SEDE - High-Level Seminar on EU Security and Defence

SEDE- High-Level Seminar on EU Security and Defence

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views on EU-NATO cooperation following the NATO Summit

SEDE Subcommittee .- Exchange of views on the Joint EU-UN strategic partnership on peace operations and crisis management: stock-taking and priorities for the period 2022-2024

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views with Delphine PRONK, Ambassador, Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Deputy Political Director, EEAS

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views with General Robert BRIEGER, Chair of the EU Military Committee on his new mandate in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine

SEDE subcommittee - Debrief by Vice-Admiral Herve BLEJEAN, Director General of the EU Military Staff (EUMS) on his mission to Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso

SEDE Subcommittee - Hearing on Evaluating EU Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) policy framework and the implications for strengthening an integrated approach for CSDP

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views with Jirí ŠEDIVÝ, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency

SEDE Subcommittee - Structured Dialogue on the Commission Work Programme: Exchange of views with Olivér VÁRHELYI, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

SEDE Subcommittee- Exchange of views with Charles FRIES, Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European External Action Service

SEDE extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views on the follow-up to the Versailles Declaration on strengthening European Defence

SEDE Subcommittee - Russian disinformation and propaganda in relation to the war against Ukraine

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views on the security situation in Ukraine and on the delivery of defensive lethal military equipment to Ukraine with a delegation of the MPs from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

SEDE Subcommittee .-  Hearing on ' The future of European Defence after the collapse of Afghanistan and Russia war against Ukraine: next steps in achieving the European Defence Union '

DEVE - ENVI joint committee - Exchange of views with Mr Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner for Economy, on the Sustainable Development Goals

SEDE  AFET joint Committee -  Exchange of views with Rafael Mariano GROSSI, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on current international developments of concern

SEDE Subcommittee - Exchange of views with Kris PEETERS, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the Strategic European Security Initiative (SESI) of the EIB

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova - Visit of the Palanca border crossing point and refugee center

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova - Press point.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Delegation for relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) discuss EU-NATO cooperation and the outcome of the 28-30 June NATO summit with Secretary General Jens STOLTENBERG, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU-NATO cooperation and the outcome of the NATO summit: opening statement by Jens STOLTENBERG, Secretary General of NATO, in AFET Committee

MEPs were discussing the safety of nuclear installations Chernobyl and Zaporizhia in Ukraine with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) R.M. GROSSI

SEDE Committee - Current international developments of concern: extracts from the Exchange of views with Rafael Mariano GROSSI, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

A delegation of MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Security and Defence Subcommittee travels to the Republic of Moldova to assess the security situation there in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent influx of refugees. MEPs visits the border infrastructure in Palanca, a village near the border with Ukraine.

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova: visit of the Palanca border crossing point

A delegation of MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Security and Defence Subcommittee travels to the Republic of Moldova to assess the security situation there in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent influx of refugees. Urmas PAET (Renew, EE) and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), co-Chairs of a Parliament delegation express some impressions of the visit.

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova: Statements by Urmas PAET (Renew, EE) and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), co-Chairs of a Parliament delegation

A delegation of MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Security and Defence Subcommittee travels to the Republic of Moldova to assess the security situation there in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent influx of refugees. MEPs meet Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Prime Minister Natalia Gavriliţa and Parliament’s President Igor Grosu in Chișinău.

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova: meeting with Igor GROSU, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, Natalia GAVRILIŢA, Moldovan Prime Minister and Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova.

Exchange of views with Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, on a Strategic Compass for the EU on the subject of the new military Strategic Compass for the EU

EP AFET and SEDE joint debate - Exchange of views with HRVP Josep BORRELL FONTELLES on a Strategic Compass for the EU

Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov briefs MEPs on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and the Parliament’s EU-Ukraine delegation on the latest developments of the war in the country.

