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Next AFET committee meeting will be held on:

• Thursday, 16 October (09.00-12.45), room ANTALL 6Q2, Brussels

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of agenda items held "in camera".

AFET - DROI calendar of meetings 2025
Meeting documents
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Rapporteur Jörgen Warborn will brief journalists on changes to sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, on Monday 13 October at 18.15.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Rapporteur Jörgen Warborn will brief journalists on changes to sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, on Monday 13 October at 18.15.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) and shadows will brief journalists on the review of EU air passengers rights rules following a vote in the Transport Committee on Monday.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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Rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) and shadows will brief journalists on the review of EU air passengers rights rules following a vote in the Transport Committee on Monday.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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Written by Györgyi Mácsai and Nadejda Kresnichka-Nikolchova, Members’ Research Service (EPRS) with Raffaele Ventura, GlobalStat, EUI.

This infographic provides insight into the economic performance of Ukraine compared with the European Union (EU) and examines the trade dynamics between them. In 2024, Ukraine experienced an economic growth rate of 3.5%, while the EU-27 recorded a growth rate of only 1.1%. Both regions continue to see declining inflation rates. However, increasing exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia reveals a weakening currency, alongside a rise in the country’s public net debt, which has climbed to 89.8%. The EU-27 is Ukraine’s primary trading partner, accounting for 53.6% of its trade share, with Poland being the leading country with trade value €17.8 billion. In 2024, while overall EU exports are on the rise, imports from Ukraine to the EU are experiencing a declining trend.

Read this ‘infographic’ on ‘Ukraine: Economic indicators and trade with EU‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

GDP growth
(annual change, %) Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita
(at PPP 1 in thousands of international dollars) Female labour force participation rate
(% of female population aged 15+) Total unemployment rate
(% of total labour force) FDI and remittances Public finances, monetary and financial data EU trade with Ukraine Main trade partners (2024) Top EU partners (2024) EU exports of goods to Ukraine (2024) EU imports of goods from Ukraine (2024)

Coordinated action, stronger defence, and sanctions needed to counter Russian provocations targeting EU security and infrastructure.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence

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Coordinated action, stronger defence, and sanctions needed to counter Russian provocations targeting EU security and infrastructure.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence

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Coordinated action, stronger defence, and sanctions needed to counter Russian provocations targeting EU security and infrastructure.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence

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Coordinated action, stronger defence, and sanctions needed to counter Russian provocations targeting EU security and infrastructure.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence

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MEPs call for aid to reach all earthquake victims in Afghanistan, where the regime’s restrictive gender policies are obstructing aid deliveries.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs call for aid to reach all earthquake victims in Afghanistan, where the regime’s restrictive gender policies are obstructing aid deliveries.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs call for aid to reach all earthquake victims in Afghanistan, where the regime’s restrictive gender policies are obstructing aid deliveries.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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In two separate votes on Thursday, Parliament rejected two motions of censure against the European Commission.

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In two separate votes on Thursday, Parliament rejected two motions of censure against the European Commission.

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three emergency resolutions on Equatorial Guinea, Haiti and China.

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three emergency resolutions on Equatorial Guinea, Haiti and China.

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On 23 September, the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Development, together with the Subcommittee on Human Rights, presented the candidates for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, one of the most important events of the European Parliament. On 16 October, the AFET and DEVE committees will meet again to narrow down the list of nominees to a three-candidate shortlist, via a secret vote.
Each year the Sakharov Prize reaffirms the European Parliament's unwavering commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights, a founding principle of the European Union. The winning 2025 laureate(s) will be announced on 22 October by the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders) and an exchange of views with the laureate(s) will take place in a joint Committee meeting on 15 December. The Prize will be presented to the laureate(s) at an award ceremony during the December plenary, on 16 December.
Sakharov Prize website
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On Thursday, 16 October 2025, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) will organise a joint public hearing on "Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation". This hearing brings together experts and stakeholders to discuss the achievements and challenges of the Global Gateway strategy, launched by the Commission in 2021.

The hearing will allow Members to take stock of the results so far, and to provide guidance for future implementation. The hearing's takes will contribute to the ongoing work in AFET and DEVE on an own-initiative report on Global Gateway, which will also address the governance structure, the geopolitical considerations of the approach, as well as the emerging relation with the EU's development cooperation. The own initiative report is expected to be presented on 20 November, the vote in Plenary is planned for March 2026.

AFET hearings
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AMENDMENTS 10 - 91 - Draft report Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
David McAllister, Charles Goerens

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