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Macron appoints new Chief of Staff
Fabien Mandon takes over as Chief of the General Staff on September 1, replacing Thierry Burkhard.
By Gabriel Bub
Fabien Mandon takes over as Chief of the General Staff on September 1, replacing Thierry Burkhard.
By Gabriel Bub
Relations between South Korea and the European Union are currently tense. Whether this remains the case will, according to South Korean journalist and Munich Young Leader 2025 Jeongmin Kim, depend in part on how inclusive Europe’s approach to strategic autonomy turns out to be.
By Jeongmin Kim
Commander Helena Linder-Jeß is the new military advisor to Parliamentary State Secretary Sebastian Hartmann.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
The most recent meeting between Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and the defense industry yielded few tangible results. Still, industry representatives have reason to be pleased – the procurement acceleration law turned out very much in their favor.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin, Lisa-Martina Klein, Alex Hofmann
Cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation – during the Russian-Belarusian “Zapad-2025” exercise in September, the risk of hybrid attacks on targets within the EU could increase. This is the assessment of EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas.
By Viktor Funk
By the end of the year, the defense ministers of Germany and France aim to find solutions to the dispute over contracts in the multi-billion-euro FCAS fighter jet program. Meanwhile, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier continues to provoke partners in both industry and politics.
By Gabriel Bub
The SPD parliamentary group is confronting the Federal Foreign Office: The German government must support an international declaration to end the Gaza war, demands its foreign policy spokesman.
By Markus Bickel
Airbus would rather work on networking its own systems via Combat Cloud than on the Franco-German fighter jet project FCAS. The prestigious European project is in jeopardy and experts are warning against national solo efforts.
By Nana Brink
All parties to the conflict are alleged to have committed human rights violations during the fighting in the Syrian governorate of Sweida. Human Rights Watch writes this in a new report.
By Markus Bickel
Oslo and Berlin deepen their cooperation in a joint declaration. Governments and industry are to work more closely together.
By Lisa-Martina Klein