Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting
24 June 2026
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AFET European Parliament
Follow its sittings00:05 - 01:58
Speaker 2
Right, good afternoon everyone. A warm welcome from my side to today's committee meeting. We have a short vote ahead of us, so let's kick off. The first item on the agenda is the adoption of our agenda. I guess there are no objections from your side, so we can adopt the agenda as it stands.
The next one is my announcements. Our meeting today, no surprise, is as usual being webstreamed and we have interpretation available in the full AFET language profile. The next item are the adoption of minutes. If there are no objections, I propose to adopt the minutes of our AFET meeting which took place on the 28th and 29th of January and the 20th of April without any changes. That's fine.
Then we head on to item number five. We vote on the draft report, the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region. Before proceeding to the formal vote, let us do a test vote in order to check that all voting machines and voting cards are functioning properly. So now let's proceed with the actual vote. Just vote plus, minus, whatever.
66 out of 67 colleagues present have voted and so we're 67, so we're all on board. Then, before we come to the final vote, would the rapporteur, Adam Bielan, Adam, do you want to say something? 67 pairs of ears are listening carefully.
01:58 - 02:58
Speaker 1
Thank you, Chair. First of all, I would like to thank the shadow rapporteurs from all groups, the INTA rapporteur for opinion, and the secretariat and staff for the constructive work on this file and the smooth cooperation during shadows' meetings. Despite the high number of amendments tabled, we managed to reach a balanced and pragmatic text. The recommendation focuses on strengthening the EU's cooperation with like-minded partners in East Asia in light of the evolving geopolitical situation, while remaining within the scope of the report and avoiding duplication with ongoing work on the EU-China recommendation. I believe the final compromise reflects broad political consensus and sends a strong signal that the EU should deepen its strategic, economic and security engagement with partners in the region.
I therefore look forward to your support for this report in the vote. Thank you.
02:58 - 03:41
Speaker 3
Thank you, Adam. Would anyone else like to comment? Adam, can I just say how happy I am with your voting list? It's, it's amazing. So please, don't complicate things now.
It's a sunny afternoon. So, we begin with the votes. Compromise amendment one: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. We move on to page 14. Compromise amendment two: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
We move on to compromise amendment three on page 16: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
03:41 - 04:06
We go to the final vote, and this is a roll call vote, and the vote is now open. And this has been voted with 56 in favor, six against, and four abstentions, one of the best voting lists this year, congratulations Adam. And with that colleagues, the next item will be in camera, you can stay, you can leave, have a nice day.