Following Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Germany, the Franco-German Defense and Security Council is to send positive signals to Ukraine and on joint armaments projects on Tuesday. According to the Élysée, Macron’s proposals from his Sorbonne speech will form the basis for the discussions. The French President wants to form a European initiative to create […]
The Head of the Foreign and Security Policy Working Group in the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly, Sandra Weeser (FDP), hopes that French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Germany will lead to model initiatives for European defense cooperation. “The Franco-German brigade should be developed further. Perhaps it could also become a division,” Weeser told Table.Briefings.At the […]
During Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to achieve harmony in order to win China’s president over for a possible mediation in the Ukraine war. With some success, at least. In addition to various economic agreements in aviation and battery production, Xi at least pledged his support for Macron’s […]
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu want to satisfy the domestic defense industries by dividing the eight areas of work in the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank project. The national distribution of tasks has been clarified for the time being. The ministers want to sort the negotiations on the […]
Intensive work on European defense integration is underway in Paris these days. After President Emmanuel Macron spoke out in favor of a European military academy and a European cybersecurity capacity in his major Sorbonne speech yesterday, Minister for Defense Boris Pistorius is on a somewhat more tangible mission in the City of Lights today. After […]
French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Thursday during the inauguration of an indoor swimming pool in Paris that he has “no doubt” Russia will seek to disrupt the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris with disinformation campaigns. The Olympic Games are scheduled to take place from July 26 to Aug. 11, while the Paralympics will […]
Ahead of his visit to Berlin this Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron defended his statements on ground troops in Ukraine on Thursday evening. He also took a swipe at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.“I want to remind you that we have systematically done what we said we would not do”, said Macron. “Which also puts into […]
The security policy unity that Europe would like to see in the face of Donald Trump’s possible re-election as US President in November is a long way off. But the revitalization of the Weimar Triangle of France, Germany and Poland could play a decisive role on the way to ending the war in Ukraine.Poland as […]
On Thursday, France took another step towards deepening relations with Eastern Europe by signing a security agreement with Moldova. During the visit of Moldovan President Maia Sandu, along with Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatîi and Minister of Economic Development Dumitru Alaiba to Paris, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu signed the corresponding agreement. A French military mission […]
The debate about a European nuclear bomb is currently booming. Former Green Party Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer called for it in December, followed later by political scientist Herfried Münkler and Carlo Masala from the Bundeswehr University in Munich. Masala told the Funke media group: “If the Americans can no longer guarantee protection, we need a […]