Plenary session of the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly
10 November 2026
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COMMITTEE European Parliament
04:55 - 05:26
Speaker 2
Dear colleagues, let's start our first panel of today. Can you please take the seats, please? Okay, so hello again. We're going to start the first panel of debates today. The title of this panel is: Geopolitical competition in the Pacific, why a strategic autonomy matters.
05:26 - 07:03
Speaker 1
We're going to have the first speaker, Mr. Neale McCall, Head of Division, European External Action Service.
Also, the second speaker, His Excellency Baron Divavesi Waqa, Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat, former President of Nauru. And the first speaker will be His Excellency Ambassador Fatumanava Pa'olelei Luteru, former Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations and former High Commissioner of Samoa to Fiji. It's my pleasure to open our debate on a subject of growing importance for both the Pacific and European Union, geopolitical competition in the Pacific and why strategic autonomy matters. The Pacific has become an increasingly important arena of global strategic competition. The growing rivalry between China and the United States, the expansion of military and security partnership and the competition for influence and resources are changing the geopolitical landscape of the region.
For Pacific island countries, these developments presents both opportunities and challenges. Greater international attention can bring investment and development partnerships, but also create new dependencies, increase political pressures and threaten regional cohesion.
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