Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

The November 17 hearing on “China’s interference and disinformation activities in Africa” will tackle Chinese interference and disinformation activities in Africa. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has an increasing commercial presence on the continent, as Africa represents a major purveyor of natural resources and raw materials, and the risk that this presence develops itself in malicious interference in the domestic political affairs of a number of African countries should be analysed.
The Special Committee ING2 has invited following experts:

- Mr Bruno Breton, CEO and Chairman, BLOOM Social Analytics

- Mr Christof Hartmann, Professor for International Relations and African Politics, Duisburg-Essen University

- Mr George Sarpong, Lawyer, Journalist and Executive Secretary of Ghana's National Media Commission

The hearing will be held in association with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Committee on Development (DEVE), and the EP Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP).
Location : SPAAK 4B1, Brussels
Draft agenda
Hearing programme
Live Streaming from 09.45 onwards
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The next AFET Committee meeting is scheduled to take place on 30 November - 1 December in Brussels.
The meeting will be web-streamed.

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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AMENDMENTS 288 - 621 - Draft opinion Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Raphaël Glucksmann

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DRAFT OPINION on 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Carina Ohlsson

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DRAFT OPINION on 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Carina Ohlsson

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Libya
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Giuliano Pisapia

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the new EU strategy for enlargement
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the general principles for its participation in Union programmes
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Manu Pineda

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In December 2021, the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) launched an own-initiative procedure (2021/2230(INI)) on EU-Armenia relations and another on EU-Azerbaijan relations (2021/2231(INI)). The appointed rapporteurs are, respectively Željana Zovko (EPP, Croatia) and Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, Bulgaria). To accompany its scrutiny work, Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) requested the Ex-Post Evaluation Unit Ex-post Evaluation Unit of the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, within the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, to prepare a European implementation assessment on the implementation of the EU's Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Armenia, and Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Azerbaijan.
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Length of video : 75'

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 512 - Draft report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2022
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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DRAFT REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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The ING2 Special Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday 27 October from 14.30 to 16.30 on "Russian interference in the European Union: the distinct cases of Hungary and Spain". Members will exchange views with experts about interference from Russia in the European Union, looking specifically at two cases: Hungary and Spain.
Hungary and Spain have experienced situations where the Kremlin attempted to influence democratic processes through a coordinated approach, making use of different tools, aiming at influencing the public opinion and sowing chaos by fanning the flames of separatism. The hearing will dive deeper in the Kremlin's tactics and its use of proxies within the EU. Invited experts are:

• Jakub KALENSKÝ, Senior Analyst, Hybrid CoE
• Peter KRÉKO, Director, Political Capital Institute
• Jesús GONZALEZ ALBALAT, Journalist, El Periódico de Catalunya
• Nicolas DE PEDRO, Senior Fellow at The Institute for Statecraft in London; Member of the Experts Pool on Russia, Hybrid CoE

The meeting was be held in association with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Committee on Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-RU).
Location : SPINELLI 3E-2, Brussels
Draft agenda of the meeting
Hearing programme
Newsletter
Live Streaming
Presentation of Jakub KALENSKÝ, Senior Analyst, Hybrid CoE
Presentation of Peter KRÉKO, Director, Political Capital Institute
Presentation of Nicolas DE PEDRO, Senior Fellow at The Institute for Statecraft in London; Member of the Experts Pool on Russia, Hybrid CoE
Speaking Points of Peter KRÉKO, Director, Political Capital Institute : [EN]
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 283 - Draft report Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tom Vandenkendelaere

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