Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

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DRAFT REPORT Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David Lega

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"In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.

The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained.

The meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming.

Following these decisions, the next ordinary AFET Committee meeting will take place on 9 November (via videoconference).

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2021
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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DRAFT REPORT on the EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Thomas Waitz

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On 19 October, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi will present the 2021 enlargement package, including Commission reports on the candidate and potential candidate countries for EU accession to the Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Following the Commission assessment of the EU-related reforms in each enlargement country, AFET rapporteurs will draft country resolutions, outlining Parliament's conclusions and recommendations.
2019-2020 Report on Albania
2019-2020 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019-2020 Report on Kosovo
2019-2020 Report on Montenegro
2019-2020 Report on North Macedonia
2019-2020 Report on Serbia
2019-2020 Report on Turkey
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Culture in external relations is the topic for the upcoming public hearing organised jointly by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Culture and Education on Thursday, 14 October 2021.
The Members together with the invited experts will exchange views on how culture could better feature in the EU's external relations as a soft power to foster sustainable economic and social development, to promote peace and fight radicalisation, and to strengthen cooperation on protecting cultural heritage. In 2017 Parliament adopted a resolution entitled "Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations". The Public hearing will look into the implementation of the resolution and suggest possible avenues for further future developments in the cultural diplomacy field.
Poster
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On Tuesday 5th October, Members of the European Parliament will debate in plenary the AFET/DEVE/BUDG joint implementation report that seeks to make a political evaluation of the EU Trust Funds (EUTFs) established since 2014 and extended until December 2021, as well as the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT).
Parliament has acknowledged the value-added of these extra-budgetary (EUTFs) and extraordinary (FRT) tools but has also voiced criticism for a lack of democratic accountability in their operations/disbursement. The report assesses the EUTFs/FRT implementation and make proposals for the way forward under the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF - EU's long term budget).

The rapporteurs for the file are György Hölvényi (EPP, HU), Janusz Lewandowski (EPP, PL) and Milan Zver (EPP, SI).
Report
EU Trust Funds
Turkey Refugee Facility
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Length of video : 73'

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Length of video : 71'

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Length of video : 93'

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Length of video : 1'27''

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Length of video : 71'

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The announcement that ten ambassadors have been expelled from Turkey can only be understood as an attempt to divert attention from the real urgent issues, state MEPs.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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At the initiative of the FEMM Committee, the European Parliament will hold its second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021.

Following the success of the first European Gender Equality Week organised in October 2020, the European Parliament continues this important initiative and is holding the second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021. All parliamentary committees and delegations are invited to hold events addressing gender inequality issues in their areas of competence.

Below you will find more details of the events happening during the European Gender Equality Week.

Location : European Parliament Brussels & remotely
Gender Equality Week 2020
Draft programme
EPRS: "Exploring gender equality across policy areas"
Communication
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Press release
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Length of video : 65'

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State institutions in Tunisia must return to functioning normally, MEPs say, urging the authorities to resume an inclusive national dialogue.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Parliament calls for closer relations with Taiwan guided by the EU’s One China Policy, while issuing warnings over the continued tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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