Highlights of AFET, DROI and SEDE meetings next week

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Wednesday, 26 April

9:00 – 17:00 in room: Paul-Henri Spaak 3C050

Debates

·  Exchange of views with Bujar OSMANI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia

·  Exchange of views on the EU relations with Brazil

·  Exchange of views on the situation in Lebanon with Carl HALLERGARD, Deputy Managing Director Middle East and North Africa, EEAS

Public Hearing (15.30 – 17.00)

·  The Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience of Ukraine: assessing the feasibility of a Marshall Plan-style facility and of enhanced coordination of defence related support. Programme

Votes

·  2022 Commission Report on Serbia (2022/2204(INI)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK)

·  2022 Commission Report on Kosovo (2022/2201(INI)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE)

Thursday, 27 April

9:00 – 11:45 in room: Paul-Henri Spaak 3C050

Debates

·  Exchange of views with Enrique MORA, Deputy Secretary General/Political Director of the European External Action Service, on the EU relations with Iran – in association with the Delegation for Relations with Iran (D-IR)

·  Exchange of views with Gert-Jan KOOPMAN, Director-General, European Commission, Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR)

·  EU-Switzerland relations (2023/2042(INI)) – consideration of draft report – rapporteur: Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT)

·  Debriefing on the AFET mission to The Gambia and Senegal (3-7 April 2023)

Subcommittee on Human Rights

Monday, 24 April

15:00 – 16:15 in room: Altiero Spinelli 1G-3

Debates

·  Exchange of views on EU instruments for tackling corruption globally in the presence of:
‒ Tinatin TSERTSVADZE, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundation,
‒ Channing Sophia MAVRELLIS, Illicit Trade Director, Global Financial Integrity

·  Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (2022/0269(COD)) – consideration of draft opinion – rapporteur for the opinion: Salima YENBOU (Renew, FR) – presentation of the briefing on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market: the issue of remedies, in the presence of:
‒ Claire METHVEN O´BRIEN, Reader, School of Law, University of Dundee, UK, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark,
‒ Amy WEATHERBURN, Chargé de Recherches FRS-FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium,
‒ Hélène DE RENGERVÉ, EU senior advisor, Anti-Slavery International

Tuesday, 25 April

10:00 – 16:30 in room: Altiero Spinelli 1G-3

Debates

·  Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs / in association with the Delegation for relations with Iran – exchange of views on ‘How to support Human Rights, Freedom and Democracy in Iran’ in the presence of:
– Mansoureh SHOJAEE, women’s rights activist and writer,
– Mahdieh GOLROO, journalist and women’s rights activist,
– Fatameh KARIMI, Researcher in Sociology of Gender, women’s rights activist and President of Kurdistan human rights network France,
– Sattar RAHMANI, a former teacher and political prisoner in Iran, expert on teachers‘ rights movement,
– Ardeshir AMIR ARJOMAND, senior advisor to presidential candidate Mir-Hossein MOUSAVI

·  Presentation of the In-depth analysis on the opposition of models and narratives in the field of human rights in the context of the preparation of the DROI visit to Geneva on 26-28 April 2023, in the presence of:
– Rosa FREEDMAN, Director, Global Development Division, University of Reading, United Kingdom,
– Lizza BOMASSI, Deputy Director Carnegie Europe

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Monday, 24 April

16:45 – 18:45 in room: Altiero Spinelli 3G-2

Debates

·  Joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council: European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence – exchange of views with:
‒ Carine CLAEYS, Special Envoy for Space, Head Division for Space, EEAS,
‒ Guillaume DE LA BROSSE, Head of Unit, Innovation, Start-ups and Economics, DG DEFIS, European Commission, and
‒ Daniel FIOTT author of the study on “Strategic compass and space base defence capabilities”

·  Debrief from the SEDE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (20-23 February 2023)

Tuesday, 25 April

9:00 – 19:00 in room: Altiero Spinelli 3G-2

Public hearing (9.00 – 10.30)

·  EU-NATO cooperation: follow up of the Madrid Summit and the 3rd Joint Declaration – in association with the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Programme

Debates

·  Enhancing the Partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass: update and role of the European Peace Facility Assistance Measures for third countries – exchange of views with Rory DOMM, Head of Division, European Peace Facility, Integrated Approach for Security and Peace, EEAS

·  Joint Communication on “Enhancing EU Maritime Security Strategy” and the extension of the Concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) – exchange of views with:
– Giovanni CREMONINI, Head of sector – Maritime Security Sector, Security and Defence Policy, EEAS,
– Dan RIESER, Strategic Planner, Integrated Strategic Planning, Integrated Approach for Security and Peace, EEAS, and
– Fredrik LINDBLOM, Chair of the working party on European Union Maritime Security, Swedish Ministry of Defence

·  Exchange of views with Anatolie NOSATÎI, Minister of Defence, Republic of Moldova

·  Debrief from the SEDE mission to Djibouti and Somalia (1-5 April 2023)

Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Tuesday, 25 April

14:30 – 15:00 in room: Jòzsef Antall 4Q2

Vote

·  Establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (2022/0219(COD)) – adoption of draft report/ vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations – rapporteurs: Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR; PL), Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE)

Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade

Wednesday, 26 April

11:30 – 12:30 in room: Paul-Henri Spaak 1A002

Debate ·  Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (2022/2188(INI)) – presentation by the Commission of the annual report on the implementation and application of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (1 January – 31 December 2022) – exchange of views – rapporteurs: Seán KELLY (EPP, IE), Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D, AT)