Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will brief MEPs on the outcome of the 28-30 June NATO summit in Madrid and EU-NATO cooperation, on Wednesday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 277 - Draft report Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Manu Pineda

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Hong Kong, Brazil and Tajikistan.
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Subcommittee on Human Rights

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On 13 July from 15.30 – 16.30, AFET will debate the external policy priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU with Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. In the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, external relations will remain at the top of the Presidency's agenda. The Minister and MEPs will discuss current geopolitical challenges and ways to overcome them at this crucial time in the European foreign policy.
While much of EU's efforts during this Presidency will continue to be placed on defending Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the future EU-UK relations will still be high on the agenda as well as enlargement, the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, transatlantic relations, as well as the Sahel and the Indo-Pacific.
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On Wednesday, Parliament outlined its assessment of the political situation in three accession countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia.
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This analysis looks into the complex relationship between two trends in international governance: an increase in multilateral arrangements between countries in order to govern internationally on the one hand, and a lack of democratic control over the decisions taken by multilateral organisations or conferences on the other. Multilateralism in the modern sense refers to an international mode of operation involving peaceful negotiations and diplomacy, also referred to as a ‘rules-based international order’ or ‘rules-based multilateralism’. Several European countries have recently launched initiatives in support of multilateralism, in reaction to the increasingly unilateral behaviour of states undermining the existing rules-based international order. Apart from the European Union, no other multilateral organisation has a parliamentary body with the competence to block or amend its decisions, which indicates that there is a democratic deficit in these multilateral organisations. An initial response to such a democratic deficit is the involvement of national parliaments in international decision-making. This is known as ‘parliamentary diplomacy’. Secondly, the involvement of civil society in international decision-making through protests, petitions, consultations or participation can also enhance democracy. Thirdly, the organisation of national referenda on international decisions can be used by national governments or citizens’ initiatives to increase democratic legitimacy. Fourthly, a lack of democracy at international level can also be countered by creating an ‘alliance of democracies’, aimed at multilateral cooperation between democratic countries rather than the democratisation of multilateral organisations. These are mostly alliances of Western countries, which risks emphasising the differences between West and East or North and South. Three short case studies of parliamentary diplomacy with the strong involvement of the European Parliament (the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization (WTO), delegations to the Conferences of Parties of climate change agreements and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly) show that enhancing multilateral democracy is not the only aim of parliamentary diplomacy and that each case reveals a different mix between the ‘parliamentary’ aspect of democratisation and the ‘diplomacy’ aspects of information exchange or influencing.
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DRAFT OPINION on upscaling the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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AMENDMENTS 17 - 101 - Draft opinion The protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Markéta Gregorová

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On 27 June, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments, is inviting Members of national Parliaments of the EU Member States to attend an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on the EU enlargement policy in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Parliamentarians from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine have also been invited to participate remotely.
The applications of three Eastern Partnership countries for a candidate status pushed the EU to rethink its enlargement policy. It also reinforced the link between the neighbourhood and enlargement policies. The ICM will provide a forum for parliamentarians to discuss the impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its aftermath on the EU enlargement policy.
Location : SPAAK 3C50
Draft Programme
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On 27 June, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments, is inviting Members of national Parliaments of the EU Member States to attend an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on the EU enlargement policy in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Parliamentarians from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine have also been invited to participate remotely.
The applications of three Eastern Partnership countries for a candidate status pushed the EU to rethink its enlargement policy. It also reinforced the link between the neighbourhood and enlargement policies. The ICM will provide a forum for parliamentarians to discuss the impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its aftermath on the EU enlargement policy.
Draft Programme
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DRAFT OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting is scheduled to take place on 27 June 2022

The meetings will be web-streamed.

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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Statement of the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the European Council 's decision of 23 June 2022 on the EU membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
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Parliament says Montenegro should advance its electoral and judicial reforms and its fight against organised crime and corruption.
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EU leaders must live up to their historical responsibility and give a clear political signal to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, confirming their European perspective.
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