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Petra Gombalová Kyslingerová, Head of Division, Eastern Partnership, Regional Cooperation & OSCE, EEAS Pierre Vimont, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe; former Secretary General, European External Action Service; former Ambassador of France to the United States Chaired by Nicu Popescu, Director, Wider Europe Programme, ECFR In recent years there have been increasing calls on the EU to act more geopolitically in its Eastern neighbourhood. What policy changes do the EU and its member states need t...

The vaccine has not yet been approved by Europe's medicines agency but orders are piling in.

The vaccine has not yet been approved by Europe's medicines agency but orders are piling in.

2010: EUs new diplomacy in search of old élan? First EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana (l) with Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2003 (Photo: ec.europa.eu) Brussels, 28. Dec 2020, 07:37 The EU foreign service has changed from a man with a phone to "a very large ship" in the past 10 years, for Pierre Vimont - one of its quintessential insiders. But EU diplomacy needs to rediscover its former élan, Vimont said. Read and decide Get instant access to all articles — and 20 years o...

Does Brexit free Europe to seek closer union? Posted : 2020-12-25 14:31 Updated : 2020-12-25 14:31 European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters, where Brexit talks took place, in Brussels, Belgium, December 24, 2020. REUTERS-Yonhap British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels shackles, but does the departure also free Europe to go its own way? Londons departure strips the bloc of its second largest economy after Germanys, and of ...

Synopsis For some, the decision in July at a marathon EU summit to move towards joint borrowing to fund a post-coronavirus recovery plan for the union is a sign of what can now be achieved. Reuters The outcome will depend on whether UK will return to a close association with Brussels or whether it will eventually prosper on the outside Brussels: British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels shackles, but does the departure also free Europe to go its own way? Lon...

In the coalition against dash in syria and in iraq. therefore, this active role for the main contender is something that we want to keep on and we want to continue and to extend. so here again, if you look at opinion polls and the way the french voters have reacted so far, with regard to nato, there is still a very strong support for remaining a partner inside nato. something around 70% of opinion polls. of course, one has always has to be cautious with opinion polls nowadays. but i think that s...