Committee on Foreign Affairs
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES (6th Legislature: 2004 – 2009)
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CM 785088EN.doc PE 423.951v02 CM 785088EN.doc PE 423.951v02 FOREWORD BY JACEK SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS (2007 – 2009)
The report before you represents the culmination of the past five years (2004 – 2009) of intensive and productive activity by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Simply looked at in terms of 'raw' statistics, the Committee's work in the course of the 6th legislature has been pretty impressive by any standards: in addition to our regular committee meetings (74) held at least twice-monthly, we have held 74 extraordinary meetings to respond to crisis situations and issues, and prepared, debated and adopted a total of 258 reports, opinions and resolutions which were then voted on in plenary. The Committee was addressed a total of 400 times by visiting speakers from outside the EU and from within, including 176 exchanges with the Commission and the Council, notably with the High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana (10 times), Commissioners Rehn (17 times) and Ferrero-Waldner (15 times), and all 20 EU Special Representatives over the 5-year period.
Regular briefings by the Council Presidency-in-office post-GAERC or on Presidency priorities (63), as well as preparatory visits by AFET's Enlarged Bureau to the Member State holding the forthcoming Presidency (8), meetings of the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen (COFACC) held in the Presidency country (9), and regular bilateral meetings in Brussels between AFET and representatives of the foreign affairs and defence committees of national parliaments (6), have strengthened the Committee's contacts and involvement with each Presidency and fostered its involvement in CFSP issues. Members have also participated in ad hoc delegation visits (12) to candidate countries or to other countries which have been the object of AFET scrutiny.
AFET's capacities have also grown with the creation of two new sub-committees (one for security and defence policy (SEDE), and one for human rights (DROI), to support AFET in its tasks in those areas), and of new Working Groups (one on the UN and one on the Western Balkans). At the mid-term point of the legislature, the AFET Bureau expanded from 4 to 5, to reflect the new increased membership.
But what has the committee actually achieved? The raw data certainly tells its own powerful story, for example, the large number of visiting speakers from third countries attests to the high level of interest there is in interchanges with AFET. However, the ensuing report attempts to look beyond the figures and to consider how the Committee has built on the strong foundations of the previous legislature, and acquired - and used - new powers in a way which has established AFET as more of an equal partner of the Council and the Commission than ever before, and in so doing, has helped make the European Parliament a more influential global presence.
We have continued to build on our work on key thematic issues (CFSP/ESDP, enlargement, the European Neighbourhood Policy, transatlantic relations, EU-UN relations, human rights and democratisation, electoral assistance), and geographical areas (the Western Balkans, Russia, the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia, South East Asia, China, and Latin America).
CM 785088EN.doc PE 423.951v02 At the same time, as an organ responsive to the geo-political climate, the Committee's focal points have necessarily shifted since the 5th legislature: energy security, Russia, ENP East (Ukraine, the Black Sea, and the South Caucasus) and ENP South (the Barcelona Process, Israel and Syria), and EU-UN Relations, have all come much more strongly to the fore; enlargement has continued to occupy the Committee, albeit with a new strategic focus/approach considering questions such as the scope and pace of future enlargements, which has resulted in a specific Commission report on the EU's integration capacity and provided a strong incentive to the Commission to develop the forthcoming Eastern Partnership. We have maintained our strong links with the High Representative for CFSP and the Council Presidency, and developed these still further, thereby strengthening our powers of democratic scrutiny in the domain of CFSP and our involvement in regional issues.
Parliament's powers of scrutiny have been further enhanced during the 6th legislature with the introduction of a structured regular dialogue between Parliament and the Commission on strategic political priorities under the External Financial Instruments. In order to increase efficiency and ensure that Parliament could react within the deadlines foreseen, AFET organised its scrutiny at the level of specially created Working Groups (or, in the case of the IPA, of the existing Working Group on the Western Balkans), generally with the direct involvement of the relevant rapporteurs. Thanks to AFET's initiatives in this area, Parliament has become a recognised partner in the implementation of the EU assistance and co-operation instruments, thus breaking the monopoly formerly exercised by Member State governments in providing political guidance to the Commission.
Another key AFET initiative in the 6th legislature has been the formalising and increasing of AFET's relations with the UN, aided by the creation of a UN Working Group. This Working Group has striven to develop strong contacts within the UN General Secretariat and UN agencies, programmes and funds and is now a recognised partner of the UN in fields such as UN reform, peacekeeping operations and election observation missions.
The report which follows explores all these fields and others in greater detail, and I believe it will help to provide a clear sense of what the Committee on Foreign Affairs has attempted to do, what it has achieved, and of its continuing evolution into an ever more effective and influential entity; equally, that it will serve as a pointer for the work that still lies ahead in the forthcoming and subsequent legislatures.
Before closing, I would like to thank colleagues, old and new, on the Committee, for their work, their commitment, and their support over the past five years. I would also like to pay tribute to my predecessor as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Elmar Brok, for steering the Committee through seven and a half years (from 1999 to 2007) of always challenging times. I salute the work he has done especially on promoting a more efficient, coherent and visible CFSP, and on enlargement, and, more generally, his tireless efforts to advance AFET's – and thereby Parliament's – role and democratic scrutiny powers.
Thanks are also due to the AFET secretariat, who have compiled this Activity Report, and especially to Christian Huber who, as head of the secretariat since 1999, has been a steady and ever-present hand on the AFET tiller through all the daily challenges and crises the Committee has faced.
CM 785088EN.doc PE 423.951v02 Contents: Report on Activities (6th Legislature: 2004 – 2009)
Contents 1
Statistical Summary of AFET Activity during the 6th Legislature (2004-2009) 2 Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): An Assessment of the 6th Legislature 3
Annex VI.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament 19 Composition of the Enlarged Bureau 20
Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (as at May 2009) 22
Composition of the Secretariat 24 Statistical information: Visiting speakers by Institution/Region and EU Institution Breakdown (pie charts) 25
Parliamentary scrutiny of EU Institutions 26 Breakdown of Presidency Visiting Speakers / Visiting Speakers by Theme (pie chart) 27 AFET delegations and reports on delegation visits presented in Committee 28
Summary of Official Documents 29
Annotated List of Reports and Resolutions 31 ANNEX Additional statistical information and raw data
I. Visiting Speakers: 63
Chronological List of Visiting Speakers 64
II. Official Documents: 83
List of Reports 84
List of Resolutions 90
List of Opinions 91
III. Meetings: 97
List of Extraordinary AFET Meetings 98
List of AFET Hearings and Workshops 103
IV. Delegations: 109
List of reports on delegation visits presented in AFET 110
CM 785088.doc 1/113 PE 423.951v02 STATISTICAL SUMMARY of AFET Activity during the 6th Legislature (2004-2009)
Committee Meetings N
Regular Meetings (258 half-days) 74
Extraordinary Meetings 74
Total 148
Reports, Resolutions and Opinions N
Legislative reports (including simplified procedure, Rule 43.1) 49
Own initiative reports 84
Resolutions (Rule 103) 15
Opinions 110
Total 258
External Visiting Speakers N of Visits
Council Presidency Representatives 63
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, Javier SOLANA 10
EU Special Representatives/ Personal Representatives 39
Commissioner for Enlargement and the Western Balkans, Olli REHN 17
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita FERRERO-WALDNER 15
Other (non-Member State government representatives, international institution representatives, non-government representatives) 256
Total 400
CM 785088.doc 2/113 PE 423.951v02 Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): An Assessment of the 6th Legislature
This Report1 covers the period of the 6th legislature from 2004 – 2009. At the beginning of this period, some significant changes were made to the structure of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). Firstly, two sub-committees were created; the Sub-committee on Security and Defence Policy (SEDE), and the Sub-committee on Human Rights (DROI). The subcommittees support AFET in monitoring more closely these two crucial foreign policy areas, pursuant to Annex VI.1 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.2 Other significant changes were increases to the size of the Committee from 69 members to 78 (on 21 July 2004), and then from 78 to 86 (on 1 January 2007), and to the size of the Bureau from four members to five (at the beginning of 2007), in order to reflect the increased size of the Union following the EU enlargements of 1 May 2004 and 1 January 2007. At the mid-term point of the legislature, in February 2007, the Chairmanship of the Committee passed from Elmar Brok (Chairman 1999 – 2007) to Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Chairman 2007 – present).
Below is a discussion of AFET's work and influence in the Committee's areas of responsibility as designated in Annex VI.1: the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), institutional scrutiny, relations with third countries, especially those in the immediate vicinity of the Union (through the European Neighbourhood Policy), enlargement, and human rights and democracy promotion. For each area the most important actions of AFET have been highlighted, using specific examples of reports and meetings, and the impact and influence of AFET on various aspects of the field has been assessed. Where appropriate, the situation is compared with that of the previous legislature, in order to point out how AFET has further advanced its 5th legislature work. Following this is a section on key geographical issues that may not have been covered in the first part of the report, since they do not fall under the immediate Neighbourhood and are not covered horizontally. Foreign relations with third countries and countries outside the neighbourhood are also of primary concern to the Committee – they are covered in points three and five of Annex VI – and 20% of all speakers in committee during the 6th legislature were addressing these topics exclusively. The fields of interest highlighted below reflect both the responsibilities of the Committee and the interests of its members.
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Horizontal aspects A common thread in the AFET approach towards CFSP, reflected in the AFET texts adopted by Parliament, is the call for more constructive and forward-looking relations between Parliament and the Council regarding CFSP priorities and their financing. AFET has consistently worked for a stronger consultative role, stressing that the Council should be in constant dialogue with AFET in order to form CFSP priorities, rather than just informing the Committee of choices already made. This, for example, was stated explicitly in the 2005 Brok report on 'Common Foreign and Security Policy 2004'. As a result of these vigorous efforts, contacts between AFET and its sub-committees, and representatives of the Council or the Council Presidency have continued to be fostered. For
1 The 2004 – 2009 Activity Report was compiled by the AFET Secretariat (Christian Huber, Rosemary Opacic, Silvio Gonzato, Elina Viilup, Laure Enciso y Berge, Eva Palatova, Anneli König, Edina Banlaki, Margaret Francois, Johanna Rounio) with particular thanks to Laragh Widdess (stagiaire), Nino Zaldastanishvili (stagiaire) and with thanks also to Jose Javier Fernandez Fernandez (EUROLAT), Zsusanna Kiss (DROI), Michal Malovec (SEDE) 2 See p. 19 for the full text. The major role of the sub-committees is the detailed preparation of reports for the main committee in their specific fields, which are adopted by AFET before submission to plenary. Given the extent of the subcommittees' activities, both are producing their own separate activity reports, which are intended to expand upon and complement this Report.
CM 785088.doc 3/113 PE 423.951v02 example, in addition to the pre-existing biannual meetings of the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs (COFACC), held in the Presidency country, stronger links between AFET – and hence Parliament – and the Council Presidencies have been promoted by the regular Presidency preparation visits to countries about to hold the Presidency by AFET Delegations. Equally important have been the regular bilateral meetings in Brussels between AFET and representatives of the foreign affairs and defence committees of national parliaments, of which there have been six in the 6th legislature. Similarly, AFET maintained its strong links with the High Representative for CSFP, Javier Solana, who spoke on ten occasions in committee, and there were more meetings with EU Special Representatives than in the previous legislature,3 which have paved the way for a greater involvement in specific regional missions.
Developments in the budgetary procedure for the CFSP have also contributed to an increased role for AFET in helping to set the CFSP agenda. Thanks to negotiations led by AFET and the Budgets Committee, in 2005 the Council agreed to be represented at the regular (five times a year) budget consultation meeting by the Chairperson of the Political and Security Committee in replacement of the RELEX counsellor of the Presidency. This arrangement was sanctioned in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006. AFET could now question not only the financial impact but also the substance of the decisions taken. This was particularly important, for example, in the lead-up to the launch of the EULEX Rule of Law mission in Kosovo and the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia.
AFET has also been pressing for revision of the 2002 Interinstitutional Agreement between Parliament and Council, concerning Parliament's access to sensitive information held by the Council in the field of security and defence policy. Although Parliament has enjoyed greater access to certain information, through the seven or eight annual meetings between an EP Special Committee,4 the High Representative for CSFP and Council representatives that have been instituted, there are still concerns that the scope and quality of the information requested has not met the legitimate expectations of MEPs.
A specific concern for the Foreign Affairs Committee has been reviewing Parliament's role in foreign policy in the light of the Lisbon Treaty, which should confer more powers to Parliament. The Chairman's 2008 report '2006 Annual Report on the CFSP', for example, focuses on the impact of Lisbon upon CFSP and Parliament. The Committee has taken the forward-thinking approach of anticipating some of these changes, as a way of both demonstrating its commitment to the tenets of the treaty and of advancing the role of Parliament in the field. This has been pursued by recommending measures that would afford the Committee an increased role in agenda-setting, scrutiny and consultation, hence its insistence on a new Interinstitutional Agreement, and the calls for less description and more strategic recommendations in the Council's CFSP report. Such recommendations have also been discussed at the regular joint meetings with national parliaments, a forum that would be enhanced should the Lisbon Treaty be ratified.
Energy security As well as advocating these institutional improvements to the CFSP framework, AFET has been working hard to push various thematic issues to the top of the CFSP agenda. The 2008 and 2009 AFET reports on the Council's CFSP reports of 2006 and 2007 both highlight energy security as one of the most significant aspects of CFSP, since the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute of January 2006 and the subsequent supply crisis had clearly exposed this as an area of great importance for Europe. With Russia using gas supply as a foreign policy tool, China and India becoming major economic powers, the growth of US energy demand, instability in the markets and slow progress in switching to more sustainable fuels, the Committee reacted to these converging global factors by calling for more preventative diplomacy and crisis-prevention tools from Council policy. This has been another area in
3 In the 5th legislature EU Special Representatives came to speak in AFET meetings 16 times, while in the 6th they came 36 times, also reflecting the increase in the number of EUSRs. 4 Comprising Elmar Brok/Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Chair), Karl von Wogau, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez- Neyra, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Józef Pinior, and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (substitute).
CM 785088.doc 4/113 PE 423.951v02 which the Committee has shown great interest and expertise. The 2007 Saryusz-Wolski report 'Towards a Common Foreign Policy on Energy' established Parliament as a pioneer thinker in the field, and created the foundation for regular consultations with all the main policy makers in this area. AFET was involved, for example, in advising Claude Mandil (when he was the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency) on his specialist paper on energy security for the French Presidency.
AFET has demonstrated the capacity to respond practically, quickly and effectively to developments in this field. Shortly after the second Russia-Ukraine gas dispute and supply crisis of January 2009, two extraordinary joint meetings were held with the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC) and EU-Ukraine PCC delegations, as well as government representatives from Russia and the Ukraine, in preparation for the January plenary. At the end of these useful meetings, an informal contact group was created to facilitate further discussion between the relevant parties, and to help follow through on Parliament's important recommendation to the Council to create a diplomacy of crisis prevention.
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) / Security and Defence
The creation of the Sub-committee on Security and Defence Policy (SEDE) at the beginning of the 6th legislature in 2004 marked a new qualitative shift in parliamentary scrutiny of the European Security and Defence Policy as well as of related security issues (a separate report has been prepared on SEDE activities in 2004 – 2009). Since all reports and opinions originally drafted and debated in SEDE must be adopted by AFET, the cooperation between the two is naturally very close. Additionally, several joint meetings (e.g. on the conflict in Georgia), hearings (e.g. on security and development with DEVE) and delegations (e.g. Kosovo) were organised.
In order to provide full scrutiny of the policies concerned, regular meetings with the Defence Ministers of the EU Presidency countries were held in AFET, while SEDE organised exchanges of views with Chairpersons of the Political and Security Committee of the Council. Security and defence issues were also discussed in regular AFET meetings with the High Representative of the Council for CFSP, Javier Solana, as well as in SEDE meetings with his representatives and senior officials (for non-proliferation, African peacekeeping capabilities, human rights and gender et al.). Moreover, AFET held an exchange of views on EU-NATO relations with Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, the Secretary- General of NATO, in May 2006. In order to improve the inflow of information on NATO-EU cooperation, SEDE and the EP standing delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO-PA) held several joint meetings, for example the most recent joint SEDE/NATO- PA Public Hearing on Transatlantic Security Relations on 5 March 2009.
AFET, often through SEDE, has consolidated parliamentary oversight of ESDP developments through scrutiny of ESDP civilian and military operations, either in situ (delegations to Chad, Kosovo, Georgia, Democratic Republic of Congo as well as some of their Operations Headquarters in the EU) or through contacts with Council officials like those of the EU Military Committee and EU Military Staff. The development of capabilities has been examined through visits to operations centres and national headquarters, to Battle Groups, to the EU Satellite Centre and to the European Defence Agency. Regular contacts with standing European multinational forces such as EUROCORPS and the European Gendarmerie Force were established. Issues related to ESDP were examined, such as gender mainstreaming, human rights, the use of force, cooperation with the UN, NATO, and the African Union (AU), as well as the EU concepts on security sector reform (SSR) and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR). Parliamentary control has also been exercised through scrutiny of the budget, both the CFSP budget for civilian missions and the ATHENA mechanism for military operations. Parliamentary cooperation has been furthered by participation of the SEDE chairperson in the Conference of Defence Committee Chairs (CODCC), which meets every six months in the EU Presidency country, as well as in biannual AFET meetings in Brussels, in attendance of national parliaments' delegations.
CM 785088.doc 5/113 PE 423.951v02 Security-related issues that received the most intense focus from SEDE during the 6th legislature were disarmament and arms control (including the Non-proliferation Treaty, Weapons of Mass Destruction and arms exports), the implementation and review of the European Security Strategy (including security and development, cyber security, space and security, missile defence, piracy and terrorism), EU-NATO relations (including missile defence, the CFE Treaty and European security architecture) and tense regional issues (including Gaza, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and the Central African Republic, Somalia, Darfur, Kosovo, the Arctic region, Moldova, Ukraine and the South Caucasus).
Common threads in AFET’s reports and resolutions on security and defence display a push for improvements to the EU’s ESDP capabilities (including better spending), in order to improve the preparedness of the EU to manage crises abroad very early on. Thus various resolutions have called for a European standing naval force in the Mediterranean, an integrated European Armed Force, a permanent EU Operational Headquarters to complement NATO, and an EU Civil Peace Corps for crisis response and conflict prevention.
Another important role of Parliament, through AFET and SEDE, is to pressure Member States to tighten their laws and practices; for example the 2008 Kuhne report called uncontrolled arms exports from certain EU Member States “embarrassing”, and the Romeva resolutions urge stricter control over the licensing by Member States of arms production overseas. The relentless pressure of Parliament to make the EU Code of Conduct for arms exports a legally binding instrument, exercised through the Romeva reports on arms exports and during the legislative procedures related to two directives on defence procurement and armaments transfers within the EU (the so-called defence package), finally paid off in 2008, when the Council Common Position on legally binding criteria for arms exports was adopted. The next step, which AFET has continued to argue for since the 2006 Romeva resolution on ‘Small Arms and Light Weapons’, is an International Arms Trade Treaty.
Institutional Scrutiny
External Financial Instruments There are a number of other ways in which Parliament's powers of scrutiny have been enhanced during the 6th legislature. At the end of 2004 the European Parliament was consulted on a number of legislative proposals (the Prodi Package) which aimed at streamlining the number of Community programmes, covering internal and external policies, at the disposal of the Commission. The new generation of external financial instruments5 became effective on 1 January 2007, and the EIDHR was included in the final package only after the insistence of AFET. However, the merging of existing programmes into broader geographical and thematic instruments meant that Parliament had far less scope to shape the objectives and priorities of Community action in a given area. The advent of the new instruments was therefore linked with the adoption by the Commission, at the insistence of Parliament, of a declaration on democratic scrutiny:
DECLARATION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE DEMOCRATIC SCRUTINY AND COHERENCE OF EXTERNAL ACTIONS The Commission undertakes to enter into a regular dialogue with the Parliament on the content of the draft country, regional and thematic strategy papers and to take due account of the position of the Parliament when implementing the strategies. This dialogue will include a discussion on the transition of potential candidates to pre-accession status during the period covered by the Interinstitutional Agreement.6
5 The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), the Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument (IPA), the Instrument for Stability (IfS), the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) - all under the responsibility of AFET - together with the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and the Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised Countries (ICI), under the responsibility of DEVE and INTA respectively. 6 OJ, 7 December 2006, C297 E/200-201
CM 785088.doc 6/113 PE 423.951v02 This declaration, complemented by an exchange of letters between Parliament and the Commission, resulted in a structured regular dialogue between the two institutions on the definition of the strategic political priorities under the different financial instruments.
In order to increase efficiency and ensure that Parliament could react within the foreseen deadlines, AFET organised its scrutiny at the level of working groups, generally with the direct involvement of the relevant rapporteurs.7 For the ENPI two separate working groups (EAST and SOUTH) were established ex novo. The Sub-committee on Human Rights created its own Working Group for the EIDHR. For the IPA the committee decided to use the existing Working Group on the Western Balkans, enlarged to the relevant rapporteurs (to also cover Turkey). These groups have analysed strategy papers, action plans or multiannual indicative programmes, and adopted specific recommendations, through letters, to the Commission. All the groups have requested that this dialogue be pursued and extended to the annual action programme, so as to follow implementation on the ground.
In the case of the IPA and ENPI, the Committee decided to ask external experts to analyse the priorities and objectives negotiated by the Commission with each beneficiary country under the 2007 annual programmes. The IPA working group met four times in total in the 6th legislature (three of which were in 2008), while the ENPI working groups met six times in total, including two seminars with the Trans European Policy Study Association (TEPSA) experts who had carried out implementation studies of the ENPI. The 2009 Szymański review of the ENPI constitutes AFET's contribution to the mid-term ENPI review communication of the Commission, of 21 April 2009. Regarding the Instrument for Stability, besides the strategy paper and the relevant implementing document, the rapporteur conducted a thorough scrutiny of the financing decisions taken by the Commission to address urgent crises. The Committee also held a specific exchange of views on the matter in June 2008.
Thanks to the above initiatives, the European Parliament has become a recognised partner in the implementation of the EU assistance and cooperation instruments, thus breaking the monopoly hitherto exercised by Member State governments in providing political guidance to the Commission.
EU-UN Relations The second point in Annex VI.1 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, detailing the powers and responsibilities of AFET,8 states that the Committee is responsible for 'relations with other EU institutions and bodies, the UNO and other international organisations...' In this legislature AFET has certainly developed all of these relations, the inter-institutional element of which has been touched upon above. However, one of the greatest evolutions during the 6th legislature has been the formalising and increasing of AFET's relations with the UN. In 2004 a Working Group on EU-UN relations was created, meeting under the auspices of AFET and comprising selected members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and specially designated members of the Development Committee (DEVE). The working group held exchanges of views with high-ranking UN officials and executives from various agencies such as UNDP, UNEP and UNRWA. It also organised AFET public hearings on UN related matters, including two on UN reform and the most recent one on the Peacebuilding Commission, with Ambassador Takasu, in May 2008. The increase in focus towards the UN can also be evinced by the five meetings AFET has held in this legislature specifically covering UN organisation and EU-UN relations, at which UN representatives have spoken.
The UN Working Group9 has helped immensely to develop strong contacts within the UN General Secretariat and UN agencies, programmes and funds. It is now a recognised partner of the UN in the
7 Konrad Szymański for ENPI, István Szent-Iványi for IPA, Angelika Beer for the IfS, and Hélène Flautre and Edward McMillan Scott for the EIDHR. 8 See p19 of the Activity Report for the full text 9 Comprising Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Acting Chairman, Bastiaan Belder, Irena Belohorská, André Brie, Jas Gawronski, Michel Rocard and Inese Vaidere.
