Ausschuss für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (AFET) - Europäisches Parlament

A delegation led by AFET Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE) and comprising of 17 MEPs, among whom SEDE Chair Nathalie Loiseau (RE, FR) and DROI Chair Maria Arena (S&D, BE) visited UN headquarters in New York and met with US Congress and high level officials from the US administration in Washington D.C.
Location : New York and Washington D.C., USA
Mission report
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Six Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) members took part in the delegation to Serbia and Kosovo to assess the political situation on the ground and to take stock of the latest developments in the countries as regard relations with the EU, including on the mutually agreed reforms and the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
Location : Serbia and Kosovo
Mission report
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Seven AFET members took part in the delegation to Albania and North Macedonia ahead of the June Council meeting, which is expected to take decisions on a possible opening of the accession talks with the two countries.
The visit took place in the midst of a political crisis in Albania, with the opposition relinquishing their parliamentary mandates and organising mass protests. In North Macedonia, the visit was conducted in the aftermath of the name change and in the run-up to the presidential election campaign.
Location : Albania & North Macedonia
Mission report
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The joint AFET/INTA delegation visited Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 30 October to 2 November 2018. The delegation participated in the first-ever “Parliamentary Forum in the context of the G-20 Leaders' Summit” (31 October - 1 November), organised jointly by the Argentine Congress and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
In addition, the delegation held meetings with representatives of the Argentine government, including Vice-President Gabriela Michetti and the Argentinian chief negotiator for the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, Horacio Reyser, Members of both Houses of the Argentine Congress, as well as with civil society and business associations.
Location : Argentina
Mission report
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A delegation made up of 7 Members of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Mr. Cristian Dan Preda (EPP, RO), paid a visit to Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty) and Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samarkand) on 17-20 September 2018, in order to enhance political dialogue and its parliamentary dimension.
Location : Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Mission report
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Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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The AFET delegation visited Albania and Montenegro from 23 to 26 May 2022. The main purpose of the mission was to reconfirm Albania’s readiness to start EU accession negotiations and to express support and encouragement for Montenegro’s efforts to conclude them.
Location : Albania and Montenegro
Mission report
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The AFET delegation visited Tunis from 10 to 14 April 2022. The main purpose of the mission was to reassess the path of Tunisia following more than a decade of democratic transition, during which democratic institutions have been established and tested. The recent increasing concentration of powers in the hands of the President since summer 2021 represents a cause for concern and justified an official visit.
While the President has suspended the Tunisian parliament already in July 2021, merely days before the visit in the end of March 2022, he proceeded to formally dissolve it. This made the visit even more timely than it already was.
Location : Tunisia
Mission report
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The AFET/SEDE delegation visited Kyiv, Zaporyzhya, and Mariupol (Ukraine) from 30 January to 1 February 2022. It was the first AFET mission to Ukraine since December 2019 and took place against the backdrop of a massive Russian military build-up on the border between Ukraine and Russia as well as on the border with Belarus.
The main purpose of the mission was to show solidarity with Ukraine, its population and institutions, and gather important factual elements on the security crisis in and around the country.
Location : Ukraine
Mission report
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The AFET delegation visited Copenhagen, Nuuk and Reykjavik from 21 to 24 September 2021. It was the first AFET mission to Denmark, Greenland and Iceland.
The main purpose of the mission was to establish contacts and discuss with stakeholders in order to fine-tune the European Parliament own initiative report on "The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges" (2020/2112(INI)), which has since been voted respectively in plenary in October I 2021. The report contains inter alia the EP's proposals and recommendations ahead of the review of the EU Arctic strategy by EEAS and the Commission.
Location : Denmark, Grenland & Iceland
Mission report
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A delegation led for AFET by Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE) and for DROI by Nacho Sánchez Amor and comprising 11 MEPs in total visited the UN headquarters in New York.
The various meetings which were part of the programme were organised around overarching themes, such as (i) UN reform, (ii) UN Security Council reform, (iii) dialogue, cooperation and coordination at EU level in the UN system and cooperation in the UN with candidate countries, (iv) the role and agenda of China and Russia in the UN system and (v) how the UN and its Member States are going about developments crises in Afghanistan, Ethiopia and, more generally, developments in crisis prevention, crisis management and crisis resolution on the African continent, as well as (vi) UN focus on human rights challenges. This allowed Members to focus on a thread throughout the programme and to further their insight looking at analysis, main messages and vision from within the UN system and looking at the role and impact of the UN from the vantage point of its Members States and from the EU vantage point.
Location : New York (USA)
Mission report
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A delegation led by AFET Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE) and comprising 6 MEPs visited Ottawa (Canada) and met with high level officials from the Federal Government of Canada, Members of the Federal Parliament of Canada and academics and experts.
Location : Canada
Mission report
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The AFET delegation visited Ankara and Mardin from 24 to 27 February 2020. It was the first AFET mission to Turkey since March 2015.
The main aim of the visit was to gauge the prospects for EU-Turkey relations and assess the situation on the ground, including with regard to recent developments in the field of the rule of law, freedom of expression and media, and human rights. The delegation also discussed regional issues and Turkish foreign policy, the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey and the Kurdish issue. The visit took place in the context of the upcoming AFET annual report on Turkey in the framework of the accession process.
Location : Turkey
Mission report
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A delegation led by AFET Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE) and comprising of 17 MEPs, among whom SEDE Chair Nathalie Loiseau (RE, FR) and DROI Chair Maria Arena (S&D, BE) visited UN headquarters in New York and met with US Congress and high level officials from the US administration in Washington D.C.
Location : New York and Washington D.C., USA
Mission report
Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Six Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) members took part in the delegation to Serbia and Kosovo to assess the political situation on the ground and to take stock of the latest developments in the countries as regard relations with the EU, including on the mutually agreed reforms and the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
Location : Serbia and Kosovo
Mission report
Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Seven AFET members took part in the delegation to Albania and North Macedonia ahead of the June Council meeting, which is expected to take decisions on a possible opening of the accession talks with the two countries.
The visit took place in the midst of a political crisis in Albania, with the opposition relinquishing their parliamentary mandates and organising mass protests. In North Macedonia, the visit was conducted in the aftermath of the name change and in the run-up to the presidential election campaign.
Location : Albania & North Macedonia
Mission report
Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

The joint AFET/INTA delegation visited Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 30 October to 2 November 2018. The delegation participated in the first-ever “Parliamentary Forum in the context of the G-20 Leaders' Summit” (31 October - 1 November), organised jointly by the Argentine Congress and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
In addition, the delegation held meetings with representatives of the Argentine government, including Vice-President Gabriela Michetti and the Argentinian chief negotiator for the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, Horacio Reyser, Members of both Houses of the Argentine Congress, as well as with civil society and business associations.
Location : Argentina
Mission report
Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

A delegation made up of 7 Members of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Mr. Cristian Dan Preda (EPP, RO), paid a visit to Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty) and Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samarkand) on 17-20 September 2018, in order to enhance political dialogue and its parliamentary dimension.
Location : Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Mission report
Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP