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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair formally closes the AFET session, confirming follow‑up on the enlargement package and the next meeting schedule, after which a brief off‑record technical audio check is conducted in the room. This final segment contains no further political or procedural business but marks the end of the committee’s formal work.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair launches a focused debate on Albania’s EU accession, with EEAS, EU Delegation and Commission outlining negotiation progress, justice reform benchmarks, persistent challenges on rule of law, environment and fundamental rights, and the context of recent mass protests over protected areas and governance. Rapporteur and MEPs across groups assess SPAK’s anti‑corruption role, environmental compliance (notably the contested resort project and Chapter 27), police conduct, electoral integrity and media freedom, while EU institutions explain how conditionality, dialogue and monitoring will guide Albania’s further progress toward the 2027 target.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur’s draft on reconstruction in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza is presented as part of a broader peace process, with political groups debating humanitarian priorities, accountability, conditionality, actors’ responsibilities and who should finance rebuilding. EEAS and Commission representatives detail the EU’s role in Gaza peace and reconstruction frameworks, principles for a two‑state solution and Palestinian Authority ownership, and country‑specific instruments positioning reconstruction as a geopolitical investment aligned with EU interests and regional connectivity initiatives.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Committee opens work on the recommendation on external interference in the EU’s neighbourhood as the rapporteur and political groups set out their lines on hybrid threats, naming key state actors (notably Russia and China), scope, tools and regional focus. EEAS and Commission experts then brief on trends in foreign information manipulation and interference, resilience measures in enlargement countries and neighbourhood partners, and the rapporteur closes by inviting amendments and coordination with existing Parliament initiatives.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair and Commission outline the EEA Agreement’s dynamic alignment system, quantify and explain the structural causes and sectoral impacts of the incorporation backlog in EFTA states, and link lessons learned to other association models (including Switzerland and the UK), followed by MEP questions and Commission responses on political ownership, legal obligations and possible procedural or administrative remedies. The segment highlights national reforms in Norway and Iceland, legal and economic risks from delayed incorporation, and the insistence that full and timely implementation is a core condition of Internal Market participation.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The EEAS and Commission set out the EU’s strategic approach, including safe passage arrangements, the Black Sea Maritime Security Hub, connectivity and energy security tools, and upcoming ministerial meetings, before the rapporteur sums up and the chair announces amendment deadlines, vote scheduling and the move to an in‑camera session.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The chair introduces the Black Sea strategic item, with the rapporteur presenting the draft report on security, connectivity and the Middle Corridor, followed by political group speakers outlining divergent views on militarisation, institutional design of the maritime security hub, funding in the MFF, diplomacy, and the balance between security, economic connectivity and regional solidarity.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs question the EU and AU on regional partners, external actors, migration, Djibouti and Somalia/Somaliland, after which the EU Special Representative and AU ambassador respond on Sudan, Red Sea security, external influence and AU/IGAD roles, and the rapporteur concludes with adjustments and priorities ahead of amendments and the final recommendation.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The chair launches the Horn of Africa joint debate, with the rapporteur outlining the regional context and proposed EU strategic priorities, followed by detailed assessments from the EU Special Representative and African Union on security, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, and political group shadows and the DEVE rapporteur setting out amendments on human rights, youth, displacement, food security and geographical scope.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The committee chair opens the sitting, introduces the report on EU–Australia strategic political relations, hears the rapporteur on priorities such as security, raw materials and Indo‑Pacific cooperation, and then proceeds through amendments and a roll‑call vote formally adopting the report.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Secretary-General responds on Ukraine and the Abu Dhabi talks, Black Sea grain exports and global food security, EU engagement with Israel–Palestine, enlargement and the European security architecture, sanctions and the Arctic strategy with EEAS resource needs, then addresses the Bosnia High Representative issue before the Chair closes the AFET meeting.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair launches the Q&A round in which MEPs question the Secretary-General on Ukraine talks and security guarantees, grain diplomacy, EEAS institutional positioning and election observation, Russia sanctions enforcement and hybrid threats, Europe’s security order and Abu Dhabi representation, Magnitsky-style tools, Palestine and the Arctic, perceived double standards, and the Bosnia High Representative and EU–US alignment.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the AFET exchange with the new EEAS Secretary-General, who delivers a broad introductory statement on her role, evolving multilateralism, democracy and human rights, Middle East priorities, CFSP effectiveness, recent global outreach actions and the link between the next MFF/Global Europe and the EU’s external ambitions.
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Public hearing held in the framework of European Gender Equality Week on the challenges and opportunities for women in the judiciary, with invited expert speakers.
Committee on Foreign Affairs extraordinary meeting devoted to Commissioner Marta Kos’s presentation of the 2026 EU enlargement package and subsequent debate.
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EEAS and the Canadian Ambassador respond by defining ‘association without accession’, describing programme participation (SAFE, Horizon, Erasmus+), governance mechanisms and dialogues (Arctic, oceans, democratic resilience), addressing wildfire aircraft procurement, LNG and energy transition options, security safeguards and European preference in sensitive technologies, provincial and Member State reactions, supply‑chain diversification away from US dependence, and the planned conclusion of association talks by June 2027 before the Chair closes the meeting.
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MEPs from several groups welcome deeper EU‑Canada ties but scrutinise the practical meaning and timetable of associate membership, its impact on EU institutional balance, Atlantic/Arctic strategies, industrial sovereignty in defence and civil protection aircraft, energy infrastructure, CETA ratification, partner balance with countries like Australia, and security risks linked to ITAR and Five Eyes integration.
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The Canadian Ambassador situates the Alliance for the Future in a deteriorating geopolitical context and deepening security cooperation, presents CETA’s economic benefits, and details cooperation on critical minerals, the Green Alliance, youth and labour mobility, and the ambition to structure an associate‑type relationship and regular high‑level contacts by 2027.
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The Chair opens the AFET meeting, sets the agenda and contextualises the EU‑Canada summit, followed by EEAS outlining the summit format, concrete deliverables and the new Alliance for the Future, including its six strategic areas, 2027 scoping deadline and the emerging notion of Canadian ‘associate membership’ to the EU framework.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Presentation of the new EU Arctic strategy
The Commission confirms that EU language and commitment on the Arctic hydrocarbons moratorium remain unchanged from 2021 despite evolving legal and energy-security contexts, after which the Chair notes there is no other business, announces the next AFET meeting and formally closes the session.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Presentation of the new EU Arctic strategy
Following MEP questions on critical raw materials, Russian and Chinese influence, Greenland’s security and cable infrastructure and MFF funding, the EEAS and Commission explain how the strategy safeguards the rules-based order, deepens cooperation with Canada, the UK and Nordic partners, finances implementation under current and future MFF headings, doubles funding for Greenland, and maintains strong climate ambition and community co-design.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Presentation of the new EU Arctic strategy
MEPs from EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens, the Left and the standing rapporteur outline party priorities on Russia and hybrid threats, Arctic infrastructure and icebreakers, partnerships with Greenland and Nordic states, environmental safeguards and fossil moratoriums, indigenous rights, economic development, and the balance between EU energy security, enlargement prospects and scrutiny of China.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Presentation of the new EU Arctic strategy
The Chair opens the extraordinary AFET meeting, adopts the agenda and introduces the new joint communication on the Northern Neighbourhood and Arctic strategy, followed by EEAS and Commission presentations detailing the new framework, its four strategic pillars, security context and concrete deliverables across infrastructure, connectivity, space and economic security.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
Hans Neuhoff outlines the ESN group’s rejection of Global Europe, criticising the external action budget, support to Ukraine and enlargement policies, and Commission discretion, and insisting humanitarian aid remain national, after which DEVE Chair Andrews welcomes the agreement, explains that the report and mandate will go to the November part-session and that negotiations start only once the Council has full mandates, before moving to an in-camera item on the Sakharov Prize.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
António Tânger Corrêa presents the Patriots for Europe group’s minority position, rejecting the Global Europe instrument over its size, perceived expansion of EU competences, and geopolitical ambitions, calling for strict conditionality, suspension of funds in cases of corruption or non-cooperation on migration and readmission, and elimination of funding for ideological projects and NGOs.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
Members hold a roll-call vote on the draft Global Europe report as amended, adopting it, then vote on and approve the decision to enter into inter-institutional negotiations under Rule 72, after which the Chair keeps members seated to hear minority positions from groups requesting to speak.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
AFET Chair McAllister and DEVE Chair Andrews open the joint item on the Commission proposal for a regulation establishing Global Europe, outline the need for an absolute majority to open inter-institutional negotiations, co-rapporteurs Gahler and Biedroń make short statements on compromises achieved, and members perform a test vote before adopting multiple compromise amendments and individual amendments to the joint draft report.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
The committee proceeds to votes on Mounir Satouri’s draft report on an EU strategy to protect and strengthen the international justice system, systematically adopting vote blocks and compromise amendments, and concludes with a roll-call final vote approving the report.
Committee on Foreign Affairs Extraordinary meeting Vote
The Chair opens the extraordinary AFET meeting, adopts the agenda, outlines interpretation and webstreaming arrangements, and introduces the first electronic vote on the EU–Syria political relations report by rapporteur Nathalie Loiseau, including a test vote of voting machines.
MEPs raise detailed concerns on Western Balkans, Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey and other candidates, questioning credibility, consistency and political assumptions of the methodology, while the Commission provides final clarifications on Bosnia, bilateral disputes, differentiated safeguards, timelines for Montenegro and Serbia, and the security rationale for Ukraine’s accession path before the Chair closes the meeting.
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