Ausschuss für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (AFET) - Europäisches Parlament

On 6 July, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an online hearing on the geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has had profound geopolitical consequences that inevitably affect key aspects of EU foreign policy, including relations with major global powers, humanitarian aid, development and peacekeeping, and the fight against disinformation and cyber-attacks.
The hearing will provide AFET Members with more insights on foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak from leading experts in the area.
Geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 crisis - online hearing
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On 6 July, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an online hearing on the geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has had profound geopolitical consequences that inevitably affect key aspects of EU foreign policy, including relations with major global powers, humanitarian aid, development and peacekeeping, and the fight against disinformation and cyber-attacks.
The hearing will provide AFET Members with more insights on foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak from leading experts in the area.
Location : (Remote) - 2Q2 - European Parliament - Brussels
Draft programme
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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über die Durchführung des Assoziierungsabkommens der EU mit der Republik Moldau
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Dragoş Tudorache

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The new EU-Africa Strategy presented by the Commission on 9 March puts a reinforced emphasis on the creation of a real partnership with a continent whose relevance for Europe is growing by the day. The three briefings focus on different aspects of this new partnership, the first one dealing with the implications for the political dialogue with a focus on (good) governance and the even bigger challenge of security and migration. The second briefing has a look at more ‘traditional’ aspects of this relationship, development and humanitarian aid, complemented with the rising challenge of climate change. The new approach is also illustrated by the emphasis put on the promotion of bilateral trade and investment relations, the topic of the third briefing. All these briefings also try to incorporate first elements on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the bilateral relationship.
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Much has changed since the creation of the Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy in 2007. The developing world has been changing fast. Development policy and practices are also transforming, albeit at a slower pace. The divide between emerging economies and ‘fragile states’ is increasing. This is also the case in Africa. As not only Africa, but also the EU-Africa relationship is changing and evolving into new dimensions, there is clearly a need to develop a new European strategy, constructed on the basis of an emerging continent. Africa is home to the youngest population in the world and some of the world’s most fragile states. However, it is also a continent with emerging markets and more effective governments. This brief aims to clarify how well the new Strategy must manage to mainstream a European approach to Africa that considers both the inter-continental dialogue and the diversity of development on this emerging continent within the fields of governance, security and migration. As the COVID-19 has turned into a pandemic, the brief also suggests that the new European strategy must reflect this development and the European Parliament should closely monitor the situation as it discusses the Strategy.
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BERICHT über die Empfehlung des Europäischen Parlaments an den Rat, die Kommission und den Vizepräsidenten der Kommission/Hohen Vertreter der Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zum westlichen Balkan im Anschluss an das Gipfeltreffen 2020
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Tonino Picula

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"In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.

On 2 April, the Conference of Presidents updated the EP's calendar of activities to introduce an extraordinary plenary session on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 April in Brussels, and additional dates for remote meetings for EP governing bodies, committees and political groups.

The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained.

Following these decisions, the next AFET Committee meeting will take place on 4 June and AFET-INTA Joint committee meeting on 12 June. (via videoconference)

New Calendar 2020
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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 151 - Entwurf einer Stellungnahme Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern im Rahmen der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Hannah Neumann

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 165 - Draft report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Georgia
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Sven Mikser

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 – 134 - Entwurf einer Stellungnahme Rahmen für die ethischen Aspekte von künstlicher Intelligenz, Robotik und damit zusammenhängenden Technologien
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Urmas Paet

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 361 - 489 - Entwurf eines Berichts Sicherheitspolitische Zusammenarbeit der EU und Afrikas in der Sahelzone, in Westafrika und am Horn von Afrika
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Javier Nart

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 360 - Entwurf eines Berichts Sicherheitspolitische Zusammenarbeit der EU und Afrikas in der Sahelzone, in Westafrika und am Horn von Afrika
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Javier Nart

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 309 - Entwurf eines Berichts Waffenexporte: Umsetzung des Gemeinsamen Standpunkts 2008/944/GASP
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Hannah Neumann

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DRAFT OPINION on a new EU-Africa Strategy - a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Anna Fotyga

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ENTWURF EINER STELLUNGNAHME zum Thema „Künstliche Intelligenz: Fragen der Auslegung und Anwendung von für die EU geltenden internationalen Rechtsvorschriften in Bezug auf die zivile und militärische Nutzung und der Zuständigkeit des Staates außerhalb des Anwendungsbereichs der Strafgerichtsbarkeit“
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Urmas Paet

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