Transatlantic news in brief, December 2006
La Lettre Sentinel n°43-44, January-February 2007
Language of the original publication: French
Some current news in European and transatlantic affairs, briefly presented and commented on.
• Launching of FRANCE 24 the first French international news channel
• Presentation by the British government of its White Paper on the future of Britain’s nuclear deterrent.
• Inaugural flight of the fighter aircraft F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter).
• Publication by the prestigious British think-tank Chatham House of a rather unflattering assessment on Tony Blair’s foreign policy.
• Withdrawal of Germany from the Franco-German project of search engine Quaero.
• Taking of command of US General John Craddock as the fifteenth Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).
• Comparative data on European and US defence expenditure, published by the European Defence Agency.
The French version offers a rough translation possibility into English at the bottom of the page.
(Hajnalka Vincze, Transatlantic news in brief, December 2006, La Lettre Sentinel n°43-44, January-February 2007, 5,900 characters)