EP Plenary session - Joint Debate - European Security and Defence

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Jens STOLTENBERG, NATO Secretary General, hold a press point ahead of the Conference of Presidents in the European Parliament.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Jens STOLTENBERG, Secretary General of NATO

MEPs quiz EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL FONTELLES on the EU’s security and defence strategy for the coming decade. The Strategic Compass, adopted by EU ministers and approved by the European Council last week, maps out the EU’s action plan to “protect its citizens, values and interests and contribute to international peace and security”. It calls on the EU to shoulder a greater responsibility for its own security and improve its collective self-defence capabilities.

Question time - The EU’s security and strategic compass: third part of the questions to Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union

Question time - The EU’s security and strategic compass: first part of the questions to Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union

In the annual report 2021 on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs warn that the EU is facing new threats and call for firm response to the external security challenges. MEPs and Josep BORRELL discuss Parliament’s annual reports and the proposals on how to strengthen the EU as a global foreign policy and security actor. The report, adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), focuses on the development of the EU's security and defence doctrine through the Strategic Compass, CSDP missions and operations, crisis management, resilience, capabilities, partnerships and parliamentary oversight of CSDP.

CFSP and CSDP (Common foreign and security policy & Common security and defence policy): statement by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), Rapporteur and extracts from the debate

Parliament’s Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU including disinformation finalises 18 months of work by adopting recommendations on how to make the EU more resistant to foreign interference. Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D,FR), INGE Chair, debriefs on the conclusion of the committee's work.

Outcome of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE), statement by Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D,FR), INGE Chair

Debate on the new report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation. Parliament is set to call for closer relations with Taiwan, while issuing a warning about the continued tensions across the Taiwan Strait. In a new report, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs stress the urgent need for the EU to begin an “impact assessment, public consultation and scoping exercise” on an EU-Taiwan Bilateral Investment Agreement. Second part of the debate.

EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. Part 3 of the opening statement by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on a Europe united in responsibility - Global - Security and Defence. Climate change and implementation of the Green Deal, Cop26, Climate finance, the events in Afghanistan, partnership with NATO, Hybrid and cyber attacks, creation of an European Defence Union, cyber security, partnerships with the US, the Balkans, the East and the Mediterranean, trade and Global Gateway, EU-Africa summit, ban for products made with forced labour and protection of human rights. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Part 3/5 - State of the European Union 2021 debate: opening statement by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on a Europe united in responsibility - Global - Security and Defence

During a joint event organised with the Portuguese Assembleia da República, the European Parliament and the United States House of Representatives, David SASSOLI, EP President, gives a remote statement on the Transatlantic Dialogue and its importance for the defence of Democracy but also on the role of the Parliaments.

Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President on the Transatlantic Dialogue and its importance for the defence of Democracy – The role of the Parliaments

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

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on European Defence Fund: closing statement by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market.

European Defence Fund: closing statement by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on European Defence Fund.

European Defence Fund: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on European Defence Fund: opening statements by Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL), rapporteur and by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

European Defence Fund: opening statements by Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL), rapporteur and by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D, FR), Chair of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) and Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), rapporteur, give a joint press conference on the foreign interference in EU democratic processes: lessons from the committee's work so far.

Press conference by Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D, FR), INGE Chair, and Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), rapporteur, on the foreign interference in EU democratic processes: lessons from the committee's work so far

The impact of disinformation and strategic political propaganda disseminated through online social media sites seriously threatens European democratic societies. This infoclip illustrates persons consulting videos and news of third country press agencies and media, servers, internet rooters and networks, people using social network applications on smartphones and computers.

Infoclip : Foreign Interference in Democratic Processes – Disinformation

Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) question 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 the strategy of European External Action Service (EEAS) to battle foreign interference. They enquire him on the choices he has made in the past and what strategies will be developed in the future. Opening statements by Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D, FR), INGE Chair and Josep BORRELL FONTELLES.

Exchange of views on Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation: Opening statements

Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) question 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 the strategy of European External Action Service (EEAS) to battle foreign interference. They enquire him on the choices he has made in the past and what strategies will be developed in the future. Exchange of views (part 1)

Exchange of views on Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation: Exchange of views (1/2)

Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) question 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 the strategy of European External Action Service (EEAS) to battle foreign interference. They enquire him on the choices he has made in the past and what strategies will be developed in the future. Exchange of views (part 2)

Exchange of views on Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation: Exchange of views (2/2)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on Common Foreign and Defence Policy (Article 36 TEU) and Human Rights. MEPs debate Part 1 of 3.

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