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Entre droits de douane, menaces et troubles géopolitiques, les États-Unis et l'Union européenne restent pourtant fortement dépendants l'un de l'autre sur le plan commercial.

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The Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) are organising a joint public hearing with the title: “Cyber-defence and cybersecurity”, which will take place on 29 January 2026.
The hearing will highlight the interplay between civil and military ecosystems, while emphasising on dual use technologies, cybersecurity and cyber-defence, as well as the crucial role of public-private partnerships and industrial policies in reinforcing Europe's resilience.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2
Programme
Poster
CV-Luca Tagliaretti
CV-Nataliya Tkachuk
CV-Paulina Uznanska
CV-Ferdinand Gehringer
CV-Iva Tasheva
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On 26 January, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will engage in an exchange of views with Members of the Committees on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Foreign Affairs (AFET) as well as in association with the Delegation for relations with the NATO PA (DNAT).

Discussion topics will include the significant challenges facing the EU and NATO in today's complex geopolitical environment, efforts to strengthen Europe's defence also in view of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, the state and prospects of transatlantic relations as well as issues of burden-sharing, political cohesion and strategic adaptation.

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The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 23 February 2026, 15.00 - 18.30 and on Tuesday, 24 February 2026 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 in Brussels (room SPAAK 1A2).

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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The publication of further files in the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to raise new questions. Dozens more prominent names appear in the more than three million pages of documents, thousands of videos and well over 100,000 photos most recently released by the US Department of Justice. Commentators discuss the connections between these individuals and Epstein and what consequences they will have.

France's budget for the current year has been finalised. On Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no confidence brought by the opposition. His predecessors François Bayrou and Michel Barnier were forced to step down shortly after taking office amid disputes over the budget. Is France entering calmer political waters?

Russia attacked energy facilities across Ukraine on Tuesday night, just as the country is experiencing extreme winter weather. Donald Trump had agreed a week-long ceasefire with Vladimir Putin last week, but the exact timing remained unclear. Commentators discuss Putin's current strategy ahead of the peace negotiations set to begin today in Abu Dhabi.

On 8 March, Switzerland will vote on the "200 francs is enough!" initiative, or "halving initiative" aimed at a substantial reduction in radio and television license fees for citizens and an exemption for businesses. If successful, the budget for the country's public broadcasting service SRG would be almost halved. The initiative is supported by the right-wing SVP, the Young Liberals and the Swiss Trade Association.