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The EU reached a provisional agreement that will give the bloc more powers to combat money laundering and terrorist financing through high-value assets and crypto.

Germany's unstinting support for Israel is not only rooted in responsibility for the Holocaust — the county is barely coming to terms with its own colonial genocide against the tribes of Namibia more than 100 years ago.

If you are 16-30 and working on a project with an EU dimension, apply for the 2024 Charlemagne Youth Prize and win funds to further develop your initiative.

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If you are 16-30 and working on a project with an EU dimension, apply for the 2024 Charlemagne Youth Prize and win funds to further develop your initiative.

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Thursday, 18 January

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Thursday, 18 January

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As the EU hopes to agree on further financial aid for Ukraine, fears are emerging over offering concessions to Hungary, which risk setting a dangerous precedent and the threats of legal challenges.

The EU climate advisory board, an independent scientific body, has urged phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and concluding the Green Deal pending files to ensure 2030 targets are met.

On Thursday, MEPs finalised a deal with the Council on new measures to beef up an EU toolkit to fight money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions evasion.
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On Thursday, MEPs finalised a deal with the Council on new measures to beef up an EU toolkit to fight money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions evasion.
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On Tuesday, 23 January 2024 a joint hearing on “The European Union’s Strategy in the Sahel” will be organised by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence. It will be an opportunity to critically reflect on the EU's policy and approach towards this important region in light of recent coup d’états.
The hearing will take a holistic approach that looks at the full picture of the root causes of instability in the region and the EU's policy towards the Sahel until now. It will allow MEPs to discuss ways in which the EU's strategy should be adapted to ensure that the EU's security, development, humanitarian and democracy-support assistance contributes to lasting sustainable development and enhanced security in this vital region and complements the efforts of the EU's partners.
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Hearing poster : [EN]
Briefing on the new EU strategic priorities for the Sahel
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EU countries have provsionally agreed to launch a Red Sea naval mission alongside the US after Spain showed it wouldn't stand in the way.

On Tuesday, 23 January 2024 a joint hearing on “The European Union’s Strategy in the Sahel” will be organised by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence. It will be an opportunity to critically reflect on the EU's policy and approach towards this important region in light of recent coup d’états.
The hearing will take a holistic approach that looks at the full picture of the root causes of instability in the region and the EU's policy towards the Sahel until now. It will allow MEPs to discuss ways in which the EU's strategy should be adapted to ensure that the EU's security, development, humanitarian and democracy-support assistance contributes to lasting sustainable development and enhanced security in this vital region and complements the efforts of the EU's partners.
Draft programme
Poster
Briefing on the new EU strategic priorities for the Sahel
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The EU's silence on South Africa's legal challenge of "genocidal intent" against Israel underscores the geo-political tensions between the West and the Global South that risk being exacerbated by the conflict.

MEPs approved a negotiating text on new EU debt-and-spending rules during a plenary vote in Strasbourg, despite warnings from the leader of the Greens it was "economic, environmental, geopolitical and democratic suicide."

Extremist political messaging on clamping down on asylum ahead of elections may actually drive more people towards Europe, says a Vienna-based institute.

Members of the AFET Committee will meet on Tuesday 23 January 2024 in SPAAK 3C50 (Brussels).
Votes

• Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement (2023/2114(INI))
• EU-Russia political relations (2023/2125(INI)
• 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service (2023/2134(DEC))
• 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission (2023/2129(DEC))
• Guidelines for the 2025 Budget - Section III (2023/2220(BUI))

Hearing

• Jointly with the Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Public Hearing on the European Union's Strategy in the Sahel (09.30 - 11.00)

Debates

• Implementation of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement and presentation of In-Depth Analysis on "Deepening EU-Japan cooperation"
• The political situation in Serbia following the elections
• The political situation in Albania

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of items held "in camera".
AFET-SEDE-DROI calendar of meetings 2024
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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MEPs criticise the new government for an array of worrying reform proposals and warn against the Prime Minister’s use of polarising language.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs criticise the new government for an array of worrying reform proposals and warn against the Prime Minister’s use of polarising language.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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