Exchange of views with Oleksii REZNIKOV, Minister of Defence of Ukraine

MEPs and Josep Borrell also discuss Parliament’s annual reports on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), MEPs put forward their proposals on how to strengthen the EU as a global foreign policy and security actor. Opening statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), Rapporteurs and by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World.

Joint debate - Common security and defence policy: opening statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), Rapporteurs and by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, HRVP of the European Union

Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and the Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) travel to Ukraine, to Kyiv and the administrative boundary line with illegally occupied Crimea, to gather information on the ground on the current security crisis and show their support to Ukraine. This clip illustrates the visit of the EP delegation to the Port authorities in Mariupol.

EP fact-finding mission to Ukraine: EP AFET-SEDE delegation visits the port in Mariupol

Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and the Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) travel to Ukraine from 30 January to 1 February, to gather information on the current crisis. The leaders of the delegation, the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Security and Defence Subcommittee David McAllister (EPP, DE) and Nathalie Loiseau (Renew, FR) hold a press point in Mariupol.

EP fact-finding mission to Ukraine: Press point David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), SEDE Chair

Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and the Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) travel to Ukraine, to Kyiv and the administrative boundary line with illegally occupied Crimea, to gather information on the ground on the current security crisis and show their support to Ukraine. David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair and Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), SEDE Chair express after their first obersvations on the ground.

EP fact-finding mission to Ukraine: statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), SEDE Chair

Members from the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and the Security and Defence Subcommittee (SEDE) travel to Ukraine and meet with EUAM Regional Office (EU Advisory Mission Ukraine) in Mariupol.

EP fact-finding mission to Ukraine: AFET-SEDE delegation meets with EUAM Regional office

This infoclip shows illustrative shots of Kiyv city, the Memorial wall and official buildings such as the Office of the President, the Goverrnment building and the Parliament It also includes illustrative footage of the Port of Mariupol shot during the EP fact-finding mission to Ukraine by the AFET-SEDE delegation from 30th January to 1st of February 2022. Mariupol is considered by many experts to be among the most likely possible targets as it sits in a highly strategic position. If captured, Kreml would be able to create a land corridor between Russia, the separatist territories, and annexed Crimea.

Infoclip: illustrations from Kiyv and Mariupol in Ukraine

Members of the EP Subcommittee on Defence and Security (SEDE) have an exchange of view with Jan HAVRÁNEK, Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy of the Czech Republic

Exchange of views with Jan HAVRÁNEK, Deputy Minister for Defence Policy - SEDE: The malign role of Russia in the 2014 explosion of an ammunition depot in Vrbětice, as well as on the recently agreed National Strategy for Countering Hybrid Interference

Members of the EP Subcommittee on Defence and Security (SEDE), the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the EP Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) have an exchange of views with Rafael GROSSI, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Statement of Rafael GROSSI and from Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Renew, LT), and Mick WALLACE (The Left, IE).

Exchange of views with Rafael GROSSI, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran's situation: extracts from the joint Committee meeting SEDE/ITRE/AFET

In the European Parliament in Brussels, Jens STOLTENBERG, NATO Secretary General, addresses the Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Security and Defence and the Parliamentary Delegation to NATO just a week after Parliament adopted resolutions on the state of play of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as well as Common Security and Defence Policy. MEPs called for close cooperation with NATO, while stressing that the EU needs to have strategic autonomy.

Exchange of views with Jens STOLTENBERG, NATO Secretary General: extracts from the meeting

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) debate together with the subcommittees on Human Rights (DROI) and Security and Defence (SEDE) on the situation of children of foreign fighters held in Syria and Iraq, and their possible return or repatriation to the EU, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Experts from the UN Refugee Agency, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator office, Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis as well as Save the Children will join the discussion

Children of foreign fighters held in Syria and Iraq and possible return/repatriation to the EU: extracts from the joint debate

During the meeting of the EP Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), MEPs participate in the exchange of views on the security situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait.

Security situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait: extracts from the exchange of views in EP SEDE Subcommittee jointly with the AFET Committee

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