Prime Minister Kurti, the new government you want to build will have to face some challenges. How do you assess the current security situation in the Western Balkans?It has been relatively calm, compared to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. However, we have had some security challenges mainly coming from Serbia. Some were also linked with […]
Away from the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held out the prospect of further changes to the European security architecture on Friday. “Now is the time for investment, because you can’t assume that the American presence on the continent will remain forever,” he said during a visit to Poland. Shortly afterwards, […]
Around two weeks after Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2022, Italy announced that it would end the country’s energy dependence on Russia within 24 to 30 months. The brains behind it: Roberto Cingolani, then Minister for Ecological Transformation in Italy.Cingolani is once again striving for more independence – this time as CEO of the […]
The companies working on the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank project have taken a further step in the project. At a meeting with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Paris on Thursday evening, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the companies involved (KNDS Germany, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme and Thales Six) had agreed […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has appealed to European countries to strengthen their defense industries. In the face of increasing threats, Europeans must become “much faster” and “much stronger” in this regard, he said on Monday in a speech to French ambassadors in Paris, where he presented his foreign and security policy priorities for 2025. If […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized on Thursday that there are currently no plans to deploy foreign troops in Ukraine to secure a ceasefire. And if a decision on the deployment of Polish troops were to be made, then “in Warsaw and only in Warsaw”, Tusk said at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Undeterred by the cancellation of the Ramstein meeting, which was scheduled for Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi traveled through Western Europe on Thursday. At meetings with heads of government in London, Paris and in the evening in Rome, as well as this Friday in Berlin, the Ukrainian President is promoting his plan for victory. In […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed their support for Ukraine on Thursday. This is essential to guarantee “the defense and security of the country and the continent”, they announced in a joint statement.After Starmer visited Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday for the inauguration, he traveled on to Paris to […]
Shortly before the NATO summit in Washington from July 9-11, the defense ministers of the Weimar Triangle states Germany, France and Poland presented their to-do list in Paris. At the NATO summit, they want to sign a declaration of intent on the development of long-range precision weapons. There is little chance that French Minister Sébastien […]
Belgium will officially be granted observer status in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) this Thursday. The letter of intent for this is to be signed this afternoon at the ILA, Table.Briefings has learned from French government circles. Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder had already announced in December 2023 that Belgium would officially join as […]