CM 785088.doc 7/113 PE 423.951v02 fields of, for example, UN reform, peacekeeping operations and election observation missions. As well as inviting UN representatives to Parliament, the Working Group has facilitated this partnership by initiating annual visits to the UN Headquarters in New York. Similarly, the Working Group has ensured that there is the utmost cooperation within the EU over EU-UN relations, by developing a closer association with the UN Working Group of the Council (CONUN). The Slovenian chair of CONUN addressed the AFET Working Group on the priorities of their Presidency, while the Chairman of the AFET Working Group (Alexander Graf Lambsdorff) addressed CONUN on Parliament's priorities for the 64th UN General Assembly. The AFET Working Group Chairman has demonstrated his willingness on behalf of the Working Group to help set the EU agenda for the UN by tabling recommendations last year and this year on 'EU priorities for the next Session of the UN General Assembly', as a complement to the regular delegation visits.
Enlargement
Horizontal aspects After the enlargement activity that resulted in the big bang of 2004, when ten new countries joined the EU, with a further two joining in 2007, the enlargement issues facing AFET and the EU as a whole necessarily changed. Larger questions about the scope and pace of enlargement became more relevant, as opposed to the technicalities of accession. The enlargement issue also became more intertwined with matters of state-building, since the prospective new accession countries, notably those of the Western Balkans, have a long way to go before they fulfil the Copenhagen Criteria. Nevertheless, AFET continued with the practice, established in 1999, of regularly meeting with government representatives and chief negotiators of candidate countries, as part of the regular monitoring of the negotiation process.
Three important reports on enlargement strategy,10 adopted under the guidance of the then AFET Chairman Elmar Brok, set out the Committee's vision of the way the EU should now approach the enlargement question: the candidate countries' efforts to meet the Copenhagen Criteria must be paralleled by the EU's adjustment of its institutional framework and finances to accommodate enlarged membership. The resolutions also tried to sharpen the Commission's rather loose definition of 'integration capacity', and advise the Commission to diversify relations with potential candidate countries and European neighbouring countries outside the current contractual framework, in order to take account of their vastly different internal dynamics. It is undeniable that the three resolutions not only resulted in the November 2006 publication of a specific Commission report on the EU's integration capacity, but also provided a strong incentive to the Commission to develop the Eastern Partnership, launched in Prague on 7 May 2009.
Western Balkans In order to realise its renewed focus on the Western Balkans, AFET created the Western Balkans Working Group in spring 2005, comprised of permanent rapporteurs on each of the Western Balkans countries.11 The group has monitored developments in the region closely by holding regular meetings with key actors in the area, for example with Miroslav Lajčak and Pieter Feith, when they were the EU Special Representatives for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for Kosovo respectively, as well as the various foreign ministers and prime ministers of the countries of the Western Balkans. Sixty-nine speakers addressed Western Balkans issues in the AFET Committee during the 6th legislature, demonstrating the Committee's desire for debates on the subject, and the strong relations the Committee has built with experts and actors on the ground. The Working Group acts as the Committee's interface with both the Regional Cooperation Council (formerly the Stability Pact) and the relevant Community Assistance Programmes (CARDS and now IPA), giving members better access to the mechanisms and results of these operations.
10 See annotated list of reports, p. 41-42 11 Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Chair, Hannes Swoboda, Chair, (rapporteur on Croatia), Doris Pack (rapporteur on BiH), Jelko Kacin (rapporteur on Serbia), Marcello Vernola (rapporteur on Montenegro), Joost Lagendijk (rapporteur on Kosovo), Libor Rouček (rapporteur on Albania), Erik Meijer (rapporteur on FYROM).
CM 785088.doc 8/113 PE 423.951v02 The streamlined and dynamic nature of the Working Group has enabled AFET to produce important political statements on sensitive issues to tight deadlines, for example the Lagendijk resolution on Kosovo and the role of the EU, adopted on 5 February 2009, and the Pack resolution on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted on 24 April 2009. This raised AFET's profile and contributed to the sense of Parliament as an organ with strong and rapid crisis response capacities. Confidential briefings of the Working Group by the Presidency on sensitive issues have also facilitated this kind of crisis response, as well as involving AFET in ongoing political dialogue with the Council, and enabling the timely and in-depth briefing of AFET members.
Within AFET, the large number of reports and resolutions on Western Balkans issues12 illustrates the commitment within the Committee to the development of the region. Overall, the texts adopted display a coherent and logical balance of optimism and realism regarding the internal state of these Balkan nations. As always, the reports starkly highlight problem areas, such as Serbia’s lack of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) or the failure to pursue reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while also pointing out reform successes, such as the resumption of dialogue between rival political and ethnic factions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). In this way the AFET evinces an optimism based on its desire for stabilisation and democratisation in the region, as well as for continuing the enlargement process, while it also exhibits a realism based on stringent, in-depth and ongoing analysis of the current situation in these countries.
Turkey Since the potential accession of Turkey is a very long-term issue, most of AFET’s involvement has been at the level of monitoring the situation in Turkey and informing its members as well as other EU bodies both of this situation and of AFET’s position regarding Turkey’s candidateship. As such, there have been yearly AFET progress reports on Turkey, which have outlined Parliament’s position that the accession negotiations with Turkey are an open-ended process, not leading a priori to accession. The reports are also intended to guide Commission negotiations by outlining priority areas and concerns, and to pre-figure concrete action the EU might take. For example, the 2005 political group- initiated 'Resolution on the opening of negotiations with Turkey' deplored Turkey’s hesitance to ratify and implement the Ankara Protocol, and stressed that failure to do so would seriously affect the negotiation process. One year later, the Council decided to freeze eight chapters of negotiation for as long as this ratification and implementation does not take place. That AFET is very much involved in Turkey’s progress towards accession is demonstrated by the 2008 official visit of the AFET delegation to Ankara, which met with the President and Prime Minister of Turkey, the Foreign Minister and Chief Negotiator, as well as Parliament and civil society.
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) / European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
Horizontal aspects Throughout this 6th legislature, AFET has worked to ensure that there is a ring of economically and politically stable countries around the EU, and that there are no new dividing lines in Europe. Nevertheless it is also aware that differentiated and specific policies are required for relations between Eastern and Southern neighbours, since they have distinct cultural identities and different potentials. The Tannock/Obiols i Germà report of 2007 entitled ‘Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy’ called for just this kind of regional differentiation, and in 2008 the Council proposed to institutionalise such delineation through the creation of both the Union for the Mediterranean and the Eastern Partnership. As a measure of AFET’s influence in this area, the structure of the forthcoming Eastern Partnership reflects the majority of AFET’s recommendations over the last two years, and the recent creation of the Union for the Mediterranean was directly
12 See pp. 42-46 of the list of annotated reports and resolutions, and Annex II pp. 84-95
CM 785088.doc 9/113 PE 423.951v02 followed in AFET by the 2009 Napoletano report on the 'Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean'. In addition, AFET is upholding the primary goal of preventing divisions among the EU’s neighbours by using its institutional scrutiny of the ENPI to ensure that funds are allocated in a balanced way between the two regions, East and South.
ENP East The 2004 enlargement gave the EU new neighbours on its Eastern border, and the 2004 enlargement countries brought along new expertise. As a result, the EU focused much attention on its Eastern neighbours in the 6th legislature. The view of the Committee was, as expressed in the 2004 Tannock report, that the ENP is distinct from the issue of potential membership of the European Union, but that it is not explicitly excluded in the policy for those countries entitled to apply under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union. The Committee also emphasised that the aim of the ENP should not only be to strengthen bilateral relations between the EU and the neighbourhood countries but also to create networks of cooperation and bring about the development of regional integration between neighbouring countries. It called for greater emphasis to be placed on developing the regional and sub-regional dimensions. Such EP recommendations are reflected in the establishment of a Black Sea Synergy and in the structure of the Eastern Partnership. Speaking in the March I 2009 plenary, Commissioner Ferrero- Waldner reiterated that the Commission Communication of 3 December 2008 suggested making Parliament’s ‘EuroNest’ initiative 'an integral part of the Eastern Partnership'.13
Another area of concern for this Committee has been the South Caucasus. The inclusion of the three countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and the appointment of an EU Special Representative were preceded by calls from the Committee for these measures to be taken, through the EP resolutions preceding the 2004 enlargement. While broadly supporting the EU policy towards the three countries in the framework of the ENP, AFET called for more incentives to motivate the countries to advance on the path to reform, including visa facilitation and free trade agreements, and called for a regional policy for the South Caucasus.
The Committee followed closely the post-Soviet so-called "frozen conflicts" in the region, which had already started showing signs of thawing at the beginning of the 6th legislature. When the war erupted in the Georgian region of South Ossetia in August 2008, AFET displayed an impressive response to the crisis, summoning an extraordinary meeting with the French Presidency and Eka Tkeshelashvili, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the same month as the crisis. The Committee called for a unanimous, solid stance and underlined the need to send an ESDP mission and to be involved in reconstruction and humanitarian aid. These ideas were picked up in Parliament's resolution of 3 September 2008 on the situation in Georgia, including the support for a major EU plan to provide financial support for the rebuilding of affected areas and to establish a stronger EU presence in the country and throughout the region.14
The Committee has played a part in various other scenarios that have unfolded in the eastern neighbourhood. For example, AFET members took an active role during the Orange revolution in Ukraine; the EP was the first EU institution to advocate a “European perspective for Ukraine”. Similarly, AFET was quick to respond to the protests and riots following the 5 April 2009 general elections in Moldova and the ensuing political exchanges with Romania, calling three extraordinary meetings soon after the events. On 15 April 2009 the Committee was addressed by Marianne Mikko, Chairperson of the Election Observation Delegation to Moldova, and Cristian Diaconescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. Marianne Mikko attended a second AFET extraordinary joint meeting (with the Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee) on 4 May 2009, in order to debrief members on the ad hoc fact-finding mission to Moldova of 26-29 April 2009. On 6 May another joint AFET meeting was held in order to hear from Members of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova concerning the current political situation following the elections.
13 EP plenary debate on Eastern Partnership of 12 March 2009 14 P6_TA-PROV(2008)0396
CM 785088.doc 10/113 PE 423.951v02 ENP South While the Eastern part of the ENP has received an important focus during the 6th legislature, this has not been to the detriment of the ENP's Southern part. Throughout the current mandate AFET has followed the evolution of relations with the Southern partners of the ENP – from the Barcelona Process to the Union for the Mediterranean – with reports, debates and hearings which were often followed by resolutions or recommendations to the Council.
For the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process, AFET held a hearing with a view to deepening Euro-Mediterranean ties so that substantial progress could be made in the field of democracy and human rights. The report15 following this hearing stated several recommendations but also welcomed the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) as an essential step forward. The recent creation of the 'Union for the Mediterranean', was followed in AFET by the adoption of a report16 praising the opportunities this could bring in terms of the economic and regional integration of the Mediterranean countries, but also in terms of moving towards peace and security in the region. On this latter point, AFET members repeatedly stressed that peace and security could only be achieved through the negotiated and comprehensive settlement of the conflicts in the region, and underlined that more needs to be done to promote peace and stability, at a time when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is adversely affecting political dialogue among the Euro-Mediterranean partners.17
In the framework of relations with Mediterranean countries, other issues that have been tackled during this legislature include the EU-Syria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement, the subject of a hearing organised in March 2005. Furthermore, as this Association Agreement, initiated in October 2004, was at a stand-still, in 2006 AFET adopted the De Keyser recommendation to the Council18 on this topic. The recommendation emphasised the importance of such an agreement, which could give a decisive impetus to the political, economic and social reforms needed to improve the situation in Syria, and which in turn could also facilitate the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The recommendation also underlined that the final conclusions of the International Independent Investigation Commission on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri would be key to the signing and ratification of the Association Agreement. Last December, the Association Agreement with Syria was re-initiated and will be among the important topics that AFET will deal with for the upcoming legislature.
