Establish more strategic relations with like-minded partnersCounter attempts to weaken and divide the EUCall for qualified majority voting instead of unanimity in some foreign affairs areas The EU should demonstrate its leadership in international affairs by being more autonomous, more assertive, and more united, state MEPs
Statement by leading MEPs on the new EU-US agenda. “We welcome the new EU-US agenda outlined on 2 December 2020 in the Joint Communication by the European Commission and the High Representative. We commend its timing and its lists of practical first steps in a wide range of
Press statement on the legislative elections in Venezuela on 6 December 2020. “The regime of Nicolás Maduro has called elections to the National Assembly of Venezuela on 6 December 2020. The European Parliament will not observe this process, and consequently will neither comment on the process, nor
A stronger EU-US partnership and committed engagement in international institutions will take precedence at Thursday’s hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee. With representatives from the US State Department, the Munich Security Conference, the German Marshal Fund and the European External Action Service, MEPs will examine the state of transatlantic
On the 25th anniversary of the peace accords, parliamentarians from across Europe deliberate the future of the Western Balkans. Together with members of EU national parliaments and EU aspirant countries, MEPs will consider the implications of the Dayton peace accord, that a quarter of a century
The award ceremony for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, conferred upon the Belarusian democratic opposition, will be held on 16 December. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday 16 December, at noon. Journalists can express their interest in conducting an online interview with representatives of the