Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

AMENDMENTS 1 - 290 - Draft report Strategic political relations with Australia – potential for deeper ties in the face of a volatile international order
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Željana Zovko

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The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, after more than five decades of Ba'athist rule, has reconfigured Syria's political order and foreign relations. By the end of summer 2026, the transitional government under Ahmed al-Sharaa had secured rapid international rehabilitation – including the lifting of United Nations sanctions and partial removal from European and American sanctions regimes. Yet, domestic consolidation remains incomplete, with structural economic issues, sectarian violence, controversies over minority protection and limited accountability exposing the new order's fragility and authoritarian tendencies. Drawing on interviews, fieldwork and policy analysis, this paper examines Syria's emerging political, security and economic dynamics, the repositioning of regional and international actors, as well as the leverage available to the European Union. It identifies three pathways for Syrian development over the next 12 to 24 months: state consolidation, authoritarian stabilisation or fragmentation. Which of these prevails will depend on the combination of external pressure and al-Sharaa's capacity to deliver inclusive domestic governance and manage the economic challenges. For the European Parliament, its central challenge is to translate the European Union's financial support into political leverage at a time when other actors have already moved decisively to occupy the economic and diplomatic spa.
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DRAFT OPINION on EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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DRAFT REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2026
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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MISSION REPORT following the mission to China from 21 to 23 July 2026
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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DRAFT REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-Norway political relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Łukasz Kohut

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AMENDMENTS 103 - 404 - Draft report Shaping the EU's external action to address the human rights challenges posed by artificial intelligence
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nacho Sánchez Amor

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 102 - Draft report Shaping the EU's external action to address the human rights challenges posed by artificial intelligence
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nacho Sánchez Amor

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OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Matjaž Nemec

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Final votes taken by Roll-call vote
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Length of video : 30'

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Length of video : 90'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
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Length of video : 30'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - Draft recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Nina Carberry, Thijs Reuten

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Alignment with the European Union’s (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy has become a central benchmark of enlargement countries’ strategic orientation and a key indicator of the enlargement process’s credibility. Under Chapter 31 and relevant association agreements, candidates are expected to align their foreign, security and defence policies progressively with those of the EU prior to accession. This requirement has gained renewed political importance following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has heightened the role of sanctions, geopolitical positioning and foreign policy coherence within enlargement. However, past experience shows that formal pre-accession alignment does not always translate into post-accession cohesion, particularly where candidate countries maintain external dependencies or pursue hedging strategies. Current EU monitoring relies heavily on quantitative indicators, such as declaration alignment rates, which often fail to capture implementation and political intent. This study evaluates the existing methodology (2020–2025) and proposes a revised framework combining quantitative and qualitative indicators to provide a more accurate and policy-relevant assessment of Common Foreign and Security Policy alignment.
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