Ausschuss für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (AFET) - Europäisches Parlament

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DRAFT REPORT on the foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hilde Vautmans

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DRAFT OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Raphaël Glucksmann

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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.

The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting will take place on 10 September (via videoconference).

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On 25 August, the Committee on Foreign Affairs held an extraordinary meeting on the political situation in Belarus. Large-scale civic protests against Lukashenka's regime continue following the presidential elections of 9 August, which were considered neither free nor fair by the European Union.
AFET Members discussed actions the European Union should take to support the cause of democracy and freedoms in Belarus and to reassess its cooperation with Minsk, including within the Eastern Partnership.
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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.

The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting will take place on 1 September (via videoconference).

New Calendar 2020
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DRAFT OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nikos Androulakis

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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.

The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting will take place on 1 September (via videoconference). The Committee will hold an extraordinary meeting on 25 August on the situation in Belarus.

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On 25 August, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an extraordinary meeting on the political situation in Belarus. Large-scale civic protests against Lukashenka's regime continue following the presidential elections of 9 August, which were considered neither free nor fair by the European Union.
AFET Members will discuss actions the European Union should take to support the cause of democracy and freedoms in Belarus and reassess its cooperation with Minsk, including within the Eastern Partnership.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 323 - Draft report Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Dragoş Tudorache

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ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 351 - Entwurf eines Berichts Empfehlung an den Rat und den Vizepräsidenten der Kommission/ Hohen Vertreter der Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zur Umsetzung und Steuerung der Ständigen Strukturierten Zusammenarbeit (SSZ)
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Radosław Sikorski

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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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"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 1 September (via videoconference).

New Calendar 2020
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The EU is currently working towards updating its Arctic policy. It needs to respond to two major changes that affect the region and pose challenges to the role of the EU in the Arctic; accelerated climate change and increased geoeconomic and geopolitical competition. The EU finds itself in a rather unique position. As a supranational institution with competences in parts of the Arctic, and with Member States having territories in the region, as well as institutionalised linkages with Arctic countries Iceland and Norway — with whom the EU shares the European Economic Area (EEA) — it needs to balance sectoral policies, priority areas and addressing different Arctics. The EU should therefore create ‘more EU in the Arctic’ by broadening the scope of its existing Arctic policy, as well as incorporating ‘more Arctic in the EU’ by stipulating that the Arctic becomes a cross-cutting consideration in other relevant EU policies. In addition, the EU will need to address hard and soft security issues within existing functional, regional and global frameworks and continue engaging in dialogue and confidence-building measures with Russia. Finally, a revised EU Arctic policy needs to be proactive and ambitious, based on existing strengths and expertise within the EU. At the same time, in an Arctic that witnesses the return of geopolitics, the ‘civilian power’ EU will encounter challenges assuming its role in the region. How it narrates its future position in the Arctic will play a tangible role in negotiating this position politically.
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