Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President designate of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, appeared before the European Parliament on 7 October 2019 to answer MEPs’ questions. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document.
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Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi appeared before the European Parliament on 14 November 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (the Committee on International Trade was invited). This document highlights a number of commitments which he made during the hearing. They refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including: Western Balkans and Turkey; Eastern Neighbourhood; Southern Neighbourhood.
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The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development will hold an exchange of views with last year's laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Mr Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for "plotting terrorist acts" against the Russian "de facto" rule in Crimea. After spending more than five years behind bars, he was released from prison in September this year as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

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Draft agenda
Sakharov Prize 2018: Oleg Sentsov and the struggle of political prisoners in Russia
Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 326 - Draft report Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2018
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Arnaud Danjean

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AMENDMENTS 327 - 486 - Draft report Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2018
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Arnaud Danjean

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 61 - Draft opinion Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 41 - Draft opinion Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vangelis Meimarakis

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 398 - Draft report Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section X - European External Action Service
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vangelis Meimarakis

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Foreign Affairs MEPs questioned the Hungarian Commissioner-designate for the Neighbourhood and Enlargement portfolio on Thursday morning.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Thursday, 14 November, the three new Commissioners-designate Olivér Várhelyi, Adina-Ioana Vălean and Thierry Breton will face three-hour hearings in the EP.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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