In this edition that covers the last two weeks, we have summarized a key-not speech on the future of Europe, held by Olaf Scholz on the 29th of august in Prague. We will also talk about the dispute between the NATO-allies, Greece and Turkey, about the discussion on allowed EU-entry Read more…
The NewsFeed is a press review with a summary of a selection of articles and events that occurred in the past 2 weeks. Keep track!In our last NewsFeed we informed about the different the positions, candidates for the french presidency haIn our brief of the last weeks, you will find Read more…
Basic Facts The Political and Security Committee (PSC) is a key institution regarding the common foreign and security policy as well as the Unionâs common security and defense Policy. The committee is part of the Council of the European Union and is therefore a substantial part of the European Unionâs Read more…
Absatz freihalten Prof. Carlo Masala holds the professorship for International Politics at the UniversitĂ€t der Bundeswehr Munich. Co-publisher of various journals, he shapes in parallel the largest German- language podcast on Security policy (“Sicherheitshalber”) and is founder of the Metis institute for strategy and foresight, also at the University of Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Foreign Affairs Council (EU FAC) is a formation of the European Council which was created by the treaty of Lisbon in 2009. There are four different formats of this council formation and four possible constellations. The foreign, defence, development or trade ministers can meet in Read more…
Basic Facts In July 2004, the EU decided to form the EU Battlegroups (EUBG), an initiative, which was especially advocated by Germany, France, and Great Britain. Also smaller member states were initially involved in the project, as it offered them an opportunity to take part to the European Unionâs Permanent Read more…
Basic Facts The Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) is a permanent operational headquarters, part of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS). It has been created the same year as the EUMS in 2017. It is based in Brussels, Belgium and it is under control of the General Director of Read more…
Basic Facts The work of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) and the Intelligence Directorate has to be seen in the broader context of the European security framework. The development of the European Security Strategy (ESS) and the launch of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) missions in the early Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Military Staff (EUMS) is a department of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), that has been created in 2002 to assist the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Its headquarters is based in Brussels, Belgium. Since 2020, the General Director Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is a European Agency based in TorrejĂłn de Ardoz, Spain. Since 2019, its director is the Rumanian diplomat Sorin Dumitru Ducaru. He previously held several key positions at NATO and is a specialist of Cyber Defense issues. Before becoming a European Agency Read more…