Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

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Length of video : 75'

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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 meetings will take place on 10 December (via videoconference).

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On Thursday at 14.45, MEPs will exchange views with Bujar Osmani on North Macedonia’s efforts and prospects in the EU accession process.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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With all eyes on the pending opening of the accession negotiations with North Macedonia, AFET will welcome its new Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani. As the government formed following the July 2020 elections continues implementing the EU-related reforms, the country expects that the first intergovernmental conference opening the accession talks could be held without further delay.
In addition to improving neighbourly relations, MEPs are expected to quiz the minister on domestic reforms and the foreign policy agenda.
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Length of video : 134'

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Length of video : 85'

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Length of video : 103'

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Length of video : 175'

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 268 - Draft report Recommendation to the Council on the "75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly"
Committee on Foreign Affairs
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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Disinformation is an endemic and ubiquitous part of politics throughout the Western Balkans, without exception. A mapping of the disinformation and counter-disinformation landscapes in the region in the period from 2018 through 2020 reveals three key disinformation challenges: external challenges to EU credibility; disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic; and the impact of disinformation on elections and referenda. While foreign actors feature prominently – chiefly Russia, but also China, Turkey, and other countries in and near the region – the bulk of disinformation in the Western Balkans is produced and disseminated by domestic actors for domestic purposes. Further, disinformation (and information disorder more broadly) is a symptom of social and political disorder, rather than the cause. As a result, the European Union should focus on the role that it can play in bolstering the quality of democracy and governance in the Western Balkans, as the most powerful potential bulwark against disinformation.
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Length of video : 116'

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Length of video : 126'

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REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 488 - Draft report Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy – annual report
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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Length of video : 121'

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Length of video : 64'

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Length of video : 57'

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On 9 November, the Committe on Foreign Affairs will hold an exchange of views with Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This is the first time Mr Lazzarini will hold an exchange of views in AFET after his appointment as Commissioner General in March 2020.
The exchange will give MEPs the opportunity to discuss the assistance provided by UNRWA to Palestinian refugee Communities in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria as well as UNRWA's longer-term budgetary needs and UNRWA's process of reforms.
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