible sanctions against Israeli settlers November 18, 2023
(B2) In an opinion published in the Washington Post this Saturday (November 18), the American president sets the stage for the aftermath of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. But above all, he threatens extremist settlers with sanctions by
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Interview] Brexit, Putin, Middle East, Rule of law, Unanimity, High Representative… Jean Asselborn lets loose November 18, 2023
(B2) Just before his departure from the Luxembourg government, Jean Asselborn, the dean of foreign policy among Europeans, agreed to share with us the fruit of his experience. Twenty years of holding the handle
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Verbatim] Warning Danger! Europe still lives in the age of innocence (Nathalie Loiseau) November 14, 2023
(B2) In front of a selected audience of soldiers, researchers, experts in geopolitics, students, Nathalie Loiseau (Horizons/Renew), delivered a vibrant appeal to Europeans to become aware of their assets - democracy, prosperity, peace -, assets
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Verbatim] A European defense, still nowhere to be found (Defence interviews) November 2, 2023
(B2) Despite growing tensions on the world stage, the war in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, European defense remains a mirage. The Atlantic Alliance is strengthening. And the Europeans always show up
Olivier Jehin
[In brief] In the absence of a rapid European possibility, Armenia will be armed by France 24th October
(B2) Ground-air defense, radars, enhanced cooperation, training... France promises Armenia all its military support. Support which overcomes the difficulty at European level of triggering significant and rapid aid under the
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[In brief] During the war in Ukraine, trade with Russia continues 24th October
(B2) Despite the war in Ukraine, imports of certain Russian special metals, such as titanium and aluminum, continue. To the greatest benefit of the oligarchs close to power, denounces a journalistic investigation. The main players in
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Analysis] Von der Leyen's media coup in Israel: a real institutional coup? 15th October
(B2) The President of the European Commission committed a major political blunder on Friday (October 13). A diplomatic mistake and an institutional error. But above all a strategic error which could undermine all
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Reportage] In Toledo, Ukrainian soldiers in combat training and against IEDs September 3, 2023
(B2 - exclusive) Without fanfare, Spain continues training Ukrainian soldiers. More than 3000 have already been trained. Mainly within its infantry academy in Toledo. Express, practical and intense training to which B2
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Analysis] ASAP, ammunition plan. Schizophrenia pushed to its climax 11th June 2023
(B2) The censorship of several major provisions of the European Commission's project aimed at boosting the production of munitions is surprising in more than one way. The proposed act of support for the production of
Olivier Jehin