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The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 18 March 2026 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 19 March 2026 from 9.00-12.30 in Brussels (room tbc).
Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2026
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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SEDE-AFCO Joint Public Hearing on Institutional aspects of the Common European Defence Union - 24 February 2026

The Committee on Security and Defence jointly with the Committee on Constitutional Affairs held a hearing on "Institutional aspects of the Common European Defence Union" on 24 February. The Committees looked into the existing institutional framework supporting the Common European Defence Union. The hearing will help to identify the challenges and opportunities within current institutional arrangements, and it will propose recommendations for closer cooperation among Member States and EU's internal governance mechanisms.

Location : SPAAK 1A002
Programme
Poster
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