Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

"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.

On 2 April, the Conference of Presidents updated the EP's calendar of activities to introduce an extraordinary plenary session on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 April in Brussels, and additional dates for remote meetings for EP governing bodies, committees and political groups.

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.

Following these decisions, the next AFET Committee meeting will take place on 25 May and 4 June (via videoconference).

New Calendar 2020
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DRAFT OPINION on a new EU-Africa Strategy - a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Anna Fotyga

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AMENDMENTS 361 - 489 - Draft report EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Javier Nart

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The Committee on Foreign Affairs will look into the recently published Commission Communication on the Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020, on 19 May. The debate will take place with Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi. They will also discuss EU assistance reoriented towards fighting the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern and the Southern Neighbourhood, and in Turkey.
Meeting agenda and documents
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EU Fact Sheets: External relations policy
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 360 - Draft report EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Javier Nart

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AMENDMENTS 1-151 - Draft opinion Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 134 - Draft opinion Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 309 - Draft report Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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DRAFT OPINION on artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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A day following the EU-Western Balkans Summit videoconference of 6 May 2020, Foreign Affairs MEPs will quiz Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on the outcomes of the summit and the EU support to the accession countries in tackling COVID-19.
Members will follow up on the recently adopted AFET recommendations on enhancing engagement with the Western Balkans and will scrutinise the unprecedented EU
assistance to the region to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Meeting agenda and documents
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EU Fact Sheets: External relations policy
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Statement by Foreign Affairs Committee Chair David McAllister, following Thursday’s debate with Josep Borrell on disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On 30 April, the Committee onf Foreign Affairs will discuss with the Vice-President of the European Commission/ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell the latest report by the European External Action Service about disinformation around COVID-19 pandemic.
The discussion will be an opportunity for MEPs to get more insight into the proliferation of disinformation activities related to Coronavirus around the world and in particular those targeting the EU and its wider neighbourhood.
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MEPs and High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell will discuss the latest report by the European External Action Service about disinformation on COVID-19, on Thursday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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