This legislature has also seen the first request by an ENP country for access to Community programmes and agencies. This participation is offered to all countries within the ENP framework and is submitted to the assent procedure of Parliament. The request was submitted by Israel and only concerns participation in Community programmes. AFET called on Parliament to give its assent and accompanied it with a draft resolution setting out the political priorities involved in the agreement (respect for international law and UN resolutions, as well as the Annapolis decision and Quartet statements). However, it should be noted that due to the situation in the region in December 2008, Parliament postponed sine die the adoption in plenary.
Human Rights
Thanks to the creation of the Human Rights Sub-committee at the beginning of the 6th legislature, AFET can now devote more time and energy to human rights issues, which pervade its institutional and regional concerns throughout the world.
15The Barcelona Process revisited, P6_TA(2005)0412, Anneli Jäätteenmäki 16Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean, P6_TA-PROV(2009)0077, Pasqualina Napoletano 17 Also see Middle East section 18 Recommendation to the Council on the conclusion of an EU Syria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement, P6_TA(2006)0459, Véronique De Keyser
CM 785088.doc 11/113 PE 423.951v02 The Annual Report on Human Rights in the World, which summarises Parliament's position on all major human rights issues, represents the main body of AFET and DROI work in the field.19 DROI is now the centre of human rights discussions for Parliament, organising more than 40 important hearings, workshops and other meetings, through which Parliament can follow human rights developments in non-EU countries. The Sub-committee closely cooperates with other standing committees; it has held joint hearings with DEVE (Committee on Development) on African human rights issues, as well as with LIBE (Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) on matters such as fundamental rights in the EU, and CIA readmissions and secret flights. Many of the visiting speakers have been Nobel Peace Prize or Sakharov Prize20 winners, for example Shirin Ebadi, who addressed the Sub- committee on 4 March 2009, as well as speakers from EU institutions, UN Special Representatives, UNDP representatives, Council of Europe representatives, government representatives, human rights activists and NGOs.
Delegation visits to third countries and EU candidate countries (of which there have been over 20) have been especially important in putting human rights issues at the forefront of Parliament's agenda and tightening links with important institutions. Resolutions have been drafted in preparation for specific UNHCR sessions and regular delegation visits have been made to observe the UNHCR's work, which has developed UN-EU relations in line with AFET's increased focus on the UN through its UN Working Group. The Sub-committee has also participated in the scrutiny of the ENP, organising yearly hearings on the follow-up to the human rights chapter in the ENP action plans.
The Sub-committee aims to mainstream human rights issues within EU external relations, drafting guidelines for all of Parliament's Interparliamentary Delegations with third countries. It also scrutinises the human rights mechanisms already in place; it has put particular emphasis on the implementation of the EIDHR through the creation of a Working Group (as AFET has done with the other External Financial Instruments), and on the EU guidelines on human rights matters. During the 6th legislature the focus has been particularly on tightening guidelines on the death penalty, torture and human rights dialogues, on which a report was drawn up in 2007 based on the results of extensive academic and inter-institutional discussions. Regarding the EP scrutiny of EU human rights dialogues and consultations, a new model of inter-institutional cooperation was established in the form of confidential informal debriefings with the Council and the Commission.
The 2008 Flautre report on the EU's use of sanctions recommended that the procedure for blacklisting and delisting must be reviewed in order to preserve the human rights of the listed individuals. In response, the Commission announced that it would take action to bring existing listing procedures into line with the relevant case law. Similarly, AFET/DROI has put pressure on EU institutions to draft a new 'model clause' on democracy and human rights to be incorporated into all international agreements, based on Articles 9 and 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, as requested by the 2005 Agnoletto report. These clauses can often have significant practical consequences.
Election Observation AFET's role in election observation, through the EP Election Coordination Group (ECG) that is co- chaired by the AFET and DEVE chairmen, helps to increase not only Parliament's visibility in this field, but also that of the EU, raising awareness of the Union's role in democracy promotion and development. The role of the ECG has increased during this legislature, with over 60 separate EP delegations sent to 50 different countries. The EP election observation delegations are fully integrated in the scheme and the activity of the general EU Election Observation Missions (EUEOMs). In cases where there is no EUEOM, as for example in the OSCE area, the EP election observation delegation is part of the International Election Mission and works closely with ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights). AFET members are kept abreast of developments through post-mission reports to the
19 Detailed summaries of the contents of these annual reports can be found in the DROI Activity Report, as can the list of over 45 studies and briefing notes on human rights issues produced by the External Policy Department. 20 The Sub-committee, jointly with AFET and DEVE, organises the annual Sakharov Prize selection and award procedure, and held a major conference for the 20th Anniversary of the Sakharov Prize in 2008.
CM 785088.doc 12/113 PE 423.951v02 Committee by the head of each EP Election Observation Delegation. Moreover, the 2008 De Keyser/Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra report on EU Election Observation Missions adopted in AFET had an important impact on EU election observation and the recommendations it contains helped to improve the methodology of the EUEOMs and also to foresee future challenges.
Gender Mainstreaming AFET has always been at the forefront in promoting gender equality and women's rights in international affairs, regularly including related provisions in its reports. The Committee has also achieved improvements in funding for gender-related initiatives in the area of foreign policy. Pursuant to the FEMM Committee report of January 2007, which followed Vice-President Kaufmann's gender mainstreaming initiative,21 AFET nominated Libor Rouček and Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne as members responsible for mainstreaming gender perspective into the work of the AFET. In January 2008 the AFET Enlarged Bureau adopted an Action Plan on Gender Mainstreaming, including a mission statement and recommendations for concrete actions to be taken by AFET by the end of the 6th legislature, for example examining gender balance among the ranks of EU Special Representatives and Commission Heads of Delegations. In line with the objectives of the Action Plan, AFET Vice-President Libor Rouček drafted a report entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in EU external relations and peace-building/nation building', which was adopted in the May 2009 plenary. It calls, for example, for the immediate adoption of national action plans on UN Security Council Resolution 132522 by Member States who have not yet done so.
GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES
Transatlantic relations
As an organ responsive to the geopolitical climate, the Committee's focal points have necessarily shifted since the 5th legislature, to cover new areas of interest, importance and concern regarding specific countries, regions, crises and relations. AFET is keen, however, to build on the strong foundations already laid in the 5th legislature. Thus, transatlantic relations remain towards the top of the Committee's agenda, especially in relation to security and defence, and in light of the change of administration in Washington. There was a joint SEDE/NATO–PA hearing on Transatlantic Security Relations in March 2009, and the 2009 Millán Mon report deals specifically with the consequences of the election of President Obama on EU-US relations. Elmar Brok co-chairs the Steering Committee of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue, and has been ensuring close communications between committees of Parliament and the US Congress. He has also been working on the realisation of the transatlantic market through his role on the advisory body for the Transatlantic Economic Council.
Russia
AFET has been pursuing issues concerning Russia with vigour during the 6th legislature, as a result of the increasingly confident role of Russia in the world and its significance for economic relations and European energy security, as evidenced in the energy crises of 2006 and 2009. The form of the EU's relationship with Russia has been the subject of vehement debate within the Committee. As well as being dealt with in a specific report devoted to EU-Russia relations by Cecilia Malmström and various AFET reports on the ENP, EU-Russia relations have most recently been addressed in the 2009 Onyszkiewicz report adopted in the April I 2009 plenary, which focused on the negotiations on a new EU-Russia agreement to replace the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). The 2007 Saryusz-Wolski report 'Towards a Common European Foreign Policy on Energy' approached Russian relations through the crucial issue of energy supply. As mentioned above, AFET's response to the Ukraine-Russia gas crisis and the Georgia crisis (which also had gas
21 'Establishment of a process for the gender mainstreaming of committee work', 26 October 2005 22 The first resolution ever passed by the Security Council (in October 2000) that specifically addresses the impact of war on women, and women's contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace
CM 785088.doc 13/113 PE 423.951v02 dimensions) both involved meetings with Russian representatives, and evinced a strong concern for Russia's role as an energy supplier and its role in the common neighbourhood.
The Middle East
Throughout the 6th legislature Middle East issues have been tackled by AFET, not only within the report on EU strategy in the Arab World23 but also through meetings, hearings and workshops. This is illustrated by the large number of speakers from various institutions and from the Arab world who addressed the Committee on these matters during the 6th legislature, including James Wolfensohn (Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement of the Quartet), Salam Fayyad (Finance Minister of Palestine), Amr Moussa (Secretary General of the Arab League), Tzipi Livni (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel) and Karen Abu Zaid (Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East – UNRWA).24 The impact of AFET on Middle East issues has been very important, especially thanks to its capacity to react swiftly and efficiently, notably through the organisation of extraordinary meetings, which were called during Israel's 2006 war with Lebanon and the 2009 Gaza Conflict. Those meetings put AFET members at the heart of important discussions during key periods, and produced lively debates. In addition, several delegations were sent in the region during the 6th legislature, for example to Lebanon and Syria in 2007, and to Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2006.25
Iran
Another issue frequently raised by the Committee in various forums has been Iran, both in the context of security and defence (for example in the recent hearing on Transatlantic Security Relations), and human rights (for example in the 2005 meeting with Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi). The Committee has held a number of in camera meetings with Annalisa Giannella, Javier Solana's Personal Representative for Non-Proliferation, on the escalating issue of Iran's nuclear policy, and also raised this issue with the Iranian Foreign Minister at the time, Manoochehr Mottaki, when he responded to an invitation to appear before AFET in February 2006, and with Mr Saeed Jalili, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Earlier, in November 2004, the Committee had held an exchange of views with the then Foreign Minister of Iran, Gholam Ali Khoshrou, on EU-Iran relations. The Committee took a strong interest in the recent Presidential elections, and has responded to the post-election crisis rapidly. On 8 July 2009 a joint AFET/Delegation for Relations with Iran extraordinary meeting was held, in which there was much interest. The Committee heard from Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a supporter of the reformist Opposition in Iran.
Iraq
Similarly, one can see from the number of speakers in AFET from Iraqi and Afghan political institutions (12) how important issues of peace and stability in this volatile region have been to the Committee during the 6th legislature. Human rights, development and democratisation have always been at the fore, and the Committee has again provided a fruitful forum for debates on some of the most pressing security issues in the world. The 2005 Dimitrakopoulos report (‘The EU/Iraq – A Framework for Engagement’) and the 2008 Gomes recommendation to the Council on the European Union's role in Iraq have called for more EU action in fostering the activities of democratic organisations in Iraqi civil society and an increase in EU assistance to the UN. Following on from the recommendation by AFET and its rapporteur, Ana Maria Gomes, a permanent ad hoc delegation was set up in 2008, chaired by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne.
23 Reform in the Arab world: what strategy should the EU follow? P6_TA(2007)0179, Michel Rocard. 24 See Annex I pp. 64-81 25 See p. 28
CM 785088.doc 14/113 PE 423.951v02 Afghanistan
The Committee has played an active role in fostering democratic institutions in Afghanistan. In 2005 AFET sent an ad hoc delegation on a pre-election mission to Afghanistan,26 which was followed by an EP Election Observation mission to oversee the first Afghan parliamentary and provincial elections. Once the new National Assembly of Afghanistan was set up, AFET invited a delegation of new Afghan MPs to Strasbourg in December 2006. Meetings with President Karzai (in Kabul and Strasbourg), exchanges of views in committee with the Afghan Foreign Minister, with the EU Special Representative to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell, and with the UN Special Representative, Tom Koenigs, have repeatedly raised these critical issues: security, the role of neighbouring countries, narcotics, the reform of the army and the police, Afghan refugees, NGOs and their relationship with the Afghan Government, freedom of the press, human rights and particularly the treatment of women.
In June 2008 AFET adopted the Brie report on the ‘Stabilisation of Afghanistan: Challenges for the EU and the International Community’, which called for more international coordination, concrete guidelines on how to achieve the human rights goals of the 2006 Afghanistan Compact, and regular evaluation by the Commission of the effectiveness of financial assistance to Afghanistan. The AFET opinion for the Committee on Budgetary Control in November 2008 on ‘The budgetary control of EU funds in Afghanistan’ explored the latter aspect further. Concern about burgeoning opium production led the Committee to adopt a recommendation to the Council on the Production of Opium for Medical Purposes in Afghanistan (rapporteur Marco Cappato). Through regular contact with the Director of the UN Office for Drugs and Crime, Antonio Costa, members have had up-to-date access to reports on the narcotics situation in Afghanistan. In March 2007, a permanent Delegation for relations with Afghanistan was established, in which a number of AFET members participate.
Pakistan
AFET recognises the crucial role of Pakistan in the region and has held many meetings with key Pakistani figures. Following on from AFET's concerns at the time of the adoption of the 3rd Generation Co-operation Agreement with Pakistan at the end of the previous legislature, the Committee held a direct exchange of views with President Pervez Musharraf, who visited AFET on two occasions (September 2006 and January 2008). The first meeting was dominated by the aftermath of the Kashmir earthquake, the "uniform" question, human rights in general, and the plight of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a young Briton of Pakistani origin on death row for the past 18 years and who, despite repeated appeals, was due to be executed imminently. While President Musharraf was anxious to point out that he was unable to rescind the judgement, the fact that the issue was raised so forcefully in committee, combined with all the other international voices denouncing the situation, may well have contributed to Mirza's release and repatriation to the UK shortly afterwards. The 2008 meeting with the President had a strong focus on democratisation in view of the upcoming elections in Pakistan. The Committee also held an exchange of views in January 2007 with the then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz touching on, among other issues, Pakistan's relations with its neighbours.
India
AFET's October 2004 recommendation to the Council on EU-India Relations urged the Council to take the decision, at the 5th EU-India Summit, to upgrade the EU-India relationship to a Strategic Partnership, in order to promote an effective multilateral approach. The Menéndez del Valle report of 2005, dealing specifically with the question of how an EU-India Strategic Partnership could be best implemented, was strongly in favour of the EU moving ahead with the proposed Partnership and stressed the positive aspects India can bring to the strategic partnership. It welcomed the significant steps India is making on social and economic reforms, but also stressed concern over the huge levels of poverty and inequality, and issues of discrimination. It welcomed the progress being made by India
26 Led jointly by the Chairs of AFET (Elmar Brok) and DEVE (Luisa Morgantini).
CM 785088.doc 15/113 PE 423.951v02 and Pakistan in consolidating Confidence-Building Measures, through gradual bilateral normalisation which could lead to a political settlement of the dispute in Kashmir.
Kashmir
In response to the earthquake in Kashmir in October 2005 and to the renewed peace efforts by India and Pakistan in Kashmir since 2003, the Committee decided to draw up a report entitled ‘Kashmir: present situation and future prospects’ (rapporteur Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne). The report examined the difficult situation of Kashmiris living on either side of the Line of Control (LoC) and stressed how the earthquake had exacerbated the plight of Kashmiris in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in Gilgit and Baltistan, While welcoming the peace moves underway and the Confidence-Building Measures initiated by both sides, it also explored in considerable detail areas where more had to be done to fulfil obligations to introduce meaningful and representative democratic structures (Pakistan), and it strongly urged both sides to address violations such as the documented human rights violations by India's armed forces, and the incidence of terror and violence perpetrated by armed militants based in Pakistan. It also addressed the question of the plebiscite, where members reached a compromise on the wording of the reference in the final report. The interest in the report was huge and, given the large number of amendments (450), the surrounding/ensuing debates were lively, protracted and very passionate. The resolution adopted in plenary reflects the hard-won compromises reached among the political groups.
Central Asia
Human rights issues in the countries of Central Asia are a major concern for AFET and this region has received significant attention in the Committee, particularly since the 'EU Strategy for Central Asia' was published in 2007. The EU has taken note of the growing importance of this region in the context of global energy concerns, as well as drug-trafficking and Islamic fundamentalism. However, AFET has stressed, through the hard-hitting 2008 Özdemir report, that a more sensitive balance between strategic concerns such as energy security and human rights is needed, and that, in order to make democracy and human rights an integral part of the Central Asia Strategy, the Council and the Commission should set more specific benchmarks, indicators and targets for human rights in these areas. The report also makes the point that EU contacts with the security structures of highly repressive states and measures in support of security co-operation with such states should be minimised. In addition, the report stresses that since the situation in each of the five countries is quite different, any strategy should evince more differentiation in concrete policies for each country.
AFET is also responsible for steering Parliament's position vis-a-vis the issue of assent to the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and Tajikistan, which has not yet been finalised.
China
Taking into account China's increasing political and economic prominence in the world, the Committee has continued to address relations with China, as well as concerns about the domestic situation there, through various avenues. The Belder report of 2006 on EU-China Relations represents Parliament's view on the EU-China Strategic Partnership, as well as China's internal situation. As this partnership would entail closer co-operation between the two sides on a wide range of issues, the report calls on both the EU and China to establish the partnership and bilateral relationship on the basis of mutual openness, credibility, stability, responsibility and understanding.
Issues particularly prominent in the report and particularly important for AFET are those relating to human rights. These range from the need for China to uphold basic human rights such as freedom of expression, to the practice of torture, the 'laogai' labour camps, the death penalty, forced compliance with the Government family planning policy, and child labour. The need for China to strengthen its concept of democracy and awareness of legal concepts is stressed by the Committee, as well as the need to avoid premature EU moves to lift the arms embargo imposed on China by the EU, the US and others.
CM 785088.doc 16/113 PE 423.951v02 These matters are regularly raised with Chinese officials during EP-China Delegation meetings, in which AFET members regularly participate, in exchanges of views held in committee with, for example, Congmin Lu, vice chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 10th National People's Congress, and in bilateral meetings between the Chairman and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the EU.
Specifically with regard to the situation in Tibet and the human rights of the Tibetan people, the Committee held an exchange of views with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in May 2006. Subsequent to the breakdown in the long-running negotiations between representatives of the PRC and the Envoys of the Dalai Lama, the Committee decided to hold a public hearing in March 2009, with the aim of learning in greater detail about the specific issues under discussion and the prospects for a resumption of these negotiations, from the participants in these talks themselves. Regrettably, as the Committee had very much wanted to hear from both parties, the Chinese Government declined to participate in the hearing.
Latin America
The 2006 Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra report extensively updated the Parliament's ambitious position on the enhancing of the EU-LA Association, setting the tone for subsequent AFET recommendations in the area. As a result, the 6th legislature has witnessed the success of long-standing efforts by the Committee to set up the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), initially proposed by the Committee in 2001, which was finally constituted in November 2006. EuroLat adopts and submits resolutions and recommendations to the various organizations, institutions and ministerial groups responsible for the development of the Bi-regional Strategic Association. EuroLat has held three Ordinary plenary Sessions (Brussels in December 2007, Lima in May 2008 and Madrid in April 2009) and, with 150 members (75 members from the EP and 75 from the Latin American component) has become crucial to ensuring the monitoring of the EU-LAC Bi-regional Strategic Association as its parliamentary branch.
AFET has continuously influenced negotiations on the Association Agreements between the EU and the Andean Community and with Central America, on which it has produced two detailed recommendations. The recent Strategic Associations established between the EU and Mexico and between the EU and Brazil were also the object of two additional recommendations. As well as institutional ties, AFET’s engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) extends to issues such as human rights, democratisation and economic development, with various debates on these issues being animated in Committee. President Evo Morales was a guest speaker in May 2006, as was Edgardo Maya Villazón, Attorney General of Colombia, in May 2005, who spoke about the nation's law and order situation. Ingrid Betancourt came to Parliament in October 2008, in the context of a joint meeting with the EP Delegation for EuroLat, the EP Delegation for the Andean Committee, AFET, DROI and DEVE, where she spoke about her personal experience as a FARC hostage.
CM 785088.doc 17/113 PE 423.951v02 Conclusions
AFET has continued to be a highly active committee during the 6th legislature, its capacities growing through increased membership and the creation of the two Sub-committees and the new Working Groups. It is therefore able to examine issues in greater depth, producing reports, resolutions and opinions that carry real political weight. Common threads in AFET's recommendations for foreign policy action include human rights and democratisation, engagement of civil society, regional differentiation in policy which treats countries according to their specific circumstances, increased dialogue and openness within the EU and between the EU and other institutions, and the importance of forward-thinking, specific and concrete proposals for achieving goals. With a studied balance of optimism, realism and criticism, the Committee produces clear recommendations that are often bold alternatives to Commission or Council documents, and which are informed by detailed research, experience and expertise.
AFET has continued to cover the major regions of the world, strengthening its engagement with them, as well as, closer to home, with countries in the Western Balkans, South Caucasus and Mediterranean. This has been achieved through an increase in the number of meetings on regional issues (Enlargement, ENP and other foreign relations),27 and in the number of meetings with key actors in these fields, including national politicians, regional and international institution leaders, Nobel Prize winners, academics and NGO representatives.28 Such connections have also been enhanced through the UN Working Group, visits to the UN, AFET delegations to candidate and third countries, as well as AFET involvement in EU Election Observation Missions. Thus AFET now has an even stronger body of contacts that bring the Committee more clout on the international stage, but at the same time closer to the reality of situations on the ground. AFET reports represent the culmination of such research, and evince the Committee's commitment to and deep understanding of geo-political issues. Its strong and rapid crisis response and its focus on the areas most crucial to current global stability, for example Russia, the Middle East and the US, have established Parliament as an influential global presence. On the other hand, AFET's focus on the ENP and enlargement, and especially on the Western Balkans, demonstrates that European issues remain at the centre of AFET's activities; only by working towards unity and stability within its own region can the EU legitimately influence global outcomes.
It is no wonder, considering these developments of the 6th legislature, that the Committee has increasingly seen some of its most vital recommendations transformed into concrete policy by the Council, for example on arms exports, the appointment of a high official for energy security, a more discriminating approach to our neighbours' accession prospects or the implementation of the vision of differentiated frameworks for the ENP South and East. Part of this increase in influence is owed, as well as to the factors mentioned above, to the institutionalisation of the Committee's scrutiny powers, which have been formalised through the Working Groups on the External Financial Instruments. One can clearly see that AFET has maintained its strong contacts with the other EU institutions from the number of times speakers from those institutions have appeared in the AFET (176 in total), for example the Commissioners (35), the High Representative for CSFP (10) and EU Special Representatives (36), in addition to increased contacts between AFET and the Council Presidency through the regular debriefings on the monthly GAERC meetings. Thus, the Committee has built on the strong foundations of the previous legislature, which has helped to establish AFET as more of an equal partner of the Council and the Commission than ever before.
27 In the 5th legislature the Committee was addressed 147 times on these issues, compared to 243 in the 6th legislature (60% of all speakers who addressed AFET in the 6th legislature). 28 In the 5th legislature the Committee was addressed 98 times by representatives from Candidate countries, non- EU European and non-European countries, compared to 130 in the 6th legislature (32% of all speakers who addressed AFET in the 6th Legislature).
CM 785088.doc 18/113 PE 423.951v02 ANNEX VI of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament: Powers and responsibilities of standing committees
I. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee responsible for:
1. the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and the European security and defence policy (ESDP). In this context the committee is assisted by a subcommittee on security and defence;
2. relations with other EU institutions and bodies, the UNO and other international organisations and interparliamentary assemblies for matters falling under its responsibility;
3. the strengthening of political relations with third countries, particularly those in the immediate vicinity of the Union, by means of major cooperation and assistance programmes or international agreements such as association and partnership agreements;
4. the opening, monitoring and concluding of negotiations concerning the accession of European States to the Union;
5. issues concerning human rights, the protection of minorities and the promotion of democratic values in third countries. In this context the committee is assisted by a subcommittee on human rights. Without prejudice to the relevant rules, members from other committees and bodies with responsibilities in this field shall be invited to attend the meetings of the subcommittee.
