Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

The EU celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties a year ago by pledging to enhance the EU’s role as a global player, in line with the 2016 Global Strategy. This was intended to develop the EU’s role in security and defence matters, starting with increasing support for the European defence industry and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) as a whole, as well as reinforcing existing or developing new partnerships and pushing for further global engagement in support of the UN system, NATO and rules-based multilateralism. What progress has been made since 25 March 2017? What are the European Parliament’s positions on these issues, and what are the prospects for the future? Answering these questions is crucial for ensuring the effectiveness of the EU’s strategies, policies and actions and for the credibility of the EU project in future.
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The next AFET meetings are scheduled to take place on:

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 09:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30, room JAN 2Q2

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Programme
Poster
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 258 - Draft report State of EU-China relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Programme
Poster
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AMENDMENTS 4 - 54 - Draft opinion Further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Recommendation to the Council, the Commission, and the EEAS on Libya
Recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the negotiations on the modernisation of the EU-Chile Association Agreement
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The next AFET meetings are scheduled to take place on:

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 09:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30, room JAN 2Q2
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 09:00-12:30, room JAN 2Q2

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Draft agendas
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 138 - Draft report Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Russia and other energy-rich authoritarian states use their energy exports for economic gains but also as a tool of foreign policy leverage. This study looks at the ways and methods these states have used to exert political pressure through their energy supplies, and what it means for the European Union. Most energy-rich authoritarian states use their energy wealth to ensure regime survival. But, more than others, Russia uses its energy wealth as well to protect and promote its interests in its ‘near abroad’ and to make its geopolitical influence felt further afield, including in Europe. It uses gas supplies to punish and to reward, affecting both transit states and end-consumers. This study explores how supply disruptions, price discounts or hikes, and alternative transit routes such as Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream, are used by Russia to further its foreign policy ambitions, feeding suspicions about its geopolitical motives. The lack of transparency about Russia’s energy policy decisions contributes to this. In response, the EU is building an Energy Union based around the Third Energy Package, a more integrated European market and diversified supplies. By investing in new supplies, such as LNG, and completing a liberalised energy market, the EU will be better able to withstand such energy coercion and develop a more effective EU foreign policy.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 256 - Draft report Climate diplomacy
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Length of video : 84'
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Length of video : 175'
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Length of video : 219'
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 108 - Draft report Accompanying resolution to the consent on the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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