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A delegation of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, led by its vice-chair Mr. Andrej Plenković, visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to discuss the state of relations between the Kingdom and the EU, as well as the overall security situation and recent developments in the Middle East and the Gulf.
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Press release - Foreign Affairs MEPs received by King Salman of Saudi Arabia
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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über Raumfahrtfähigkeiten für die europäische Sicherheit und Verteidigung
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über das Thema „Friedensunterstützungsmissionen – Zusammenarbeit der EU mit den Vereinten Nationen und der Afrikanischen Union“
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Geoffrey Van Orden

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The quest for oil markets abroad can be seen as an attempt by US companies to find higher prices and profits and avoid bankruptcy, since the current low price of oil, resulting from OPEC's strategy of oversupplying the market, is making shale-oil production in the US less and less profitable. The impact of potential US oil exports on the European Union's energy security is expected to be limited in the short term. The oil market is oversupplied, prices are depressed and are only expected to increase slightly if OPEC and other producers agree to stabilise production, and Europe can find alternative suppliers easily. These now include Iran, which has the world's fourth-largest reserves of oil, since sanctions were lifted in January following the nuclear deal. The US ban on natural gas exports is still in force. Should it be removed, as part of a TTIP deal or under changes to domestic law, the US has the potential to become a net gas exporter. However, as the US can get higher prices on Asian markets and as both the US and the EU have limited LNG infrastructures, the EU is an unlikely destination for large LNG imports from the US in the short run. Europe can obtain gas from a plethora of suppliers, now including Iran, which has the world's second-largest reserves of gas. The long-term outlook is more promising, as US LNG export capacities are expected to rise significantly in the coming decade and EU Member States may decide to diversify supplier countries and routes, under the European Energy Security Strategy, rather than allowing short-term commercial interests to prevail.
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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 65 - Entwurf einer Stellungnahme zu einer auf die Zukunft ausgerichtete innovative Strategie für Handel und Investitionen
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 – 64 - Entwurf einer Stellungnahme Umsetzung der Empfehlungen des Parlaments von 2010 zu Sozial- und Umweltnormen, Menschenrechten und zur sozialen Verantwortung der Unternehmen
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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ENTSCHLIESSUNGSANTRAG
eingereicht im Anschluss an Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission
gemäß Artikel 123 Absatz 2 der Geschäftsordnung
zu dem Bericht über das Kosovo 2015
(2015/2893(RSP))
Ulrike Lunacek
im Namen des Ausschusses für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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DRAFT REPORT on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Barbara Lochbihler

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 270 - Entwurf eines Entschließungsantrags zum Bericht von 2015 über die ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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ENTSCHLIESSUNGSANTRAG
eingereicht im Anschluss an Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission
gemäß Artikel 123 Absatz 2 der Geschäftsordnung
zu dem Bericht über Serbien 2015
(2015/2892(RSP))
David McAllister
im Namen des Ausschusses für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 2015 Report on Kosovo; 2015/2893 (RSP)

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 155 - Entwurf eines Entschließungsantrags Bericht über Montenegro 2015
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
to wind up the debate on the statements by the Council and the Commission
pursuant to Rule 123(2) of the Rules of Procedure
on the 2015 report on Serbia
(2015/2892(RSP))
David McAllister
on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On 28 January, in the context of AFET's discussion of the discharge of the European Commission and the European External Action Service, AFET Chair Brok emphasised the special nature of the EU's aid spending. Given its objectives of alleviating poverty and contributing to peace and stability in crisis-struck regions, he noted that the EU's aid activities often need to take bigger risks in extremely difficult environments than is the case with other categories of EU funding.
He stated that it is therefore vital to keep these particular circumstances in mind when judging the success or failure of the EU's activities abroad. He emphasised that recent misrepresentations of the EU's activities in the media of some member states have caused enormous damage to the EU's efforts and stressed the need for Parliament to be absolutely clear in its recognition of the special circumstances of the EU's spending on its global activities.
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Foreign Affairs MEPs praised efforts from both the government and the FARC rebel group to end the internal conflict raging in Colombia for over 50 years and urged the EU to support the peace-building efforts, during a public hearing on Thursday.
Just one week after the Chamber demonstrated unanimous support to the peace process in Colombia in a resolution, MEPs have acclaimed the political effort, realism and perseverance shown by both the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to bring the Colombian peace process to a successful conclusion. 23 March, the deadline set by the negotiators, is a realistic timeframe to conclude an agreement, they said.
Foreign Affairs Committee members quizzed Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Sergio Jaramillo, FARC Head Negotiator Iván Márquez and the EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia, Eamon Gilmore, about risks of the peace process, stressing the importance of reaching a fair and sustainable agreement and of its full implementation. MEPs also raised the issues of narco-trafficking, rural development, political participation by the FARC and the planned setup of an EU trust fund.
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Next AFET meetings will be held on:

- Tuesday, 16 February 2016, JAN 2Q2

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The start of EU accession negotiations with Serbia and the progress made in normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo was welcomed by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in two resolutions passed on Thursday. They also stressed that these relations would be helped if all EU member states were to recognise Kosovo.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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DRAFT REPORT on Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Geoffrey Van Orden

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DRAFT REPORT on Space capabilities for European security and defence
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

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