Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

On 7 December 2017, AFET/SEDE will hold an extraordinary joint hearing on North Korea to discuss the continuing deterioration of the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. The aim of the hearing is to assess the threat posed by the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile build-up and possible consequences for the global non-proliferation regime. Members will also analyse different options for the EU and international community to prevent further escalation of the crisis.
Location : Altiero Spinelli 5E-2
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Speaking notes by Antoine Bondaz, Research Fellow, FRS and Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris
Presentation by Ramón Pacheco Pardo, Korea Foundation VUB and King's College London
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 63 - Draft opinion The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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DRAFT REPORT on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Francisco Assis

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The next AFET meeting is scheduled to take place as follows:

Monday, 11 December 2017, 19:30 - 21:00, Strasbourg, LOW N1.4.

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On 11 December, the Foreign Affairs Committee, together with its Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development, will meet this year's Sakharov Prize laureates, the democratic opposition and political prisoners in Venezuela. The Venezuelan opposition will be represented by Antonio Ledezma, who recently escaped from his house arrest in Venezuela, and relatives of a number of political prisoners.
The Sakharov finalist Lolita Chavez as well as Bethlehem Isaak - daughter of the second finalist Dawit Isaak - will also participate in the meeting.

The award ceremony will take place in the plenary on 13 December. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded each year by the European Parliament to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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ERRATUM to the report on the Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 281 - Draft report Recommendation to the Council, the Commission, and the EEAS on cutting the sources of income for Jihadists - targeting the financing of terrorism
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Short presentation of two Sakharov Prize Finalists 2017.
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The next AFET meeting is scheduled to take place as follows:

Monday, 4 December 2017, 15.00 - 18.30, Brussels (room JAN 2Q2)

The extraordinary meeting on 5 December 2017 has been cancelled.

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AMENDMENTS 31 - 365 - Draft opinion Establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 61 - Draft opinion Implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182 – Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On 7 December 2017, AFET/SEDE will hold an extraordinary joint hearing on North Korea to discuss the continuing deterioration of the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. The aim of the hearing is to assess the threat posed by the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile build-up and possible consequences for the global non-proliferation regime. Members will also analyse different options for the EU and international community to prevent further escalation of the crisis.
Location : Altiero Spinelli 5E-2
Further information
Draft programme
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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Hong Kong, 20 years after handover
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Alyn Smith

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DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Andrejs Mamikins

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REPORT on the Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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