Committee on Security and Defence Ordinary meeting Joint meeting Committee on Constitutional Affairs
3 November 2026
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SEDE, AFCO European Parliament
00:06 - 01:56
Speaker 3
Dear colleagues, welcome to the joint meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. I would like to welcome a delegation from Fondi, Italy, guest of MEP Salvatore De Meo. So, welcome.
Let us begin our joint committee by adopting the agenda that was circulated on 23rd of October 2026. If there are no objections, I declare the agenda adopted. Interpretation for this meeting is available in the following languages: German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Croatian. We now move on to the adoption of the minutes of the joint SEDE-AFCO Committee meeting of 24th February 2026 and 28th September 2026. If there are no objections, these minutes are deemed to be adopted.
Let us proceed to the point on consideration of amendments to our joint SEDE-AFCO report on institutional aspects of the common European defence union. Following the consideration of the draft report on 28th September 2026, a deadline for amendments was set for 2 October 2026. By that date, 60 643 amendments were tabled. The draft compromise amendments prepared by the two rapporteurs will be discussed as the shadows meetings on 11th of November.
01:56 - 02:18
Speaker 2
Yeah, also from my side, a very warm welcome to our guests from Fondi. I've been there. You have the best food in the whole European Union. Okay, then we can continue with our business, and I have the pleasure to give the floor to our two rapporteurs, Niclas Herbst and Salvatore De Meo, to present their views on the amendments received and their general remarks on the upcoming negotiations.
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