The committee coordinates the work of joint parliamentary committees and parliamentary cooperation committees as well as that of the interparliamentary delegations and ad hoc delegations and election observation missions falling within its remit.
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Chairman: Elmar Brok (1999–) 2004 – 2007
2004 – 2007
Party Name Country BUREAU PPE-DE Mr Elmar BROK (Chairperson) DE PSE Mr Toomas Hendrik ILVES (1st Vice-chairperson) EE PPE-DE Mr Geoffrey VAN ORDEN (2nd Vice-chairperson) GB ALDE Baroness NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE (3rd Vice-chairperson) GB COORDINATORS PPE-DE Mr José SALAFRANCA SANCHEZ-NEYRA ES Mr Charles TANNOCK (Substitute) GB Mr Armin LASCHET (2004) (Substitute) DE Ms Ursula STENZEL (2005) (Substitute) AT Mr Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS (2006) (Substitute) GR PSE Ms Véronique DE KEYSER BE ALDE Ms Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK BE Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM (2005-2006) SE UEN Ms Anna Elzbieta FOTYGA (2004-2005) PL Mr Konrad SZYMANSKI (2006) PL VERTS/ Mr Joost LAGENDIJK NL ALE Ms Angelika BEER DE GUE/ NGL Mr André BRIE DE IND/ DEM Mr Bastiaan BELDER NL NI Mr Ryszard CZARNECKI PL
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Chairman: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski 2007 - 2009
2007 – 2009
Party Name Country BUREAU PPE-DE Mr Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (Chairperson) PL PSE Mr Libor ROUČEK (1st Vice-chairperson) CZ PPE-DE Mr Michael GAHLER (2nd Vice-chairperson) DE ALDE Mr Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ (3rd Vice-chairperson) PL PSE Mr Ioan Mircea PAŞCU (4th Vice-chairperson) RO COORDINATORS PPE-DE Mr José SALAFRANCA SANCHEZ-NEYRA ES Mr Charles TANNOCK (Substitute) GB PSE Ms Véronique DE KEYSER BE ALDE Ms Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK BE UEN Mr Konrad SZYMANSKI PL VERTS/ Mr Cem ÖZDEMIR DE ALE Ms Angelika BEER DE GUE/ NGL Mr André BRIE DE IND/ DEM Mr Bastiaan BELDER NL ITS Mr Philip CLAEYS (2007) BE NI Mr Maciej Marian GIERTYCH PL
CM 785088.doc 21/113 PE 423.951v02 Members (86) of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as at May 2009
Full members Substitute members PPE-DE (31/31) 31/31 SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Jacek Emil, Chairperson ANDRIKIENĖ, Laima Liucija GAHLER, Michael, 2nd Vice-Chairperson CASA, David Sir ATKINS, Robert DEHAENE, Jean-Luc BEAZLEY, Christopher DEVA, Nirj BONSIGNORE, Vito DUKA-ZÓLYOMI, Árpád BROK, Elmar ELLES, James BURKE, Colm EVANS, Jonathan CHIRITĂ, Călin Cătălin FATUZZO, Carlo DIMITRAKOPOULOS, Giorgos GÁL, Kinga GAWRONSKI, Jas GAUBERT, Patrick GOMOLKA, Alfred JARZEMBOWSKI, Georg HYBÁŠKOVÁ, Jana KELAM, Tunne IBRISAGIC, Anna KONRAD, Christoph KASOULIDES, Ioannis LAUK, Kurt Joachim LANDSBERGIS, Vytautas LIESE, Peter MILLÁN MON, Francisco José LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Antonio OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Ria McMILLAN-SCOTT, Edward PETERLE, Alojz MATSIS Yiannakis PINHEIRO, João de Deus MAURO, Mario PIRKER, Hubert MAYOR OREJA, Jaime POSSELT, Bernd MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Iñigo ROVSING, Christian MLADENOV, Nickolay RUS, Flaviu Călin NAZARE, Alexandru SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, José Ignacio OUZKÝ, Miroslav SCHÖPFLIN, György PACK, Doris TANNOCK, Charles PĪKS, Rihards VAN ORDEN, Geoffrey QUEIRÓ, Luís VATANEN, Ari QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Godeli VERNOLA, Marcello SANZARELLO, Sebastiano ZALESKI, Zbigniew SPAUTZ, Jean ZIELENIEC, Josef von WOGAU, Karl PSE (23/23) 23/23 ROUČEK, Libor, 1st Vice-Chairperson ASSIS, Francisco PAŞCU, Ioan Mircea, 4th Vice-Chairperson BADIA I CUTCHET, Maria BEŇOVÁ, Monika CARLOTTI, Marie-Arlette DE KEYSER, Véronique CHIESA, Giulietto GOMES, Ana Maria DE MICHELIS, Gianni HÄNSCH, Klaus DOBOLYI, Alexandra HOWITT, Richard EL KHADRAOUI, Saïd KOPPA, Maria Eleni FORD, Glyn KUHNE, Helmut GRAU I SEGÚ, Martí MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Emilio JURI, Aurelio NAPOLETANO, Pasqualina KIRILOV, Evgeni OBIOLS I GERMÀ, Raimon KOTEREC, Miloš ÖGER, Vural LEINEN, Jo PALECKIS, Justas Vincas PAGANO, Maria Grazia PATRIE, Béatrice PINIOR, Józef PRIBETICH, Pierre ROSATI, Dariusz Kajetan RASMUSSEN, Poul Nyrup ROTHE, Mechtild SAKS, Katrin SAKALAS, Aloyzas SIWIEC, Marek Maciej SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO, Antolín SWOBODA, Hannes SCHAPIRA, Pierre VIGENIN, Kristian SEGELSTRÖM, Inger
CM 785088.doc 22/113 PE 423.951v02 Full members Substitute members WIERSMA, Jan Marinus SEVERIN, Adrian YAÑEZ-BARNUEVO GARCÍA, Luis TABAJDI Csaba Sándor ALDE (12/12) (11/12) ONYSZKIEWICZ, Janusz Adam, 3rd Vice- BAEVA, Mariela Velichkova Chairperson CAPPATO, Marco BUȘOI, Christian Silviu KACIN, Jelko DE SARNEZ, Marielle KAZAK, Metin DUFF, Andrew LEBECH, Johannes JÄÄTEENMÄKI, Anneli MORILLON, Philippe Graf LAMBSDORFF, Alexander NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK, Annemie LUDFORD, Sarah, Baroness NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE, Baroness MAATEN, Jules POHJAMO, Samuli MATSAKIS, Marios POLFER, Lydie RIES, Frédérique SZENT-IVÁNYI, István VAN HECKE, Johan WIELOWIEYSKI, Andrzej UEN (5/5) (5/5) BIELAN, Adam ANGELILLI, Roberta FOLTYN-KUBICKA, Hanna CZARNECKI, Ryszard PIOTROWSKI, Mirosław Mariusz KRISTOVSKIS, Ģirts Valdis SZYMAŃSKI, Konrad Krzysztof ROGALSKI, Bogusław VAIDERE, Inese ROSZKOWSKI, Wojciech Verts/ALE (5/5) (5/5) BEER, Angelika HAMMERSTEIN MINTZ, David FLAUTRE, Hélène HORÁČEK, Milan LAGENDIJK, Jan Joost ISLER BÉGUIN, Marie Anne ÖZDEMIR, Cem JONCKHEER, Pierre ROMEVA i RUEDA, Raül KALLENBACH, Gisela GUE/NGL (5/5) (5/5) AGNOLETTO, Vittorio Emanuele KOHLÍČEK, Jaromír BRIE, Andreas MEIJER, Erik MEYER PLEITE, Willy PAFILIS, Athanasios PFLÜGER, Tobias RIZZO, Marco PORTAS, Miguel WURTZ, Francis IND/DEM (3/3) (3/3) BELDER, Bastiaan BATTEN, Gerard Joseph COÛTEAUX, Paul Marie SINNOTT, Kathy GEORGIOU, Georgios WOJCIECHOWSKI, Bernard NI (2/2) (2/2) CLAEYS, Philip BELOHORSKÁ, Irena GIERTYCH, Maciej Marian LE PEN, Jean-Marie
ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR POLITICAL GROUPS
PPE-DE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats PSE Socialist Group in the European Parliament ALDE Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Group Verts/ALE Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance GUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left IND/DEM Independence and Democracy Group NI Non-attached Members
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CURRENT SECRETARIAT HEAD OF UNIT Mr Christian HUBER ADMINISTRATORS Ms Rosemary OPACIC Mr Silvio GONZATO (since May 2005) Ms Elina VIILUP (since January 2005) Ms Eva PALATOVA (since October 2006) Ms Ewa MAHR (since October 2006) Ms Laure ENCISO Y BERGE (since October 2007) ASSISTANTS Ms Anneli KÖNIG Ms Margaret FRANÇOIS Ms Julia LACHER Ms Diana LABULYTE Ms Helena MARITS (since May 2005) Ms Juliette MICHAUX DA SILVA (since January 2007) Ms Edina BANLAKI (since February 2007) Ms Maria DIEU-CASTAGNA (since August 2007) Ms Johanna ROUNIO (since November 2008)
*** FORMER COLLEAGUES Administrators Mr Javier FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ (until November 2008) Mr Alexandre STUTZMANN (until mid January 2007) Ms Johanna JARECKA-GOMEZ (until September 2006) Mr Eamonn NOONAN (September 2005-July 2006) Mr Dag SOURANDER (until May 2005) Ms Kristin ARP (March 2006-August 2008) Mr Andrew WOODCOCK (November 2007-January 2009) (national expert) Assistants Ms Piia SIREL (January 2005-January 2009) Ms Gillian NEWBURY (until November 2008) Ms Marie SCHILTZ (November 2005-November 2008) Ms Nadine BATTEAU (March 2007-January 2008) Ms Ludmilla PAWLOV (July 2006-March 2007) Ms Malin LUNDBERG (until mid January 2007) Ms Marianne LEPAPE (until July 2006) Mr Erling NIELSEN (until August 2005) Ms Maria Carola CRISCUOLA (until July 2005) Ms Anne Marie BEYST (until April 2005)
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Non-government representatives 13%
EU Institutions International 44% institutions 11%
Political reps from non- European countries Political reps from 16% Political reps from non- EU European candidate countries countries 5% 11%
EU Institutions Breakdown
Other EU institutions 2% Commission Presidency 31% 35%
Council Secretariat 32%
For the full chronological list of Visiting Speakers, see Annex I pp. 64-81
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Number of times speaking in AFET Commission Council Council Continued Commissioners High Representative for CFSP Council Officials VERHEUGEN (Enlargement) 1 SOLANA (High Representative) 10 COOPER (Director-General) 1 PATTEN (External Relations) 1 JOANA (Special Advisor to HR) 1 FEITH (Deputy Director-General) 1 REHN (Enlargement) 17 GIANNELLA (Personal Rep of HR for non-proliferation) 2 HEUSGEN (Director Policy + Early Warning Unit) 1 FERRERO-WALDNER (External Relations) 15 SCHMID (Director Policy Unit) 2 EU Special Representatives FRATTINI (Justice, Freedom and Security) 1 SCHW ARZ-SCHILLING (HR Bosnia) 2 DE VRIES (Counter-terrorism Coordinator) 1 LLEWELLYN (Chief of Staff to HR for Bosnia) 1 Total 55 Commission Officials VENDRELL (Afghanistan) 4 LANDABURU (Director-General DG RELEX) 4 HAAVISTO (Sudan) 1 Presidency TALVITIE (South Caucasus) 1 Netherlands 3 TRUSZCZYNSKI (Deputy D-G DG Enlarg) 1 KUBIS (Central Asia) 1 Luxembourg 8 KOVANDA (Deputy D-G of Commission) 1 AJELLO (African Great Lakes) 1 UK 3 WEBER (Deputy D-G DG EuropeAid) 1 OTTE (Middle East peace process) 2 Austria 8 SEMNEBY (South Caucasus) 4 Finland 5 LEFFLER (Director DG RELEX) 1 JACOBOVITS DE SZEGED (Moldova) 1 Germany 8 MINGARELLI (Director DG RELEX) 3 FOUÉRÉ (Macedonia) 3 Portugal 5 WIEGAND (Director DG RELEX) 2 MOREL (Central Asia and Georgia crisis) 3 Slovenia 8 HILBRECHT (Director DG TREN) 1 VAN DE GEER (African Great Lakes) 1 France 9 MIZSEI (Moldova) 2 Czech Republic 5* BURGHARDT (Head of delegation to US) 1 LAJČÁK (Bosnia) 2 Sweden 1* JUUL (Head of Unit DG RELEX) 1 BRYLLE (Sudan) 1 Total 63 FOGG (Head of Unit DG RELEX) 1 VERVAEKE (African Union) 1 HARDEMAN (rep. of Chief Neg. on Ukraine) 1 FEITH (Kosovo and Head of Aceh mission) 2 Other EU Representatives BUSEK (Spec. coord. of SE Europe Stability Pact) 2 HOON (UK Min. Euro. Aff.) 1 PANTZ (Head of Rule of Law mission to Georgia) 1 DIACONESCU (Romanian Min. For. Aff.) 1 Other EU Bodies European Training Foundation 2 European Investment Bank 1 Total 53 Sub-total 49 Total 5
GRAND TOTAL 176 *Presidency term not commenced/ concluded at time of publication
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Speakers on GAERC results and Presidency Presidency Priorities Defence Ministers Total
Netherlands (2004) BOT, Min. Foreign Aff. (2) KAMP (1) 3
ASSELBORN, Min. Foreign Aff. (2) Luxembourg (2005) SCHMIT, Min. European Aff. (4) FRIEDEN (2) 8
