Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) - European Parliament

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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold a hearing on the security in the Eastern Partnership area and the impact of Russian military doctrine, force posture and capability development, on 27 October 2021.

The hearing is taking place in view of the own-initiative report on 'Security within the Eastern Partnership and the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy'. The Committee will also look into the growing malign and destabilising impact of Russia's Wagner Group, in particularly in Africa.

Hearing programme and background information
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EU Fact Sheets: Security and Defence
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Length of video : 71'

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At the initiative of the FEMM Committee, the European Parliament will hold its second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021.

Following the success of the first European Gender Equality Week organised in October 2020, the European Parliament continues this important initiative and is holding the second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021. All parliamentary committees and delegations are invited to hold events addressing gender inequality issues in their areas of competence.

Below you will find more details of the events happening during the European Gender Equality Week.

Location : European Parliament Brussels & remotely
Gender Equality Week 2020
Draft programme
EPRS: "Exploring gender equality across policy areas"
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SEDE organises a public hearing on 'Security in the Eastern Partnership area: the impact of Russian military doctrine, force posture and capability development ' on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 from 13.45 to 15.00hrs in room ANTALL 4Q1 and remotely, with external experts.

Please find below the draft programme and the poster.
Draft programme
Poster
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SEDE organises a public hearing on 'Security in the Eastern Partnership area: the impact of Russian military doctrine, force posture and capability development ' on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 from 13.45 to 15.00hrs in room ANTALL 4Q1 and remotely, with external experts.
Location : Brussels - room ANTALL 4Q1
Programme
Poster
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SEDE organised a public hearing on 'The security situation in the Sahel: the African view and experience' on Wednesday, 14 April 2021 from 10.00 to 12.00hrs in room SPINELLI 3E2 and remotely, with external experts.
Draft programme
Poster
EPRS study: Peace and security in 2020: Evaluating the EU approach to tackling the Sahel conflicts - 16 September 2020
EPRS briefing: Understanding the EU Strategy for the Sahel - 7 September 2020
EPRS briefing: The G5 Sahel and the European Union: The challenges of security cooperation with a regional grouping - 6 September 2020
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MEPs call for a comprehensive set of measures and a coherent IT policy, as well as improved military cyber defence coordination, to strengthen EU cyber resilience.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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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 meetings of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will take place on 27 and 28 October 2021 (online).
The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE meetings' calendar 2021
EP calendar 2021
Press release: Sahel: Security situation from the African perspective - 12 April 2021
Press release: MEPs quizzed the head of the IAEA about nuclear non-proliferation - 16 March 2021
Press release: Exchange of views with the NATO Secretary General - 15 March 2021
Press release: Instability in the Central African Republic - 24 February 2021
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Length of video : 28'

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Length of video : 82'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will look into the impact of the Afghanistan crises on European security and defence, with EEAS Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy, Charles Fries, on 9 September. The debate is expected to focus on possible actions by the EU to contain security threats to the European territory, and the EU's future involvement in Afghanistan. The outcome of the recent Informal Meeting of European Defence Ministers will also be discussed.
Meeting agenda and documents
Live streaming
EU Fact Sheets: Security and defence
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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 meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will take place on 9 September 2021 (online).
The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE meetings' calendar 2021
EP calendar 2021
Press release: Sahel: Security situation from the African perspective - 12 April 2021
Press release: MEPs quizzed the head of the IAEA about nuclear non-proliferation - 16 March 2021
Press release: Exchange of views with the NATO Secretary General - 15 March 2021
Press release: Instability in the Central African Republic - 24 February 2021
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This study on ‘EU preparedness and responses to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats’ was requested by the European Parliament’s (EP) Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) in the context of, but not limited to, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Building on reports and expert input, this study first provides an update of the current level of each of the C, B, R and N threat elements, including the type of actor from which such threats might stem. It furthermore takes stock of the existing preparedness and response mechanisms and matches these against the updated threat landscape to determine the current state of play of the EU’s response tools and its remaining gaps where improvement may be needed. The study puts forward a number of recommendations on specific issues. The core of the recommendations builds on using a ‘Team Europe’ approach to create and maintain a strong task force based response capacity, with additional authority and competence given by EU Member States to the EU. This would enable the EU to better support and manage an EU-wide crisis response in the CBRN field in a timely and effective manner.
Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

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 meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will take place on 9 September 2021 (online).
The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE meetings' calendar 2021
EP calendar 2021
Press release: Sahel: Security situation from the African perspective - 12 April 2021
Press release: MEPs quizzed the head of the IAEA about nuclear non-proliferation - 16 March 2021
Press release: Exchange of views with the NATO Secretary General - 15 March 2021
Press release: Instability in the Central African Republic - 24 February 2021
Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP