Ausschuss für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (AFET) - Europäisches Parlament

On 27 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an online hearing "Collective security in the GULF". The recent tensions in the Middle East, as well as frequent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia or series of oil tankers detentions in the Strait of Hormuz, have contributed to a worsening of security situation in the region.
While de-escalation is key, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have significant influence on the stability of the region, where 20% of the global oil supply flows transit. The hearing will aim at evaluating the security situation in the Gulf region while analysing the possibilty of setting up a regional security mechanism.
Draft programme
biographies
     Dr Cinzia Bianco
     Cornelius Adebahr
     Dr Abdulaziz Sager
     Commander Friis
Presentations
     Gulf of difference - How Europe can get the Gulf monarchies to pursue peace with Iran
     Can Europe Choreograph a Saudi-Iranian Détente?
     Europe Needs a Regional Strategy on Iran
     The Pandemic Means the EU Must Regionalize Its Iran Policy
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On 27 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an online hearing "Collective security in the GULF". The recent tensions in the Middle East, as well as frequent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia or series of oil tankers detentions in the Strait of Hormuz, have contributed to a worsening of security situation in the region.
While de-escalation is key, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have significant influence on the stability of the region, where 20% of the global oil supply flows transit. The hearing will aim at evaluating the security situation in the Gulf region while analysing the possibilty of setting up a regional security mechanism.
Location : SPAAK 1A2
Draft Programme
Poster
Biographies
     Cornelius Adebahr
     Cinzia Bianco
     Dr Abulaziz Sager
     Commander Friis
Publications
     Gulf of difference - How Europe can get the Gulf monarchies to pursue peace with Iran
     Can Europe Choreagraph a Saudi-Iranian Détente?
     Europe Needs a Regional Strategy on Iran
     The Pandemic Means the EU Must Regionalize It's Iran Policy
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On 26 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will welcome Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. The debate will address the multitude areas of cooperation between the EU and Pakistan, based on the 5-year Strategic Engagement Plan signed in 2019. Political and security issues, governance, human rights, migration, trade and energy, and regional and global affairs will likely be in the focus of the discussion.
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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Michael Gahler, Maria Arena, Charles Goerens, Rasa Juknevičienė

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DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Lukas Mandl

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On Thursday, MEPs adopted three resolutions on the human rights situation in Chad and Haiti, and the situation for Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Das Parlament verurteilt die jüngsten chinesischen Sanktionen gegen seine Abgeordneten und will sich nicht weiter mit dem EU-China-Investitionsabkommen befassen, solange diese bestehen.
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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DRAFT REPORT on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Karol Karski

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Das Parlament kritisiert die EU-Kommission und einige EU-Länder für die übermäßige Nutzung von informellen Vereinbarungen über die Rückkehr und Rückübernahme von irregulärer Migranten.
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Unterausschuss Menschenrechte

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Parliament criticises the European Commission and some EU countries for overusing informal agreements on the return and readmission of irregular migrants.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Die Beziehungen zwischen EU und Türkei haben sich so weit verschlechtert, dass die EU sie grundlegend neu bewerten muss, so die Abgeordneten in einem am Mittwoch angenommenen Bericht.
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

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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.

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 meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming.

Following these decisions, the next ordinary AFET Committee meetings will take place on 26 and 27 May (via videoconference).

EP Calendar 2021
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings
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ENTWURF EINER STELLUNGNAHME zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über Maßnahmen für ein hohes gemeinsames Cybersicherheitsniveau in der Union und zur Aufhebung der Richtlinie (EU) 2016/1148
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Markéta Gregorová

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Following the recent upsurge in violence between Israel and Palestine, MEPs stress the need for an immediate ceasefire to avoid further civilian casualties.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über die Empfehlung des Europäischen Parlaments an den Rat, die Kommission und den Vizepräsidenten der Kommission/Hohen Vertreter der Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zu der Ausrichtung der politischen Beziehungen zwischen der EU und Russland
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Andrius Kubilius

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