STRAW, Secr. of State, Foreign Aff. (1) UK (2005) ALEXANDER, Min. European Aff. (1) REID, Secr. of State Defence (1) 3 PLASSNIK, Min. Foreign Aff. (2) WINKLER, Secr. of State, Foreign Aff. (4) Austria (2006) PLATTER, Min. Defence (1) PLATTER (1) 8 TUOMIOJA, Min. Foreign Aff. (1) LEHTOMÄKI, Min. European Aff. (2) Finland (2006) TANNER, PSC Chairman (1) KÄÄRIÄINEN (1) 5
STEINMEIER, Min. Foreign Aff. (2) Germany (2007) GLOSER, Min. European Aff. (5) JUNG (1) 8
AMADO, Min. Foreign Aff. (3) Portugal (2007) LOBO ANTUNES, Min. European Aff. (1) TEIXEIRA (1) 5
RUPEL, Min. Foreign Aff. (4) Slovenia (2008) ŠINKOVEC, Secr. of State, Foreign Aff. (3) ERJAVEC (1) 8
KOUCHNER, Min. Foreign/European Aff. (1) France (2008) JOUYET, Min. of State, European Aff. (6) MORIN (2) 9
SCHWARZENBERG, Min. Foreign Aff. (1) Czech Republic (2009) KOHOUT, Dep. Min. Foreign Aff. (4) 0 5* BILDT, Min. Foreign Aff. (1) Sweden (2009) (preparatory visit) 0 1* Totals 52 11 63 * Presidency term not commenced/ concluded at time of publication
Visiting Speakers by Theme (400 speakers in total)
Human Rights, aid and Inter-institutional relations democratisation CFSP 6% 4% Crisis response 16% 7%
ESDP 7%
Foreign relations (outside EU, enlargement and Enlargement (and neighbourhood) ENP Western Balkans) 20%* 21% 19%
* Includes Russia
CM 785088EN.doc 27/113 PE 423.951v02 AFET Delegations 2004-2009 (according to destination, not theme)
Delegation Destination 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total Presidency COFACC meetings Netherlands (1) Luxembourg (1) Vienna (1) Berlin (1) Ljubljana (1) - countries London (1) Helsinki (1) Lisbon (1) Paris (1) 9
Presidency Preparation - London (1) Helsinki (1) Ljubljana (1) Paris (1) Stockholm (1) visits Vienna (1) Berlin (1) Prague (1) 8
Candidate countries - - - - Croatia (1) - Turkey (1) 2
Others - - - - Kosovo (1) - 1
Non-European - Afghanistan (1) Israel & Lebanon (1) - - countries Palestinian Syria & Lebanon 4 Territories (1) (1)
UN General Assembly and Headquarters 1 1 1 1 1 - 5
Total 2 6 6 6 8 1 29
Number of reports on 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total delegation visits presented in Committee 1 20 15 19 17 - 72
*See Annex IV pp.110-113 for raw data
CM 785088EN.doc 28/113 PE 423.951v02 SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
AFET Reports, Opinions, Resolutions (5th/6thterm, 1999 – 2004/2004 – 2009)
Reports Opinions Resolutions Total 5th term 137 86 21 244 (1999-2004)
6th term 133 110 15 258 (2004-2009) (incl. 10 prepared by SEDE (incl. 4 prepared by SEDE and 10 prepared by DROI) and 8 prepared by DROI)
Breakdown of Reports adopted in the 6th Legislature
REPORTS Total Legislative Consultation (CNS) 6 Avis Conforme (AVC) 7 Codecision (COD) 3 Legislative (simplified procedure, Rule 43.1) Consultation (CNS) 15 Avis Conforme (AVC) 17 Codecision (COD) 1 Own Initiative Own Initiative (INI) 61 Annual reports 7 Recommendations 16 TOTAL 133
RESOLUTIONS TOTAL 15
CM 785088EN.doc 29/113 PE 423.951v02 AFET Policy Papers (6th term, 2004 – 2009)
Theme Breakdown of policy papers Total number of policy papers CSFP Energy Security - 4 8 Energy - 4 (Nord Stream 3, South Stream 1) ESDP SE-Europe - 1 5 NPT - 1 Africa - 2 Cyber Security - 1 Inter-institutional UN -1 2 Relations Parliamentary budget oversight - 1 Enlargement and the Candidate countries - 5 20 Western Balkans Western Balkans - 13 General - 2 ENP ENP East - 14 32 ENP South - 13 General - 5 Foreign Relations outside Russia - 12 34 the EU, enlargement and Latin America - 8 neighbourhood The Arab World - 7 US - 1 Africa - 1 Asia (Kashmir, China, India & Afghanistan) - 5 Human rights and Democratisation - 6 9 democratisation Human rights - 3 GRAND TOTAL 110 The full lists of reports, resolutions and opinions can be found in the Annex II, pp. 84-95
CM 785088EN.doc 30/113 PE 423.951v02 CONTENTS: Annotated List of Reports and Resolutions by theme
HORIZONTAL ISSUES
1. Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) - Horizontal aspects - Energy security
2. European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) / Security and Defence
3. Institutional Scrutiny - External Financial Instruments - UN-EU relations
4. Enlargement - Horizontal aspects - Western Balkans - Turkey
5. The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) - Horizontal aspects - ENP East (Ukraine, Black Sea and South Caucasus) - ENP South (Barcelona Process, Israel and Syria)
6. Human Rights - Central aspects - Election Observation - Gender Mainstreaming
GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES
1. Transatlantic Relations
2. Russia
3. Baltic Sea
4. The Middle East
5. Iraq
6. Afghanistan
7. Asia - Central Asia - India - Kashmir - China
8. Latin America
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1. Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Horizontal aspects
Common Foreign and Security Policy (2003) P6_TA(2005)0132, Elmar Brok This report was adopted after the signing of the Constitutional Treaty. For this reason a conspicuous part of the text deals with the institutional repercussions of the new Treaty, particularly on relations with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the role and make-up of the European External Action Service. The report also advocated the early establishment of a European Security and Defence College and calls for a better balance in CFSP priorities by paying greater attention to Europe's southern neighbours.
Common Foreign and Security Policy – 2004 P6_TA(2006)0037, Elmar Brok This second report came about during the period of uncertainty following the French and Dutch rejections of the Constitutional Treaty. It called on Member States to anticipate, whenever possible, the provisions of the Constitutional Treaty and to use the time for reflection to identify further existing shortcomings in the CFSP/ESDP decision-making mechanisms. As was the case in the previous report, Parliament deeply regretted the descriptive nature of the Council’s report, since the purpose of the exercise should be to consult Parliament on the political choices the Council intends to make, not to notify it of those already made.
Common Foreign and Security Policy 2005 P6_TA(2007)0205, Elmar Brok The report came at the end of the reflection period on the Union's reform process, which culminated in the June European Summit under the German Presidency. It followed the coming into force of a new Inter-institutional Agreement which, amongst other things, formalised the Council's duty to regularly inform and consult the European Parliament on the CFSP. The resulting report, therefore, placed considerable emphasis on the elements of the Constitutional Treaty which, according to Parliament, should be preserved (for example the European External Action Service, mutual assistance clause and double hatting of the High Representative and Commissioner for external relations) and called on the Council to implement the new Inter-institutional Agreement to the letter by promoting, jointly with the Parliament, a more efficient, coherent and visible CFSP.
2006 Annual report on the CFSP P6_TA(2008)0254, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski This report was adopted only a few days before the Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, therefore, a considerable section of the text is consecrated to the innovations introduced by this Treaty. The report, the first drawn up by Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, urged the Council to take a much more focused and forward-looking approach to CFSP, in consultation with Parliament, and to reflect this in its annual report. It called on the Council to pay greater attention to security issues, including in particular energy security (at a time when gas supply had clearly become a tool of Russia's foreign policy), the fight against terrorism, non-proliferation and the management of migration flows. The recommendation to appoint a Council high official responsible for energy security was later taken up by the High Representative for CSFP.
CM 785088EN.doc 32/113 PE 423.951v02 In geographical terms, the report emphasised the importance of stabilising the Western Balkans through the Union's enlargement policy, and of strengthening the ENP in anticipation of the Commission's Eastern Partnership initiative.
Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP P6_TA(2009)0074, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski The main message delivered by the report on the Council's 2007 annual report on the CFSP is the need for a more strategic and focused CFSP. Parliament acknowledged the fact that the dialogue between the two institutions has considerably improved, but noted that it still lacks an in-depth assessment of the EU's policy towards its main partners, as well as a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of its responses, notably its ESDP missions. The report, drawn up in the aftermath of the Georgia crisis and the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute, also called for a more robust and coordinated approach to energy security, more EU preventive diplomacy, better crisis-prevention tools and more contingency planning. The report also contains a series of well-focused recommendations regarding the specific thematic and geographic areas which Parliament considers a priority.
Energy security
Towards a Common European Foreign Policy on Energy P6_TA(2007)0413, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski The report was drawn up in response to the 2006 Russia-Ukraine gas crisis, the 2006 paper by Javier Solana, High Representative for the CFSP, on "An external energy policy to serve Europe's energy interests", and the ongoing work in the Commission on an ambitious energy package. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) was the associated committee (Rule 47). The report was inspired by the rapporteur's genuine conviction that the European Union needs a legitimate common European foreign policy on energy, since this would bring substantial added value to efforts made at the national level.
The view propounded in the report was that the Commission's efforts towards the consolidation of the internal energy market and energy saving were not sufficient to guarantee the EU's energy security, since the foreign policy progress had been modest and based on declarations rather than a concrete, results-orientated plan. The report therefore made a number of concrete proposals supporting a gradual approach towards a common policy and called for a road-map indicating objectives, targets and steps, with a specific timeline for implementing them. The report stated that the following principles should motivate the policy: diversification, unity in defending the EU's interests, solidarity in crisis situations, and strengthened cooperation with major producer, transit and consumer countries. Furthermore, it proposed a series of innovative ideas, including the creation of the post of "double hatted" High Official for Foreign Energy Policy, who would be responsible for coordinating all elements of the policy, and consultation among Member States and the Commission on strategic decisions concerning major bilateral agreements with third countries.
