Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Francisco Assis

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REPORT on addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Antonio López-Istúriz White

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The Western Balkans region stands at a critical crossroads for democracy, challenged by rising disinformation campaigns that exploit social divisions and fuel political polarisation, ultimately undermining democratic institutions and sowing scepticism toward European integration.

In the morning of 2 December, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS) will hold a joint public hearing and discuss ways to effectively counter disinformation and FIMI in the Western Balkans, strengthen its democratic institutions, build public trust, and focus on the role the EU can play in this process.

Location : Brussels
Programme
Poster
2.1. Emma Quaedvlieg - EPD - Presentation
     Presentation
2.2. Raša Nedeljkov - EUCRTA - Policy paper
     Policy paper
2.3. Stefan Vladisavljev - DSPC - Presentation, position papers
     Presentation
     CHOICE - China’s 'Digital Silk Road' enters the Western Balkans
     IRI - Facilitating kleptocracy: the consequences of China's corrosive capital in Serbia
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Next AFET committee meeting will be held on:

• Thursday 15 January, room SPAAK 3C50, Brussels

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of agenda items held "in camera".

AFET - DROI calendar of meetings 2026
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Dan Barna

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On Thursday, Parliament condemned Belarus for conducting an escalating campaign of coordinated hybrid attacks against Lithuania and the EU.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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President Metsola awarded the 2025 Sakharov Prize to the representatives of the two journalists, who are imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Length of video : 90'

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Length of video : 150'

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DRAFT OPINION on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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Length of video : 90'

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 358 - Draft opinion Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Hildegard Bentele, Chloé Ridel

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AMENDMENTS 359 - 714 - Draft opinion Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Hildegard Bentele, Chloé Ridel

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