Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union ended After 6 months of presidency, Germany gives, as expected, its place to Portugal. She had taken over the reins of the Council of Europe this summer, in the midst of the Corona Virus crisis, and included a major economic recovery Read more…
Basic Facts The Franco-German Brigade, deployed on 2 October 1989, is a binational major military unit at brigade level. The idea of a close military cooperation has been formulated in the Elysée Treaty in 1963. In 1987, German chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president François Mitterand agreed to set up Read more…
Basic Facts In 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimea, the focus of german defense policy and strategy returned on the task of national defense. Due to the previous planning, german marines were able and equipped to fight in an asymmetric environment, whereas the German Seebataillon had not enough personnel and Read more…