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Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) - European Parliament

Highlights - Exchange of views with Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Fri, 16/06/2017 - 10:56
On 21 June, SEDE will hold an exchange of views with the Commissioner for the Security Union, Sir Julian King. Members will take stock of the state of play of the implementation of the European Agenda on Security and the progress made towards an operational and effective Security Union. The debate will also focus on the increasing interdependence between internal and external security, and the legislative initiatives to be taken in upcoming months to tackle terrorism and organized crime.
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Workshops - Workshop: Implementation of the EU arms export control system - 12-04-2017 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Thu, 15/06/2017 - 15:03
On 12 April, the SEDE committee will organise a workshop on the implementation of the EU's arms export control system, in the context of its work on the annual report on arms exports. The workshop will focus on the issues of strengthening compliance with the Council common position governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, compliance with reporting obligations, increasing transparency and public scrutiny, and the development of the EU's institutional framework.
Location : Altiero Spinelli building 3G-3
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Briefing - What has the European Union done in the field of migration since 2014? - PE 583.159 - Committee on Development - Subcommittee on Security and Defence - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Thu, 15/06/2017 - 00:00
In response to the migration challenge, on 13 May 2015 the European Commission presented the European Agenda on Migration, with the aim of setting out a comprehensive approach for improving the management of migration in all its aspects. Several implementation packages under the Agenda have already been adopted and the measures therein are starting to be deployed; legislative proposals have also been made and are currently being discussed in Parliament and Council.
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Briefing - European Parliament’s positions on key issues related to asylum and migration - PE 583.160 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Subcommittee on Security and Defence - Committee on Development

Thu, 15/06/2017 - 00:00
This briefing presents a short summary of the positions taken by the European Parliament on issues related to migration and asylum in its most recent relevant Resolutions. It has been prepared for the high-level conference on migration management which takes place on 21st June 2017.
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Highlights - AFET/SEDE Exchange of views with Ursula von der LEYEN, German Minister for Defence - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Wed, 14/06/2017 - 14:13
Please find below a link to extracts from the exchange of views of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence with Ursula von der LEYEN, German Minister for Defence on 13 June in Strasbourg.
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Debate
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Video of a committee meeting - Tuesday, 13 June 2017 - 14:03 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence - Committee on Foreign Affairs

Tue, 13/06/2017 - 15:58
Length of video : 71'
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Highlights - Joint AFET-SEDE debate: The security situation in the Western Balkans - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Tue, 13/06/2017 - 15:05
In a joint meeting to be held on 21 June, AFET and SEDE Members will examine the current security situation in the Western Balkans. Distinguished speakers, including the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe and the Commander of NATO’s Kosovo Force, will discuss with Members the regional perspective and assess the country-specific features of the quickly evolving security environment in the EU’s vicinity.
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Latest news - The next SEDE meeting - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Mon, 12/06/2017 - 13:56

will take place on Wednesday 21 June, 9:30-13:00 and 15:00-18:30, and Thursday 22 June 2017, 9.00-12:30 in Brussels.

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At a Glance - Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights - June 2017 - PE 600.426 - Committee on Budgetary Control - Committee on Culture and Education - Subcommittee on Security and Defence - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety -...

Mon, 12/06/2017 - 00:00
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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Video of a committee meeting - Thursday, 8 June 2017 - 09:11 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Thu, 08/06/2017 - 14:06
Length of video : 176'
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Highlights - High-level conference on migration management - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Fri, 02/06/2017 - 10:43
On 21 June 2017 from 14:30 to 19:30, the European Parliament will organise a high-level conference on migration management in the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference will bring together political leaders, policymakers and practitioners to contribute to a reflection on a strategy to manage migration flows, and ensure a stable and prosperous environment at our borders. It will be organised in cooperation with the relevant parliamentary committees. Speakers will notably include:

Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission

Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank

Markku Markkula, President of the Committee of the Regions

Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Development

Julian King, Commissioner for Security Union

Louise Arbour, United Nations Special Representative for International Migration

William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration

Claude Moraes, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Linda McAvan, Chair of the Committee on Development


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Highlights - Implementation of the Global strategy in CSDP - State of play - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Fri, 02/06/2017 - 10:41
On 8 June, SEDE will welcome Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General, EEAS, to discuss the implementation of the Global strategy in the area of CSDP ahead of the Defence European Council on 22 June and the publication by the European Commission of its European Defence Industrial Programme legislative proposal.
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Highlights - Debate on draft report on arms export - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Wed, 31/05/2017 - 15:34
On 8 June, SEDE will consider the draft report by Bodil Valero (Greens-EFA, Sweden) on "Arms export: the implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP". The EU collectively is the second largest arms supplier in the world (with 26% of all sales) and the Common Position is a set of rules, guidelines and principles that govern the exports of arms, military technology and equipment and intends to enable EU Member States to make socially responsible decisions concerning those exports.
In her draft report Ms Valero makes a series of recommendations in order to improve the implementation of the Common Position with the aim of avoiding that military technologies are exported to non-eligible countries and un-authorised end users. She also makes proposals to boost information exchange among Member States, to make their reporting more standardised and timely and to increase the role of parliaments and public opinion in scrutinising the arms trade.
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Highlights - High-level conference on migration management - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Wed, 31/05/2017 - 11:13
On 21 June 2017 from 14:30 to 19:30, the European Parliament will organise a high-level conference on migration management in the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference will bring together political leaders, policymakers and practitioners to contribute to a reflection on a strategy to manage migration flows, and ensure a stable and prosperous environment at our borders. It will be organised in cooperation with the relevant parliamentary committees. Speakers will notably include:

Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission

Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank

Markku Markkula, President of the Committee of the Regions

Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Development

Julian King, Commissioner for Security Union

Louise Arbour, United Nations Special Representative for International Migration

William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration

Claude Moraes, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Linda McAvan, Chair of the Committee on Development


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Programme
Poster
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In-Depth Analysis - The implementation of the EU arms export control system - PE 578.047 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Tue, 30/05/2017 - 00:00
The aim of the workshop was to provide an overview of the EU arms export control system as well as options for improvement. The main speaker, Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), provided a brief overview of the main elements of the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and then focused on aspects related to strengthening implementation of the eight criteria of the Common Position, the enhancement of compliance with the reporting obligation by Member States, possible ways to increase the transparency and public scrutiny of the export control framework and the development of the EU’s institutional framework in this context. Her presentation was followed by a debate involving members of the Security and Defence Committee of the European Parliament, the outcome of which may feed into the EP Annual Report on Arms Export.
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Highlights - Study: Nuclear Proliferation in North East Asia - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 13:55
Since the end of the Cold war the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula has become the most dangerous challenge to international stability, security and peace. The nuclear and ballistic programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have dangerously improved since the beginning of the decade and seem to have accelerated since 2014 in spite of the continuous strengthening of the international sanctions regime against Pyongyang’s Weapons of Mass Destruction programmes.
Accordingly, tensions have risen dramatically in the Korean peninsula. In the current context, the resumption of the six-party talks - deadlocked since the spring of 2007 - remains very hypothetical. It is clearly dependent on a change of attitude on Pyongyang's part, something hardly predictable.
Even if 'strategic patience' towards North Korea has been challenged for some time, it may be that there is no better alternative to this policy. Comprehensively conceived, it should be understood as a strong policy of containment of the North Korean nuclear crisis in order to make possible the return of Pyongyang to negotiations.
As a subsidiary issue, it could be asked whether the EU could play a renewed role as regards to nuclear and ballistic proliferation in North East Asia.
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Study: Nuclear Proliferation in North East Asia
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Video of a committee meeting - Thursday, 4 May 2017 - 09:07 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Thu, 04/05/2017 - 14:13
Length of video : 150'
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Latest news - The next SEDE meeting - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Thu, 04/05/2017 - 13:51

will take place on Thursday 8 June 2017, 9.00-12:30 in Brussels.

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