Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

Recommendations on the negotiations for a cooperation agreement between the European Union and the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-INTERPOL)
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David Lega

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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the European Parliament has established a number of measures to contain the spread of the virus and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures do not affect work on legislative priorities.
Core activities are maintained to ensure the smooth running of the institution's legislative, budgetary, and scrutiny functions.

The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting will take place on 2 June 2022

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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Text: During the meeting on 11 and 12 May, Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee exchanged views with Pekka Haavisto, Foreign Minister of Finland, on Finland's foreign and security policy in the light of the war in Ukraine and with Fawzia Abdulla Yusuf Zainal, Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain.
They also debated the state of play on the envisaged Association Agreements with Mexico, Mercosur and Chile and held a presentation of a study on "The Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans: Assessing the possible economic, social and environmental impact of the proposed Flagship projects".
During the voting session the committee Members have voted on the Recommendation on the EU's Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as on draft reports on Montenegro and Turkey and an opinion on the future European Financial Architecture for Development.
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Length of video : 167'

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REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Dragoş Tudorache

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Length of video : 2'13''

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Length of video : 58'

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Length of video : 181'

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This initiative focuses specifically on the issue of economic coercion and the EU's possible response, aiming to preserve the EU's open strategic autonomy and policy-making space. The IA clearly defines the problem, its underlying causes, and the objectives to address it. The creation of a new legal instrument to deter and counteract economic coercion is the only type of option retained for analysis. This presumably follows on from the political commitment made in early 2021 (although this is not stated explicitly in the IA). This option was broken down into several policy options based on possible parameters used for the design of the instrument. The IA is substantiated by academic work, stakeholders' contributions and examples. The majority of stakeholders support a new policy instrument and their input contributed to the design of the proposed instrument. The IA focuses mostly on economic impacts, while social and environmental impacts are assessed briefly. Important benefits are expected from the instrument. Costs are expected only from its use, in particular from the application of countermeasures. The IA focuses on a qualitative assessment of impacts linked to the instrument's creation and existence, acknowledging that the impacts linked to the instrument's use are difficult to estimate at the design stage. Adequate monitoring and evaluation of the use of the instrument and of progress made against the objectives will therefore be important aspects that would have benefited from further detail in terms of indicators and provisions. The proposal generally reflects the preferred option of the IA, although some elements differ from the IA, such as the objectives and definition of economic coercion.
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Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs will host Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto for a debate on European security challenges in light of the war in Ukraine.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 439 - AMENDMENTS Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Serbia
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vladimír Bilčík

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Length of video : 52'

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 269 - Draft report Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Commission Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Horn of Africa
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 333 - Draft report European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister, Nathalie Loiseau

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 306 - Draft report on the 2021 Commission Report on Kosovo
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel

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Length of video : 68'

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On Thursday at 18.30 CET, MEPs will debate Russia’s military assault on Ukraine with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell and Ukrainian parliamentarians.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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