Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) - European Parliament

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On 26 January, Dirk Dubois, Head of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), Michael Swann, Chair of the ESDC Steering Committee and Antonio Missiroli, Head of the ESDC’s Academic Board will meet with the SEDE committee to discuss the contribution of the college to the EU's CSDP activities. The college's training activities prepare both policymakers and mission staff for the activities involved in the full life-cycle of CSDP missions and aim to create a European security culture.
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The continuing security challenges in the Baltic sea region continue to constitute an issue of concern for the EU's security and defence policy. On 25 January, the SEDE committee will meet Lieutenant Colonel Jyri Raitasalo, Strategic Planning, Finnish Ministry of Defence and Commander Håkan Andersson, Military Advisor, Department for Security policy and International relations at the Swedish Ministry of Defence to discuss their national perspectives on the current situation in the Baltic sea.
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This workshop will provide a brief overview of aspects related to civilian and military personnel serving in CSDP missions and operations, in terms of challenging issues related to force generation, in mission treatment, training, follow up to crimes and offences perpetrated during deployment. For instance, despite progress in force generation and preparation, procedures for personnel recruitment and deployment remain cumbersome and slow. Possible solutions will also be discussed by the experts.
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On 25 January, the SEDE committee invites Brigadier General Daniel Grammatico, Director Operations at the EU Military Staff and Niklas Novaky, visiting researcher at VUB Brussels, to discuss the future of EU battlegroups. In the light of the recent push for more cooperation in the field of European security and defence, these experts will exchange views with the members of the committee on what can be done to make the battlegroups more operational and their actual use more likely.
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On 25 January, the AFCO Committee and the SEDE Subcommittee will hold a joint meeting to discuss the amendments tabled to the own-initiative report 'Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty'. The report examines the legal possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty as well as the necessary institutional set-up to make CSDP more operational.
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Following the presentation of the European Defence Action Plan by the European Commission and the launch of the preparatory action on defence research, the Commission and the European Defence Agency will present the progress achieved in the setting up of the EU's first defence research programme in the SEDE meeting on 25 January.
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European Defence Action Plan
Fact Sheet on Security and Defence
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will take place on 25-26 January 2017 in Brussels.

An extraordinary joint AFCO/SEDE meeting will take place on 15 December, 10:30-12:00, in Strasbourg (see announcement below).

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The workshop was organized on October 13, 2016 at the initiative of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) with the aim of assessing relations between Saudi Arabia and the Member States in the field of armaments cooperation, touching on the absence of a common European position in this area. Agnès Levallois, lecturer at Sciences Po Paris and ENA, is affiliated to the Académie Diplomatique and works as a consultant, specialising in political, strategic and economic issues in the Middle East. Jane Kinninmont is a senior research fellow and deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House.
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On 15 December, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and AFET/SEDE committees will hold a joint meeting to have a first exchange of views on the text of the draft report 'Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty'. The report examines the legal possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty as well as the necessary institutional set-up to make CSDP more operational.
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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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will take place on 25-26 January 2017 in Brussels.

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