Jacopo Barigazzi

Brussels, Brussels Capital

Senior Defense Correspondent at POLITICO Europe

Senior defense correspondent, POLITICO. Increasingly fed up with X, increasingly on BlueSky.

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Kanada podpisała pakt obronny z UE. "To dopiero początek". Europa zyskała po swojej stronie ważnego gracza

3 days ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Csongor Körömi |Yurii Stasiuk |Jacopo Barigazzi

Umowa ma pomóc zarówno Ottawie, jak i Brukseli w realizacji nowych wymagań NATO dotyczących zdolności operacyjnych. Celem Kanady jest odejście od relacji obronnych i bezpieczeństwa ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi w obliczu gróźb Donalda Trumpa dotyczących aneksji. Amerykański prezydent wielokrotnie deklarował chęć przyłączenia Kanady do USA, suwerenny kraj nie jest jednak zainteresowany zdegradowaniem do pozycji "51. stanu".
Canada signs defense pact with EU

4 days ago | politico.eu | Csongor Körömi |Yurii Stasiuk |Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — Scrambling to reduce Canada's dependence on the Donald Trump-led U.S., the country's Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday signed a security and defense partnership with the European Union. The aim is to shift Canada's defense and security relationship away from the U.S. in the wake of Trump's threats to annex America's northern neighbor. A key issue is to allow Canada to take part in the EU's new defense spending programs under its multi-billion euro ReArm Europe initiative.
Israel in breach of EU deal over Gaza human rights, report signals

1 week ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi |Gabriel Gavin |Jakob Weizman

BRUSSELS — Israel’s actions in Gaza may have violated the terms of the country’s agreement with the EU, the bloc’s diplomatic corps found. “On the basis of the assessments made by the independent international institutions … there are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement,” the European External Action Service (EEAS) concluded, according to a leaked document seen by POLITICO.
EU ambassadors reach preliminary deal on €1.5B defense spending plan

1 week ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — Ambassadors to the European Union agreed to paper over differences on foreign access to defense cash and on Wednesday struck a preliminary deal on the €1.5 billion European Defence Industry Programme, diplomats told POLITICO. The program backs joint procurement deals by member countries to cut the cost of weapons and to lessen fragmentation of Europe's defense sector. To get the money, products can have a maximum of 35 percent of components not made in the EU.
Cut red tape on defense deals, says Commission

1 week ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Tuesday proposed new rules to simplify joint defense procurement, a response to the growing threat posed by Russia. The effort to cut bureaucracy is seen as a crucial addition to the EU's effort to pump billions of euros into rearmament programs.
Ylva Johansson tipped to be EU’s special envoy for Ukrainians

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Seb Starcevic |Jacopo Barigazzi

BRUSSELS — Former commissioner Ylva Johansson is expected to be the European Union’s new special envoy for Ukrainians in the bloc. Two officials with knowledge of the appointment told POLITICO that Johansson will fill the newly created post, which will help oversee the Commission’s newly unveiled long-term strategy for Ukrainian refugees. Johansson, a former Swedish minister, was Home Affairs commissioner from 2019 to 2024.
Sąsiad Polski obawia się nie tylko Rosji. "Nowa oś bardzo skutecznie współpracuje". Minister obrony bije na alarm, światowy porządek zagrożony

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Jacopo Barigazzi

Litwa jest postrzegana jako jeden z krajów najbardziej narażonych na ewentualny atak Rosji. Jest tak ze względu na przesmyk suwalski, słabo zaludniony obszar na granicy z Litwą i Polską, który dzieli rosyjską eksklawę Kaliningrad i sojusznika Rosji, Białoruś.
Lithuania continues to battle for Ukraine to join NATO

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi

From Washington to Warsaw there's a growing chorus of politicians who want to slam the door on Ukraine's hopes of joining NATO, but one of the alliance's most endangered member countries is adamant that Kyiv's hopes must not be dashed. Lithuania “will never give up” on the idea that Ukraine has to be in NATO, Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė told POLITICO.
Bulgaria disrupts European Parliament’s bill on North Macedonia EU accession

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Max Griera |Antoaneta Roussi |Jacopo Barigazzi

Bulgarian politicians have pressured the European Parliament into delaying a report on European Union accession for North Macedonia, accusing a lawmaker in charge of the report of being too close to the candidate country. Despite an agreement among major political families to adopt a report on progress the Balkan country has made on its path to EU accession, lawmakers Wednesday postponed the vote to the end of June.
Trump’s 5 percent defense spending target seemed far-fetched. Now not so much

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Laura Kayali |Jacopo Barigazzi

NATO leaders are widely expected to give U.S. President Donald Trump a win in a few weeks as they fall in line over his demand that allies sharply increase defense spending. The main questions now are how to reach the new target and how long it will take. Alliance defense ministers are in Brussels Thursday to discuss a proposal to increase NATO's spending goal from the current 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent.