Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

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On 26 April 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience of Ukraine: assessing the feasibility of a Marshall Plan-style facility and of enhanced coordination of defence related support. Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has provided considerable support to Ukraine.
Whatever the final outcome of the war will be, Ukraine will undoubtedly come out of it economically devastated and the task of recovery and reconstruction appears therefore as a gigantic effort, which is hard to measure. Building on the conclusions of the Ukraine recovery Conference which took place on 4-5 July 2022 in Lugano, MEPs will debate with the invited experts the feasibility and the technical challenges of a Marshall Plan-style recovery plan.
Location : SPAAK 3C50
Draft programme
Biographies of speakers
Designing Ukraine's Recovery in the Spirit of the Marshall Plan - Mr Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
The Reconstruction Process in Ukraine - Mr Hugues Mingarelli
Publications - Ms Oleksandra Matviichuk
     28 hostages of the Kremlin
     The Peninsula of fear - Chronicle of occupation & violation of human rights in Crimea
     Eastern Ukraine - Civilians caught in the crossfire
     Surviving hell : Testimonies of Victims on Places of Illegal Detention in Donbas
     The Price of Freedom
Publications - Ms Iuliia Osmolovska
     Hard Work for 2023: Supporting Ukraine to Win the War against Russia
     Special Tribunal for the political leadership of Russia : Just Punishment for War Crimes
     Five Security Scenarios on Russian War in Ukraine for 2022-2023 - Implications and Policy Recommendations to Western Partners
EPRS Publications
     Russia's war on Ukraine: The EU's financing of military assistance to Ukraine
     Russia's war on Ukraine: Bilateral delivery of weapons and military aid to Ukraine
     European Peace Facility: Ukraine and beyond
     European Peace Facility: State of play as of 31 March 2023
     Video - The EU’s financing of military assistance to Ukraine
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On 26 April 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience of Ukraine: assessing the feasibility of a Marshall Plan-style facility and of enhanced coordination of defence related support. Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has provided considerable support to Ukraine.
Whatever the final outcome of the war will be, Ukraine will undoubtedly come out of it economically devastated and the task of recovery and reconstruction appears therefore as a gigantic effort, which is hard to measure. Building on the conclusions of the Ukraine recovery Conference which took place on 4-5 July 2022 in Lugano, MEPs will debate with the invited experts the feasibility and the technical challenges of a Marshall Plan-style recovery plan.
Draft Programme
Presentation - Mr Kirkegaard - Designing Ukraine - 2019s Recovery in the Spirit of the Marshall Plan
Presentation - Mr Mingarelli - The reconstruction process in Ukraine
Presentations - Ms Matviichuk
     Hostages
     Peninsula Fear
     Civilians caught in the crossfire
     Report Koalition - Surviving hell
     Ukrainia NGOs - Euro Maidan
Presentations - Ms Osmolovska
     Hard work for 2023
     Special Tribunal for the political leadership of Russia
     Ukraine scenarios report
Biographies
EPRS Publications
     Russia's war on Ukraine: The EU's financing of military assistance to Ukraine
     Russia's war on Ukraine: Bilateral delivery of weapons and military aid to Ukraine
     European Peace Facility: Ukraine and beyond
     European Peace Facility: State of play as of 31 March 2023
     Video - The EU’s financing of military assistance to Ukraine
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MEPs denounce Uganda’s anti-LGBTIQ Bill and call for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Russia, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 86 - Draft report Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Thailand, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Andrey Kovatchev

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Members of the AFET Committee will meet on :

• 22 March - 9.00-11.30 and 14.30-18-30
• 23 March - 10.00-13.00

in room József Antall (2Q2) to discuss the following items:

Votes:

• The implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance - Alviina Alametsä (Verts/ALE)
• Implementation of "passerelle" clauses in the EU Treaties - Tineke Strik (Verts/ALE)

Debates:

• Debriefing on the AFET mission to Indonesia and Vietnam (20-24 February 2023)
• Exchange of views with Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan
• Exchange of views with Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative/Vice-President: One year after the adoption of the strategic compass
• Hearing on the situation in the Taiwan strait
• Presentation of the European Endowment for Democracy 2022 Annual Report
• Presentation of the Study on 'Afghanistan: Lessons learnt from 20 years of supporting democracy, development and security'
• Consideration of draft reports on Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uzbekistan
  

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2023
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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OPINION on guidelines for the 2024 budget – Section III
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Carina Ohlsson

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DRAFT REPORT on the 2022 Commission Report on Albania
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Isabel Santos

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Length of video : 32'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
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Length of video : 113'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
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Length of video : 100'

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
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DRAFT REPORT on the 2022 Commission report on North Macedonia
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Ilhan Kyuchyuk

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On 16 March 2023, a delegation of Members from the Committee of Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Development (DEVE) will visit the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Members will hold discussions on EIB external action, especially activities of the ‘EIB Global’ branch which was set up in January 2022. This new branch promotes investments outside the EU, supporting EU partnerships around the world, in particular in climate change, innovation and development.
It is expected that EIB Global will be a key ally in the implementation of the Global Gateway Initiative launched by the European Commission in December 2021.

EIB Global is also part of the efforts to revamp the European Financial Architecture for Development, making it more effective, and part of a bigger worldwide effort to close the ever-increasing financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030.

Hosted by EIB President Werner Hoyer, Members will exchange views with the EIB leadership, and assess the activities already performed during the first year of EIB Global. The EIB response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine will feature prominently on the agenda, featuring discussions on Solidarity Package for Ukraine, Solidarity Lanes, as well as the global consequences of the war on food and energy security aspects. Furthermore, discussions on Global Gateway, climate action, global health and other topical issues are also expected to be raised.
List of MEPs taking part in the mission
EIB Global website
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On 16 March 2023, a delegation of Members from the Committee of Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Development (DEVE) will visit the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Members will hold discussions on EIB external action, especially activities of the ‘EIB Global’ branch which was set up in January 2022. This new branch promotes investments outside the EU, supporting EU partnerships around the world, in particular in climate change, innovation and development.
It is expected that EIB Global will be a key ally in the implementation of the Global Gateway Initiative launched by the European Commission in December 2021.

EIB Global is also part of the efforts to revamp the European Financial Architecture for Development, making it more effective, and part of a bigger worldwide effort to close the ever-increasing financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030.

Hosted by EIB President Werner Hoyer, Members will exchange views with the EIB leadership, and assess the activities already performed during the first year of EIB Global. The EIB response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine will feature prominently on the agenda, featuring discussions on Solidarity Package for Ukraine, Solidarity Lanes, as well as the global consequences of the war on food and energy security aspects. Furthermore, discussions on Global Gateway, climate action, global health and other topical issues are also expected to be raised.

List of MEPs taking part in the mission
EIB Global website
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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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