Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

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AMENDMENTS 67 - 68 - Draft opinion on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Lukas Mandl

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AMENDMENTS 12 - 66 - Draft opinion Resilience of critical entities
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Lukas Mandl

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 300 - Draft report The future of EU-US relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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AMENDMENTS 301 - 425 - Draft report The future of EU-US relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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On Wednesday, Parliament and Council negotiators reached an agreement on the instrument governing the 2021-2027 funding for countries on the path to EU membership.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Strategic Sovereignty (or Autonomy) for the European Union appears to be its ability to decide and act according to its own rules, principles and values. The latter include the promotion of multilateralism, respect for the rule of law, democracy and human rights, openness in trade relations. Given rapidly shifting global geopolitical and technology trends, and the seeming fragmentation of the multilateral order, the EU is being forced to strengthen its own position in the international arena.
The EU needs to secure its values and interests in new (and more determined) ways. If the EU wants to "do it its way" to quote HRVP Borrell's "Sinatra doctrine", several questions needs to be answered.

With the assistance of the EU Institute for Security Studies, and of top-level experts, this AFET workshop/webinar will tackle three important questions: 1- How can the EU deal more strategically with interdependencies in a less cooperative world? 2- How should the EU adapt existing and develop new strategic partnerships? 3- How can EU efforts to strengthen multilateralism both reinforce EU autonomy and global cooperation?
Draft Programme
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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 ordinary AFET Committee meetings will take place on 14 and 15 June (via videoconference).

EP Calendar 2021
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings
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AMENDMENTS 79 - 80 - Draft opinion Measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Markéta Gregorová

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 121 - Draft motion for a resolution EU Global Human Rights Sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act)
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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AMENDMENTS 23 - 78 - Draft opinion Measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Markéta Gregorová

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On 27 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an online hearing "Collective security in the GULF". The recent tensions in the Middle East, as well as frequent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia or series of oil tankers detentions in the Strait of Hormuz, have contributed to a worsening of security situation in the region.
While de-escalation is key, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have significant influence on the stability of the region, where 20% of the global oil supply flows transit. The hearing will aim at evaluating the security situation in the Gulf region while analysing the possibilty of setting up a regional security mechanism.
Draft programme
biographies
     Dr Cinzia Bianco
     Cornelius Adebahr
     Dr Abdulaziz Sager
     Commander Friis
Presentations
     Gulf of difference - How Europe can get the Gulf monarchies to pursue peace with Iran
     Can Europe Choreograph a Saudi-Iranian Détente?
     Europe Needs a Regional Strategy on Iran
     The Pandemic Means the EU Must Regionalize Its Iran Policy
Poster
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On 10 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an online hearing " EU long-term strategy towards Russia ". Amid the recent expulsions of diplomats and blacklisting of prominent EU officials as well as Russia's continued crackdown on the opposition, the Foreign Affairs Committee will take stock of the achievements and the shortcomings of the current EU strategy vis à vis Russia.
Members and experts will discuss how to rethink and update the EU's strategy towards Russia for the years to come. The elements put forward will feed into the forthcoming EP recommendations on Russia.
Draft Programme
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 409 - Draft report The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Anna Fotyga

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ERRATUM on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 75th and 76th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (2020/2128(INI))
Committee on Foreign Affairs
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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DRAFT OPINION on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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