Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) - European Parliament

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Please find below a link to the plenary debate on the draft report by Bodil Valero (Greens-EFA, Sweden) on "Arms export: the implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP" held on 12 September 2017 and a link to a video message by the Rapporteur calling for stricter controls.
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Arms export: extracts from the plenary debate
Arms export: video message by the Rapporteur calling for stricter controls
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On 25 September, the SEDE committee will hold an exchange of views on the implementation of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research with Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency and Alain Alexis, Head of Unit for Defence, Aeronautic and Maritime Industries, DG GROW, European Commission.
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Draft agenda and meeting documents
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The continued fragile security situation in Eastern Europe and the resurgence of Russian power politics prompts the Subcommittee on Security and Defence to examine, also in the context of the upcoming Russian-Belorussian military exercise "Zapad 2017" to take place in Belorussia in mid-September and close to the EU's external borders, various angles of the ongoing development in the post-Soviet space, which impact on regional stability and beyond.

Location : Paul-Henri Spaak 4B001
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Hearing programme and documents
Presentation by Anna Dyner, Analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) and Eastern Europe Programme Coordinator, Warsaw
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Length of video : 197'
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On 4 September, the Subcommittee will consider the draft report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy by Michael GAHLER, EPP. The draft report advocates a thorough revision of the CSDP to better equip Europe in an increasingly unstable and volatile internal and external security environment.
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Meeting documents
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A delegation of the EP's Security and Defence Subcommittee, led by its chair Anna Fotyga (ECR, PL), assessed the security situation in the Mediterranean on visit to Italy, 17-19 July (please see link below).
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Press statement
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Un an après le Brexit, les États membres de l’Union européenne semblent sur le point de réveiller la « belle au bois dormant » de la défense européenne : la coopération structurée permanente (CSP). La présente étude ambitionne de répondre aux questions relatives aux perspectives nationales et à l’état d’avancement de la CSP.
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Étude (disponible seulement en français; anglais suivra)
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One year after the British vote on Brexit, the Member States of the European Union seem to be on the verge of waking the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ of European defence: permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). Do they have the same understanding of its intended goals and of the ways forward or means of achieving them, or are they simply motivated by the desire not to end up on the edges of the sort of Eurogroup for defence that is being set up? What are the specific areas of agreement and disagreement between the groups taking shape in the European Council? Have any debates intentionally or unintentionally glossed over been glossed over and, if so, which ones? Lastly, what are the desirable scenarios for the months and years to come? Is there still time to change things or has the die been cast? The purpose of this study is to answer those questions.
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will take place on Monday 4 September, 15:00-18:30 in Brussels.

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Length of video : 112'
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Length of video : 89'
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On Wednesday, 12 July, the SEDE committee will welcome Alain Ratier, Director-General of EUMETSAT, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, and Rolf Densing, Director of Operations and Head of the European Space Operations Centre at the European Space Agency for a discussion on the protection of Europe's space infrastructure. This exchange of views is a follow-up to SEDE's recent own-initiative report on space capabilities for European security and defence.
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meeting documents
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One year after the adoption of the Warsaw Declaration, Members will assess the progress in EU-NATO cooperation, the way forward in intensifying the strategic partnership and the overall security environment facing both organisations. Officials from both the EEAS and NATO will inform inter alia about the joint fight against hybrid threats, the coordination on cyber defence, the safeguarding of maritime security and interaction in the field of defence industry and research.
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draft agenda and meeting documents
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will take place on Wednesday 12 July, 9:30-13:00 and 15:00-18:30 in Brussels.

The meeting slot on Thursday 13 July 2017, 9.00-12:30 is cancelled.

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