8 September 2021 The UK has presented a ministerial statement regarding the operation of the Protocol on the current basis. This includes the continuation of existing grace periods. The Withdrawal Agreement is an international agreement. The Protocol is an integral part of it and the agreed solution
7 September 2021David McAllister MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament I. Following the 9/11 attacks in New York, US troops and their NATO allies ousted the Taliban from power in November 2001. The Taliban group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden
7 September 2021 The European People’s Party (EPP) Political Assembly (PA) met in a hybrid format in Brussels on 6 and 7 September to update on political developments across member states, adopt a position paper on Afghanistan with a focus on Afghan women and discuss
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The European Parliament has been following the situation on the external EU border with Belarus very closely. On 12 July, the Committee on Foreign Affairs together with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs discussed the migratory pressure on the Lithuanian border with
On Wednesday, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, MEPs will discuss the situation on the ground in the country. The Foreign Affairs Committee, Development Committee and Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Afghanistan will hear from Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, who