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In a rare interview, Merkel defended her record on Russia, stood by her refugee policy, and praised long-time CDU rival turned Chancellor Friedrich Merz

The Danish EU Presidency presents a timely opportunity to elevate water resilience on the agenda and capitalise on it as a competitive advantage

“By delaying our 2040 target, the EU puts global climate ambition at risk,” the green lawmaker Lena Schilling said

The director general of the EU executive’s financial services division told MEPs that the proposed “reparation loan” to Ukraine would “mobilise” frozen Russian assets without affecting their “ownership” – and would thus fall short of confiscation

The European Defence Agency (EDA), NATO and the Portuguese Navy co-organised the 15th Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Unmanned Systems (REPMUS), the world’s largest event for testing unmanned maritime systems, held off the coast of Portugal. 

Running from 1 to 26 September in the waters south of Lisbon, the Portuguese-led exercise brought together 24 nations and tested some 300 uncrewed platforms across sea, air, and land domains.

It also marked the first time NATO’s military exercise ‘Dynamic Messenger’ was linked with REPMUS, combining operational training with experimental testing.

REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger 25 gave both militaries and industry the chance to trial robotics and artificial intelligence in real-world scenarios, including electronic jamming and dummy underwater mines.

“This was an opportunity to experiment on unmanned vehicles across all domains and in a real environment,” said Captain Nuno Palmeiro Ribeiro, Director of the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Centre (CEOM). “What’s special about this zone is that we can do experimentation that is not possible elsewhere.”

Swarms, standards

Scenarios included Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) in coastal zones, electronic warfare in GPS-denied environments, and amphibious landings supported by robotic scouts and logistics drones. One highlight saw multiple uncrewed aerial vehicles performing ‘swarm’ operations, demonstrating the ability to operate autonomously in coordinated missions.

EDA, the EU agency tasked with strengthening defence cooperation among Member States, hosted seminars to highlight the importance of interoperability and ensuring allied and partner nations’ systems can work together. “Unmanned underwater vessels have different batteries, different chargers. We need to develop standards to improve interoperability and even interchangeability,” said Juergen Scraback, Head of EDA’s Maritime Domain Unit.

EDA is also establishing best practices. To address the lack of common regulations and safety procedures, the Agency is leading the Safety and Regulations for European Unmanned Maritime Systems (SARUMS) which provides a safety framework and guidance for design, operations, and legal compliance.

EDA has also supported a project to develop a swarm of biomimetic underwater vehicles for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (SABUVIS). EDA’s leadership in such projects emphasises its aim to accelerate Europe’s use of tested, mission-ready autonomous technologies in NATO and EU operations. 

 

Several start-ups supported by NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) used the event to test technologies for communications resilience, protecting undersea infrastructure and improving mine countermeasures. The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto and NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation were also contributors.

Undersea warfare

The addition this year of Dynamic Messenger, led by NATO’s Allied Command Transformation and Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), added a more operational dimension. While REPMUS focused on experimentation and integration, Dynamic Messenger provided a live operational framework, showing how new technologies can be deployed with NATO fleets.

More than 2,000 participants from 22 NATO nations took part, alongside observers from 13 other countries including Australia, Brazil, and South Korea. Ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 also joined, highlighting the alliance’s focus on maritime readiness.

Unmanned systems are not intended to replace crewed forces, but to support them, taking on tasks such as high-risk reconnaissance or supply runs in contested environments.

With EDA now firmly embedded as a co-organiser in REPMUS, officials expect the annual event to continue serving not only as NATO’s largest unmanned systems exercise, but also as a platform for closer EU-NATO cooperation in defence technology. 

Des ressortissants moldaves auraient été formés en Serbie à la « déstabilisation » par des instructeurs russes, en prévision des élections du 28 septembre. Belgrade n'a pas réagi aux accusations de Chișinău.

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Advocate General Spielmann: the publication on the internet of the name of any professional athlete who has infringed the anti-doping rules is contrary to EU law

A felvételi során egy önéletrajzot, egy motivációs levelet és egy rövid esszét szükséges megküldenetek 2025. október. 10. 23:59-ig a biztpolszakkoll@gmail.com  e-mail címre. Az esszétémák, illetve a kidolgozás szempontjai alább láthatók.

 

A benyújtandó dokumentumok formai követelményei: docx formátum, Times New Roman betűtípus, 12-es betűméret, 1,5-es sorköz. Az önéletrajz és a motivációs levél terjedelme maximum 1-1 oldal legyen.

 

A felvételi során egy rövid leíró esszét (minimum fél oldal) kell elkészítened, amelyet az önéletrajzzal és motivációs levéllel egy üzenetben, de mindenképp külön dokumentumban szeretnénk megkapni. Az elkészítés során ezekre figyelj:

 

Az alábbi 12 témakör egyikét válaszd!

A felhasznált forrásokra mindenképp hivatkozz! A hivatkozás formáját azonban nem kötjük meg, azt megteheted lábjegyzetben, végjegyzetben vagy hiperhivatkozással is. Legalább 3 forrást használj.

A véleményedre is kíváncsiak vagyunk, ne félj leírni!

Ha bármilyen kérdésed adódik az esszével kapcsolatban, a biztpolszakkoll@gmail.com címen tudsz segítséget kérni.

Az online fordulót  egy motivációs és egyben szakmai  beszélgetés követi, amely időpontjáról e-mailben tájékoztatjuk a pályázókat.

Idén a Biztonságpolitikai Szakkollégium minden kutatóműhelye külön esszétémát hirdet meg, amelyek közül választhatsz.

Közel-Kelet-műhely:

1. téma: Proxyháborúk kiéleződése: Irán és Izrael szerepe.
2. téma: Katonai modernizáció és növekvő védelmi kiadások a Perzsa-öböl államaiban.
3. téma: A Vörös-tengeri hajózás biztonsága.

Távol-Kelet-műhely:

1. téma: Tajvan védelme: regionális ügy vagy globális nagyhatalmi felelősség?
2. téma: Észak-Korea nukleáris fenyegetése: elrettentés vagy tárgyalás a járható út?
3. téma: Az ukrán-orosz front hadművészeti tanulságai az indo-csendes-óceáni térség potenciális háborúira.

Afrika-műhely:

1. A Wagner-csoport és az orosz befolyás növekedése a Száhel-övezetben.
2. Terrorizmus és államépítés: Boko Haram és az Iszlám Állam Nyugat-Afrikában. A nigériai és a környező országok biztonságpolitikai dilemmái.
3. A Vörös-tenger és a Bab el-Mandeb-szoros stratégiai jelentősége.

Hadtörténelem-műhely:

1. Mutasd be a délszláv konfliktus különböző szakaszait, és a jelenlegi béketámogató missziók létrejöttét!
2. Vázold fel, hogyan szerezte meg az Orosz Föderáció a Krím-félszigetet 2014-ben!
3. Hasonlítsd össze az 1967-es Hatnapos, és az 1973-as Jom Kippuri háborút!

 

Jó munkát és sikeres pályázatot kívánunk mindenkinek!

A Diákbizottság

 

 

A Felvételi segédlet 2025. ősz bejegyzés először Biztonságpolitika-én jelent meg.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee adopted its position on Wednesday on a proposal to simplify the current EU common agricultural policy.
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Alors que de plus en plus de pays occidentaux reconnaissent l’existence d’un État palestinien, nous nous intéressons aux pays africains qui ne le font pas.

Brenda Biya, 27 ans, fille du président camerounais Paul Biya, a suscité une vive polémique après avoir appelé sur TikTok à ne pas voter pour son père lors de l'élection présidentielle du 12 octobre, avant de se rétracter quelques jours plus tard.

Vital Kamerhe, président de l’Assemblée nationale de la République Démocratique du Congo, un allié du président Félix Tshisekedi a démissionné de son poste ce lundi après une pétition visant à le destituer.

As part of the ReArm Europe Plan, the measures aim to strengthen Europe’s defence technological and industrial base by channelling EU funding to defence and security.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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To prevent abusive practices against trainees, the Employment Committee wants traineeship contracts with clear provisions on pay, duration and social protection.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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The EU and Indonesia have concluded today trade and investment deals that should boost EU export to the region, while ensuring environmental and social standards.
Committee on International Trade

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Nouvelle composition des chambres du Tribunal de l’Union européenne

Written by Steven Blaakman.

Although euthanasia and assisted dying remain highly controversial in large parts of the globe, an increasing number of countries have legislation on it in place or are considering doing so. This is due to changing attitudes, advancements in medical technology and an ageing population.

Several EU countries are at the forefront of these legal changes; at the same time, each of them has come up with its own solutions for addressing challenges such as how to avoid abuse.

Neither EU law nor the European Convention on Human Rights contain provisions precluding EU countries from legislating on euthanasia. In response to questions from Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission has made it clear the EU is not competent to deal with the issue in any way.

Four EU countries – Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – have legislation in force that allows euthanasia to be administered by a physician. Germany, Italy and Austria allow assisted suicide only.

The Netherlands and Belgium, the two EU countries that were the first to allow euthanasia, have seen an increasing number of people apply for euthanasia over the years, with studies showing no sign of the legislation leading to any abuse.

In addition, several EU countries are working on legislation on euthanasia or assisted dying. These include: Ireland, France, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia. The Portuguese parliament adopted relevant legislation back in 2023; however, owing to vetoes by the Portuguese president and rulings by the country’s constitutional court, it has still not entered into force.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Euthanasia legislation in the EU‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up.