Defence`s Feeds

French President Emmanuel Macron intends to appoint married couple François Vandeville and Victoire Vandeville to front France's diplomatic push in [...]

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation), and Airmen from the 219th Red Horse Squadron successfully executed the first operational joint sling load mission between the two units June 26, during a field training exercise designed to strengthen the Montana National Guard's domestic operations capabilities.

The French authorities note Burkina Faso's unilateral decision to break off diplomatic relations with France.

An international airport, due to open in early 2027, is currently being built a dozen kilometres north of the city [...]

While European institutions are beginning to wake up to the multifaceted threats from China (see our Deep Dive), there remain [...]

Interdit d'accès aux documents classifiés “Secret” en octobre 2023, un assistant informatique a vu son recours devant le tribunal administratif rejeté le 11 juin.

A Chinese national was arrested in France on 14 April following an extradition request from the US authorities. Beijing is now putting pressure on Paris to block the proceedings.

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 15 July 2026 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 18:30 and Thursday, 16 July 2026 from 9:00 - 12.30 in Brussels (room TBC).

Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.
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SEDE missions 2026:

• Canada - 26-28 May 2026
• Taiwan - 30 March - 2 April 2026
• Poland and Czechia - 16-18 February 2026
• Ukraine - 5-6 February 2026

SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
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The president of France's CNCTR independent interception watchdog, Vincent Mazauric, concluded in the body's tenth activity report (IO, 20/02/26) that [...]

The draft law aims to respond to the new security environment shaped by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, where fast and low-cost defence innovation cycles are critical.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 497 - Draft report Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure
Committee on Security and Defence
Rasa Juknevičienė

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Length of video : 30'

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Length of video : 15'

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The inclusion on 15 June of Istanbul-based shipping company EMT Gemi İşletmeciliği AS on the European Union sanctions list was a step up by Brussels to curb the trade in Russian oil. But as Intelligence Online can reveal, EMT Gemi [...]

Sofon Industries, the Saudi company set up by the oil firm Aramco to establish a sovereign shipbuilding industry in the [...]

The naval drone war that has been unfolding in the Black Sea since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February [...]

The White House has handed the new acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Bill Pulte a clear road map, calling [...]

With Russia increasingly threatened by drone strikes from Ukraine, the FSO security service has quietly taken measures to strengthen security at residences where President Vladimir Putin is likely to be staying.

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
Committee on Security and Defence
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Roberts Zīle, Michał Szczerba

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Length of video : 15'

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