Europäische Union

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 22 June 2026, 15.00 - 18.30 and Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 1G3).

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
EP calendar 2026
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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Location : ANTALL (4Q2)
Draft programme
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At its meeting on 23 June, the Joint SEDE–TRAN Committee will vote on the draft report concerning the proposed Regulation on Military Mobility. The draft report contains several amendments aimed at facilitating the transport of military equipment, goods, and personnel, while minimising and mitigating the impact of such movements on civilian transport.
Agenda - Joint committee procedure (Rule 59)
Webstreaming - EP Multimedia Centre
Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
Committee draft report
Legislative Proposal: Regulation on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Meetings with National Parliaments
ICM Draft programme
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Next ordinary AFET committee meeting will be held on:

Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June 2026, room ANTALL 4Q2, Brussels

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of agenda items held "in camera".

AFET - DROI calendar of meetings 2026
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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Wednesday 17 June

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Wednesday 17 June

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China and Russia are harvesting encrypted secrets—and getting closer to cracking them.

The changes will introduce greater flexibility to chemicals rules while maintaining high levels of protection for human health and the environment.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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The changes will introduce greater flexibility to chemicals rules while maintaining high levels of protection for human health and the environment.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Die Maßnahmen sollen Unternehmen die Einhaltung der Vorschriften erleichtern, wobei die wesentlichen Bestimmungen des Gesetzes und der risikobasierte Ansatz bestehen bleiben.
Ausschuss für Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz
Ausschuss für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres

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Speaking to MEPs on Tuesday, Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović highlighted his country’s readiness to assume the responsibilities of an EU member state.

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Speaking to MEPs on Tuesday, Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović highlighted his country’s readiness to assume the responsibilities of an EU member state.

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