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Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 15.03.2021 – 21.03.2021 Besides the civil emergency and public health crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic causes, its geo-economic and geopolitical implications will accelerate the rebalancing of power away from the Euro-Atlantic community. This could threaten the ability of NATO and the E.U. Member States to shape […]

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 08.03.2021 – 14.03.2021 The U.S. President’s climate envoy, John Kerry, visited the College of Commissioners’ meeting in Brussels on March 9 to discuss how the E.U. and the U.S. can use innovation, technology, and the power of their economies to reduce global emissions. The commitment of

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 22.02.2021 – 28.02.2021 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the need to strengthen the transatlantic cooperation in his doorstep statement ahead of the European Council meeting. He welcomed the new U.S. administration’s intention to work together with Europe and rebuild alliances. He referred to the ΄΄NATO 2030΄΄

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 15.02.2021 – 21.02.2021 According to the E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission (HR/VP) Josep Borrell, there are two horizontal priorities for the E.U. Foreign Policy in 2021. They regard the development of strategic autonomy for the EU and strengthening multilateralism. It

The Jean Monnet Project “Enhancing the Debate about Intercultural Dialogue, EU Values and Diversity- EU VaDis”, at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia, and the Centre of International and European Economic Law (CIEEL) are co-organizing an e-Conference on “Social exclusion, vulnerable groups and the new EU Social Rights Pillar“,

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 08.02.2021 – 14.02.2021 The E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission (HR/VP) Josep Borrell visited Russia to investigate recent developments related to Alexei Navalny and discuss the negative trends in the E.U.- Russian relations and the existing violations of human rights in

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 01.02.2021 – 07.02.2021 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French counterpart President Emmanuel Macron held talks on advancing joint defense projects and sovereignty. In addition, they discussed promoting several slow-moving mutual defense projects, while President Macron expressed his willingness to increase European autonomy. At the same time,

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 18.01.2021 – 24.01.2021 With Joe Biden being sworn in as the next U.S. president, E.U. leaders extended the invitation to cooperate more closely, warning that four years of the Trump administration have changed the nature of transatlantic ties. The President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 11.01.2021 – 17.01.2021 With the COVID-19 pandemic becoming an additional issue in which great power rivalry plays out, the E.U.’s position in the interplay between the great powers is one of the most crucial questions for the E.U. strategy for the coming decade. In this rivalry,

Weekly News Review – European Union Security Watch spot 04.01.2021 – 10.01.2021 The first round of the North Atlantic Council meetings should focus on the significant role of the U.S. in the transatlantic alliance. For the U.S. it is an opportunity to clarify their foreign policy priorities towards European countries since confidence building between the