#FactOfTheDay 13/07/18 – NASA is running a colony on Mars: Where is the answer of the European Commission ?

On Wednesday, Facebook held an event about the prevention of misinformation and its own actions from the spread of « Fake News » (or misinformation) on its platform. As the discussion went, the question was raised whether InfoWars, a well-known conspiracy website, would see its status of « Official » Facebook page demoted. Facebook answered that: “[…] just for being false, that doesn’t violate the community standards ».

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The EU’s engagement in Syria and the importance of the Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” (Part II)

On 24th and 25th April 2018, in Brussels, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) co-chaired the second Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”,…

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#FactOfTheDay 14/06/18 – The bear and the starry night – Political turmoil in Caucasia

Yesterday, news of Georgia’s Prime minister’s resignation seems to have caught most of the country’s observers by surprise. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who was the head of the government for the last…

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L’exclusion numérique : Comprendre et Apprendre pour Mieux Lutter

En 2018, près de quatre personnes sur cinq (79 %) âgées entre 16 et 74 ans utilisent l’Internet au moins une fois par semaine. Au sein de l’Union européenne (UE),…

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#FactOfTheDay 08/03/2018: International Women’s Day, what is wrong in Europe ?

Today, March 8th, 2018, is International Women’s Day. This year, International Women's Day is part of an unprecedented global movement for women's rights, equality, and justice. Sexual harassment, violence, and discrimination…

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NATO’s impact on the European international security and counter-terrorism policy

On 5th and 6th December 2017, NATO Foreign Ministers meeting took place in Brussels. With a view to the next Summit in July 2018, NATO underlined three fundamental issues: the…

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Stratégie ou coopération – L’Union européenne, l’OTAN et le terrorisme

Un an après la publication de la Stratégie Globale de l’Union européenne (UE) pour la politique étrangère et la sécurité, et un mois après le Sommet européen à Bruxelles, on parle encore de l’efficacité et l’efficience pour contrer les menaces hybrides. Mais avant de contrer la menace, l’UE doit évaluer sa capacité en termes de sécurité et de défense, soulignant la forte coopération qui a été mise en place avec l’OTAN. En ce moment, l’Alliance a tendance à se concentrer de plus en plus sur l’une des menaces qui ont maintenant un effet direct sur les pays de l’Alliance: le terrorisme islamique. L’approche théorique, de caractère évolutif, explique comment l’UE et l’OTAN ont mis en place un programme de révision interne afin de s’adapter aux nouvelles menaces hybrides, et en même temps comment les deux organisations ont réussi à coopérer pour y faire face. En second lieu, dans cet article, les mesures mises en place par l’UE et l’OTAN et leur perception de la menace terroriste (depuis la création de l’Etat islamique) seront analysées. Enfin, à la lumière de la réunion du Conseil de l’UE pour les affaires étrangères et la réunion du 25 mai des chefs d’Etat de l’OTAN, nous déterminerons si une stratégie de coopération existe et quels sont les avantages et les inconvénients résultant de cette situation.

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Conference on Syria in Brussels – The European Union is already thinking about the post-conflict phase

It will have two main objectives. On the one side, taking stock of the implementation of commitments of the donor community at the London conference, on which the EU has delivered in full. But most of all it will be a political conference, hoping that could be the moment for the international community together to turn the page and start the political transition, the reconciliation process and the reconstruction of Syria”. With these words, the High Representative Federica Mogherini, announced the Conference on Syria held on 5 April, which gathered the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other delegations in Brussels.

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US Vice-President Mike Pence (L) meets with European Council head Donald Tusk at the European Commission in Brussels on February 20, 2017. The European Union counts on getting the same complete support from the Trump adminstration as from its predecessors, European Council head Donald Tusk said on February 20. / AFP / THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)

#FactOfTheDay: The future of EU-U.S. relations – Did Pence bring the wind of change?

Today the American Vice-President Mike Pence was in Brussels for holding talks with EU officials. His visit follows contrastive and confusional signals coming from USA since the election of Trump…

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#FactOfTheDay : The European Union was established 25 years ago by the signature of the Maastricht Treaty

On February 7th 1992, the Member States - then twelve - signed the most important act of the building of Europe, after the Treaty of Rome (which will soon be…

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