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The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 22 June 2026, 15.00 - 18.30 and Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 1G3).

Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.
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SEDE missions 2026:

• Canada - 26-28 May 2026
• Taiwan - 30 March - 2 April 2026
• Poland and Czechia - 16-18 February 2026
• Ukraine - 5-6 February 2026

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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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Location : ANTALL (4Q2)
Draft programme
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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Location : ANTALL (4Q2)
Draft programme
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At its meeting on 23 June, the Joint SEDE–TRAN Committee will vote on the draft report concerning the proposed Regulation on Military Mobility. The draft report contains several amendments aimed at facilitating the transport of military equipment, goods, and personnel, while minimising and mitigating the impact of such movements on civilian transport.
Agenda - Joint committee procedure (Rule 59)
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Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
Committee draft report
Legislative Proposal: Regulation on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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At its meeting on 23 June, the Joint SEDE–TRAN Committee will vote on the draft report concerning the proposed Regulation on Military Mobility. The draft report contains several amendments aimed at facilitating the transport of military equipment, goods, and personnel, while minimising and mitigating the impact of such movements on civilian transport.
Agenda - Joint committee procedure (Rule 59)
Webstreaming - EP Multimedia Centre
Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
Committee draft report
Legislative Proposal: Regulation on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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Tout est fin prêt pour le lancement de la session ordinaire de l’Examen d’État (Exetat) édition 2026 sur l'ensemble du territoire national.

Staatliche Beihilfen stützen krisenbetroffene Banken – Wettbewerbseffekte unterscheiden sich je nach Instrument – Gezielte Ausgestaltung entscheidend für künftige Krisen Staatliche Beihilfen haben dazu beigetragen, den Bankensektor in der Finanzkrise funktionsfähig zu halten und größere ...

Germany, Manfred Weber's home country, puts more into the EU budget than it gets back and wants cuts

On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Meetings with National Parliaments
ICM Draft programme
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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Meetings with National Parliaments
ICM Draft programme
Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

In January 2027, the first Conference of the Parties to the new United Nations High Seas Treaty will take place. The meeting is expected to address key conflicts between marine conservation and ocean use in the context of climate change. The 2024 ad­visory opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on climate change is therefore once again attracting attention. Many observers had expected the opinion to clarify the relationship between ocean protection and utilisation in climate policy. Such clarification is particularly important in relation to emerging marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies, which seek to enhance oceanic carbon drawdown in order to mitigate climate change. ITLOS confirmed that states are obliged to protect the ocean from pollution caused by atmospheric CO₂. However, it left open the question of whether mCDR should be regarded as marine pollution or as a contribution to marine environmental protection. This ambiguity could be mobilised politically to either promote or restrict mCDR. International organisations, EU institutions, and national authorities should therefore prepare for competing inter­pretations of the advisory opinion that may shape future climate and ocean governance.

Dans une rencontre très attendue de la Coupe du Monde, les Lions de la Teranga du Sénégal ont courbé l’échine devant les Bleus de la France sur le score de 1-3, au terme d’un match intense où efficacité et maîtrise ont fait la différence, ce mardi 16 juin aux États-Unis.

Malgré une prestation courageuse et engagée, les Lions de la Teranga n’ont pas su contenir la puissance offensive des Bleus pour leur première rencontre dans cette phase de groupes de cette compétition planétaire.

The pain from their injuries hasn’t gone away. Meanwhile, they face challenges in earning a livelihood.

Pour la première fois dans l’histoire démocratique espagnole, un ancien chef du gouvernement va prêter déclaration, mis en examen, devant un juge. José Luis Zapatero, au pouvoir entre 2004 et 2011, est accusé de trafic d’influence et de blanchiment de capitaux. Le parti socialiste joue avec lui sa crédibilité.

Bunia, la capitale régionale de la province de l’Ituri, est durement touchée par Ebola. Plusieurs centres de traitement sont sortis de terre depuis l’annonce officielle du début de l’épidémie. Dont celui de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) adossé à une clinique médicale déjà existante, la clinique Elikya, ouvert depuis une quinzaine de jours et déjà débordé.

Le sort d'un réfractaire russe se joue ce mercredi 17 juin devant le tribunal administratif de Strasbourg. Le jeune homme de 22 ans, réfractaire à la conscription militaire, était interdit de quitter le territoire russe. Pourtant, en juin 2025, il avait réussi à sauter d'un train en marche, reliant la Russie à son exclave de Kaliningrad, par la Lituanie, et était entré de cette manière dans l'Union européenne. Mais malgré cette évasion spectaculaire, son sort est très incertain.

Le Parlement européen est réuni en session plénière à Strasbourg. Au programme ce mercredi 17 juin, le vote solennel qui va instaurer ce que l’on appelle des hubs de retour pour les migrants expulsés des pays de l’Union européenne. 

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