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Highlights - Committees vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Committees vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility

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  • Committees vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility
    02-10-2023 - 19:41
    On 5 October 2023 Members of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Budgets (BUDG) will vote on the draft report by the co-rapporteurs, Michael Gahler (AFET, EPP) and Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (BUDG, S&D).
  • The draft report endorses a substantial assistance package, while strengthening democratic accountability of the Facility, encouraging multiparty democracy in Ukraine, and encouraging the alignment of Ukraine with the requirements for the EU accession.
  • The Ukraine Facility is part of a package also containing the targeted revision of the EU's long term budget (multiannual financial framework - MFF) and the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP).

Highlights - AFET-BUDG - Members to vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 05.10.2023 - Committee on Budgets

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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AFET-BUDG - Members to vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 05.10.2023

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  • AFET-BUDG - Members to vote on Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 05.10.2023
    26-09-2023 - 17:16
    On 5 October 2023 Members of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Budgets (BUDG) will vote on the draft report by the co-rapporteurs, Michael Gahler (AFET, EPP) and Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (BUDG, S&D).
  • The draft report endorses a substantial assistance package, while strengthening democratic accountability of the Facility, encouraging multiparty democracy in Ukraine, and encouraging the alignment of Ukraine with the requirements for the EU accession.
  • The Ukraine Facility is part of a package also containing the targeted revision of the EU's long term budget (multiannual financial framework - MFF) and the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP).

Highlights - Vote in CONT: Opinion on the Regulation establishing the Ukraine Facility - Committee on Budgetary Control

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Vote in CONT: Opinion on the Regulation establishing the Ukraine Facility

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  • Vote in CONT: Opinion on the Regulation establishing the Ukraine Facility
    31-08-2023 - 11:32
    On 4 September 2023, the Members of the Committee on Budgetary Control will vote on the draft opinion to AFET and BUDG Committees on the Regulation establishing the Ukraine Facility.
  • The CONT Committee is voting on its opinion in the form of a letter to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and on Budgets.
  • The opinion concerns mainly the protection of the EU financial interests, the use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System, and the role of the Audit Board envisaged in the proposal, including the appointment of an independent external auditor.

Highlights - Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General

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  • Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General
    31-08-2023 - 11:52
    On 7 September the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, will address Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
  • The discussion will come shortly after the NATO Summit in Vilnius where Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance have again reaffirmed the enduring transatlantic bond, unity, cohesion, and solidarity at a critical time for international peace and stability.
  • Allies also committed to continue cooperating closely with the European Union in order to make the Euro-Atlantic area and the broader neighborhood more secure.
  • The exchange will allow Members to discuss with the Secretary General the latest developments in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and highlight the importance of the EU's strategic partnership with NATO.

Highlights - Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General

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  • Exchange of views with NATO Secretary General
    31-08-2023 - 17:06
    On 7 September the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, will address Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
  • The discussion will come shortly after the NATO Summit in Vilnius where Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance have again reaffirmed the enduring transatlantic bond, unity, cohesion, and solidarity at a critical time for international peace and stability.
  • Allies also committed to continue cooperating closely with the European Union in order to make the Euro-Atlantic area and the broader neighbourhood more secure.
  • The exchange will allow Members to discuss with the Secretary General the latest developments in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and highlight the importance of the EU's strategic partnership with NATO.

Highlights - AFET-BUDG - Members to discuss Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 30.08.2023 - Committee on Budgets

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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AFET-BUDG - Members to discuss Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 30.08.2023

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  • AFET-BUDG - Members to discuss Establishing the Ukraine Facility - 30.08.2023
    28-08-2023 - 11:46
    The co-rapporteurs, Michael Gahler (AFET, EPP) and Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (BUDG, S&D), will present their draft report during a meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Budgets (BUDG).
  • The Ukraine Facility is part of a package also containing the targeted revision of the EU's long term budget (multiannual financial framework - MFF) and the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP).
  • The draft report focuses on strengthening the proposal on the role of regions in Ukraine, the role of the EP as well as aligning it with previously adopted legislation in order to homogenise practices.

Highlights - Debate with the President of Montenegro - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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Debate with the President of Montenegro

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  • Debate with the President of Montenegro
    13-07-2023 - 13:21
    On 18 July 2023 Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a debate with H.E.
  • Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro.
  • The exchange of views comes takes place just two months after President Milatović took office following presidential elections in March and April 2023.
  • High political tensions and polarisation plunged Montenegro into a deep political and institutional crisis last year, and consequently stalled Montenegro’s progress on its European path.

Highlights - The Ukraine Facility - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023
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The Ukraine Facility

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  • The Ukraine Facility
    04-07-2023 - 09:40
    On 6 July 2023 Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) will hold a debate with a representative of the European Commission on the proposal for the Ukraine Facility.
  • This new single financing instrument aims to provide coherent, predictable and flexible support to Ukraine for the period 2024-2027, catering both for short-term recovery needs and medium-term reconstruction and the modernisation of Ukraine, with a clear link to the country's accession path.
  • The foreseen overall amount of the Facility is up to €50 billion.
  • The foreseen overall amount of the Facility is up to €50 billion.

Highlights - 27-06-2023 16:00 Hearing on the EU's preventive diplomacy - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Friday, June 23, 2023
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27-06-2023 16:00 Hearing on the EU's preventive diplomacy

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  • 27-06-2023 16:00 Hearing on the EU's preventive diplomacy
    23-06-2023 - 13:34
    On 27 June 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the "EU's preventive diplomacy - practise makes (not yet) perfect".
  • Members will discuss with three expert speakers what aspects are still missing in EU's foreign policy to successfully carry out preventive diplomacy.
  • The link between EU's internal and external security, the lack of understanding of the local or cultural context when it comes to EU's actions regarding development or state-building and the lack of will on the part of Member States to step away from their individual interest and to build joint capacity will be examined in order to assess ways for the EU to increase its standing and leverage in conflict prevention.
  • This hearing will serve as input to the upcoming AFET Recommendation on "EU preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world, missed opportunity or change for the future."

Highlights - Moving the EU enlargement forward – 20 years since the Thessaloniki Declaration - Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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Moving the EU enlargement forward – 20 years since the Thessaloniki Declaration

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  • Moving the EU enlargement forward – 20 years since the Thessaloniki Declaration
    21-06-2023 - 10:33
    On 27 June, the Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and national parliaments of the EU Member States will meet in an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM).
  • Members of the European Parliament will debate with their counterparts from the Member States 'The cost of non-enlargement' and 'Strengthening security and democratic resilience through the enlargement process'.
  • Ms Aïssata Tall Sall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, followed by an exchange of views.
  • Ms Aïssata Tall Sall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, followed by an exchange of views.