Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

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DRAFT 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 negotiations on the EU-Azerbaijan Comprehensive Agreement
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Norica Nicolai

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AMENDMENTS 2 - 65 - Draft opinion Further macro-financial assistance to Georgia
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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AFET hosted Albania's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati to discuss the country's EU-related reforms. With the date of the future opening of the EU accession talks looming large, Members examined Albania’s efforts to overhaul judiciary, tackle corruption and drug trade, improve internal political dialogue and ensure good neighbourly relations.
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The next AFET meeting is scheduled to take place as follows:

Monday, 22 January 2018, 15:00-18:30, room JAN 2Q2
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 09:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30, room JAN 2Q2

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The EU Market Access Strategy (MAS) and associated Market Access Partnership (MAP) is a EU trade policy operational instrument designed to identify and remove market access restrictions confronting EU firms in third country export markets. Since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been a steady increase in the number of trade restricting measures imposed by EU trading partners. The MAS is a key tool through which the EU seeks to work with third countries to prevent, remove and reduce market access barriers. There is broad support for the MAS among stakeholders who are aware of the mechanism and a virtual consensus that greater emphasis should be given by the European Union to identifying and removing barriers to trade and investment in third countries. Two types of challenges confront the MAS and, as a result, its effectiveness. One centres on the identification of protectionist measures and the ability of the EU to induce policy changes by trading partners. The other is to improve awareness among EU exporters of the existence of the MAP and leveraging the tools that are available to address market access restrictions. The European Parliament can contribute to addressing these challenges by engaging with national parliaments and constituencies on the existence and utility of the MAS and in advocating that market access issues be prioritised in the activities of the European Commission. The European Parliament can also play an increased role in helping to achieve the goals of the MAS and support EU exports by raising market access issues when they engage with third country counterparts.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 21 - Draft opinion 2016 discharge: EU general budget - Commission
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 20 - Draft opinion 2016 discharge: EU general budget - European External Action Service
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On 7 December 2017, AFET/SEDE will hold an extraordinary joint hearing on North Korea to discuss the continuing deterioration of the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. The aim of the hearing is to assess the threat posed by the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile build-up and possible consequences for the global non-proliferation regime. Members will also analyse different options for the EU and international community to prevent further escalation of the crisis.
Location : Altiero Spinelli 5E-2
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Speaking notes by Antoine Bondaz, Research Fellow, FRS and Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris
Presentation by Ramón Pacheco Pardo, Korea Foundation VUB and King's College London
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 63 - Draft opinion The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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DRAFT REPORT on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Francisco Assis

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The next AFET meeting is scheduled to take place as follows:

Monday, 11 December 2017, 19:30 - 21:00, Strasbourg, LOW N1.4.

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On 11 December, the Foreign Affairs Committee, together with its Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development, will meet this year's Sakharov Prize laureates, the democratic opposition and political prisoners in Venezuela. The Venezuelan opposition will be represented by Antonio Ledezma, who recently escaped from his house arrest in Venezuela, and relatives of a number of political prisoners.
The Sakharov finalist Lolita Chavez as well as Bethlehem Isaak - daughter of the second finalist Dawit Isaak - will also participate in the meeting.

The award ceremony will take place in the plenary on 13 December. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded each year by the European Parliament to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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ERRATUM to the report on the Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 281 - Draft report Recommendation to the Council, the Commission, and the EEAS on cutting the sources of income for Jihadists - targeting the financing of terrorism
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Length of video : 193'
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