Opinions
'A European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy. Green paper' (Josef Zieleniec) – 2006; 2006/2113 (INI) 'Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany' (Beazley) – 2008; 2007/2118 (INI) 'Second strategic energy review' (Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos) – 2009; 2008/2239 (INI) 'Facing the challenge of higher oil prices' (Justas Vincas Paleckis) – 2009; 2008/2212 (INI)
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Workshop on 'Energy Security' (19 January 2009) Public hearing on 'Towards a Common Foreign Policy on Energy?' (28 February 2007) Public hearing on 'The Nord Stream Pipeline and its Impact on the Baltic Sea', the Committee on Petitions, in association with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (29 January 2008)
2. European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)/Security and Defence
A non-exhaustive list of the most important resolutions based on the reports drafted and debated in SEDE29
Annual report on the implementation of European Security Strategy (ESS) and ESDP P6_(2008)0255, Helmut Kuhne The report invited the High Representative to assess in a White Paper the progress made in the ESS, and stipulated that future assessment of the ESS must be carried out with greater Parliamentary scrutiny and democratic accountability. It encouraged the Council and the High Representative to pursue a direct security dialogue with the incoming US Administration and the Canadian government, as well as to maintain close links with NATO. Parliament called on the Commission to examine the possibilities for the establishment of a specialised unit within the European External Action Service for civilian crisis management and civil protection, and urged the creation of an EU Civil Peace Corps for crisis management and conflict prevention.
Parliament asked Member States to continue working towards an international ban on cluster munitions as well as the global ban on landmines and uranium weapons, and global control of conventional arms transfers. Parliament labelled the uncontrolled arms exports from certain EU Member States “embarrassing”, and emphasised the promotion of nuclear disarmament. Parliament reaffirmed the danger of the Iranian nuclear programme to the international community, and that the EU can play a crucial diplomatic role here.
The resolution then reviewed the capabilities of ESDP:
Operations – the report criticised the lack of cooperation in arms production and procurement. It recommended that the Council upgrade the EU Operations Centre into a permanent planning and operational headquarters. It added that the Battlegroups concept should promote swiftly-generated forces, adequate to a mission’s circumstances.
Financing – Parliament called on the Council and the Commission to make procurement procedures for ESDP civilian missions more flexible, and also to transfer the Athena mechanism to the CFSP budget.
Parliamentary scrutiny – the resolution stated that information exchange on emerging crises and EU responses to them must be improved.
29 A full list can be found in the activity report of SEDE for 2004-2009.
CM 785088EN.doc 34/113 PE 423.951v02 European Security Strategy and ESDP P6_(2009)0075, Karl von Wogau Parliament stressed the need to strengthen multilateralism and to reform the United Nations. At the same time, the plenary embraced the concept of the “responsibility to protect”, adopted by the UN in 2005, and the concept of "human security", which is based on the primacy of the individual and not of the state. Overall, Parliament insisted that the EU play a more decisive role in boosting the legitimacy, transparency and effectiveness of the institutions of global governance.
Moreover, Parliament underlined that these concepts entail strong political guidelines for the strategic orientation of European security policy. In order to combat the dangers facing the EU, Parliament suggested an integrated European Armed Force, equipped with common weapon systems and closely scrutinised by the EP and parliaments of EU Member States. However, the plenary concluded that there is neither an automatic obligation nor the means for the EU to deploy ESDP missions, be they civilian or military, in all crisis situations. The Parliament supported the creation of a Council of Defence Ministers, approving of the dynamic development of cooperation between national armed forces. It proposed that this arrangement be given the name "SAFE" – Synchronised Armed Forces Europe.
Parliament welcomed the launch of operation 'Atalanta' against piracy off the Somali coast. It also stressed the need for enhanced cooperation and coordination between EU Member States, the US and NATO in anti-terrorist policy and rescue missions. The Parliament outlined that the EU should not try to become a superpower like the United States, but instead concentrate on guaranteeing its own security and that of its neighbourhood (for example through the protection of its external borders, the improvement of its cyber security, the security of energy supply and sea lanes, the protection of its space assets and protection against the consequences of climate change). Other priorities must be crisis prevention and post-conflict management and resolution. In an amendment adopted in plenary, the Parliament reiterated the importance of the transatlantic relationship and stressed the need for a more balanced partnership, without competition and with mutual understanding where there are diverging strategic considerations.
Space and Security P6_(2008)0365, Karl von Wogau The report underlined the need for space assets in order that the political and diplomatic activities of the EU may be based on independent, reliable and complete information in support of various policies, for example: conflict prevention, global security (especially the monitoring of the transport of WMDs), combating the transnational smuggling of light weapons and small arms, protection of the EU’s borders, and civil protection in the event of natural and man-made disasters. The report stressed the necessity of Galileo for autonomous ESDP operations, for the CFSP and for Europe’s own security. It pointed out the necessity of secure satellite-supported communication for ESDP operations, as well as satellite-based early warning against ballistic missiles. Parliament recommended the urgent conclusion of agreements between the EU Satellite Centre and EU Member States, so that imagery for ESDP operations and force commanders can be provided whilst respecting Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) observation capacities. The EU was called upon to set up an operational budget for space assets that support the ESDP, and to back the potential launching of joint programmes by the Member States, financed from the EU budget. The report underscored the vulnerability of strategic space assets and stressed the need for adequate protection by ground-based missile defence, planes and space surveillance systems. The EP reiterated the important principle of the use of space for peaceful purposes and urged that under no circumstances should European space policy contribute to the militarisation and weaponisation of space. MEPs expressed particular concern about the use of destructive force against satellites, such as the Chinese anti-satellite system tested in January 2007, and the consequences of the massive increase in debris for space security. They recommend, therefore, the adoption of legally
CM 785088EN.doc 35/113 PE 423.951v02 binding international instruments focused on banning the use of weapons against space assets and the stationing of weapons in space. They also called on EU institutions to promote a conference to review the Outer Space Treaty, with the aim of strengthening it and expanding its scope.
Council's 7th and 8th Annual Reports according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports P6_(2007)0008, Raül Romeva i Rueda The report welcomed the emphasis placed upon transparency by the Council Presidencies (the United Kingdom, Austria and Finland), which has resulted in further cooperation between Member States in their consultation on denials for arms export licences and reporting on data collection, in their presentation of data in the Annual Reports, in their outreach activities with third parties, and in deepening their dialogue with the EP. It also welcomed the inclusion in the Annual Reports of a specific chapter on dialogue with the European Parliament.
The EP found it unacceptable, however, that no steps had been taken to adopt the Code of Conduct as a Common Position, despite the fact that a text was agreed by the COARM Working Group in June 2005, since this would play a decisive role in the fight against terrorism, conflict prevention, regional stability and the promotion of human rights. For the first time, the EP asked for steps to extend the Code to cover private security services. It urged Member States to exert stricter control over the licensing of arms production overseas, paying greater attention to the background of the recipient country, in order to avoid violating international law and letting arms fall into the hands of terrorists. Member States were asked to agree on a list of countries involved in armed conflicts to which arms exports should be banned in principle.
The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU P6_(2009)0076, Ari Vatanen The European Parliament recalled in this report that 94% of the EU’s population live in countries that are NATO members, and thus that NATO forms the core of European security and the foundation of collective defence. It was emphasised that the EU’s raison d'être is to build peace within its borders and beyond. According to Parliament, therefore, the future collective defence of the EU should as far as possible be organised in cooperation with NATO, and the US-EU bilateral relationship should be intensified and extended. Cooperation in elaborating the new ESS and NATO Strategic Concept is crucial, and likewise in better informing publics of the role EU and NATO missions play in creating global security and stability.
The report said that the EU and NATO should adopt concrete initiatives for the pooling of European defence capabilities. For example, Parliament supported the establishment of a permanent EU Operational Headquarters, under the authority of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative, having as part of its mandate the planning and conduct of military ESDP operations. It stressed that an EU Operational Headquarters would complement the current NATO command structures and would not undermine NATO's transatlantic integrity. The EU must develop its own security and defence capabilities so that it has sufficient potential to support NATO’s activities.
Lastly, the report deplored the fact that the Cypriot problem continues to impair the development of EU-NATO cooperation, and criticised Turkey’s hindrance of EU-NATO cooperation. Parliament recommended that the EU and NATO maintain a realistic and frank dialogue with Russia. Parliament’s view was that if and when Russia becomes a genuine democracy, and reins in the use of military threats as political tools, the prospect of Russia's membership in all Euro-Atlantic structures would become very real.
CM 785088EN.doc 36/113 PE 423.951v02 Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on non-proliferation and the future of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) P6_TA-PROV(2009)0333, Angelika Beer This report addresses several recommendations to the Council in the view of the 2010 Review Conference of the Non-proliferation Treaty. The Council should review and update its Common Position (2005/329/PESC) relating to the 2005 NPT Review Conference, to be endorsed at the December 2009 European Council meeting, in preparation for a successful outcome at the 2010 NPT Review Conference. This will further strengthen all three existing pillars of the NPT.
The report calls upon the Council to actively support concrete proposals to bring the production, use and reprocessing of all nuclear fuel under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including the creation of an international fuel bank. Furthermore the EP welcomes the readiness of the Council and the Commission to contribute up to EUR 25 million to the creation of this nuclear fuel bank under the control of the IAEA. The report recommends strengthening the mandate of the IAEA, including the generalisation of the Additional Protocols to the IAEA Safeguard Agreements. The report is also in favour of early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test- Ban Treaty (CTBT).
EU dialogue with the new US administration and all nuclear-weapons powers should be deepened, by advocating a common agenda to progressively reduce nuclear warheads stockpiles. At the 2010 NPT Review Conference, the Council should work on strategies to procure agreement on a treaty to halt the production of fissile material for weapons purposes.
Finally, the report requests an evaluation study of the effectiveness of the use of non-proliferation clauses in agreements concluded between the EU and third states.
Opinions
Opinion on the situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in reconstruction and the democratic process in countries after a conflict (Jana Hybášková) – 2006; 2005/2215 (INI) Opinion on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Angelika Beer) – 2008; 2007/0279(COD) Opinion on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in the fields of defence and security (Karl von Wogau) – 2008; 2007/0280(COD)
Hearings and workshops
The most important events are listed below:
Hearing on 'Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass destruction: a role for the European Parliament' (17 March 2005) Hearing on 'The EU and the use of force: criteria for intervention' (23 February 2006) Hearing on 'Lessons learnt from ESDP operations' (9 October 2006) Hearing on 'The Contribution of Space to ESDP' (2 May 2007) Hearing on 'Missile Defence: Does Europe need a missile defence shield?' (28 June 2007) Workshop on the 'Impact of the Reform Treaty on ESDP' (11 February 2008)
CM 785088EN.doc 37/113 PE 423.951v02 Workshop on the 'Future of the European Security Strategy/White Book on European Security and Defence Policy' (6 March 2008) Hearing on 'Security and Development' – with DEVE (4 November 2008) Hearing on 'Transatlantic security relations' – with NATO Parliamentary Assembly (5 March 2009) Workshop on 'Geo-strategy and the future of ESDP: Status and location of the military installations of the Member States of the European Union and their potential role for ESDP' (30 March 2009)
3. Institutional Scrutiny
External Financial Instruments
European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument: enhanced cooperation and economic integration between the European Union and the partner countries (repeal. regul.1762/92/EEC, 1488/96/EC, 99/2000/EC, 1734/94/EC) P6_TA(2006)0306, Konrad Szymański The report generally praised the Commission proposal, stressing that streamlining external aid management procedures makes sense, as does the elaboration of a new framework for cross-border cooperation. However, it found that the increased emphasis on the subsequent implementation phase reduced the role of the European Parliament and lessened the value of the application of the co-decision procedure to this regulation. The report also concluded that the 'one country – one instrument principle' needed to be softened. Furthermore, the ENPI and the IPA regulations should be designed in a way which limits difficulties in the event that a country covered by the ENPI should become a potential candidate or candidate country, and therefore eligible for IPA aid. It also stipulated that a separate instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights was needed to allow Parliament to be more effective in this area. The report also found that the proposed financial allocation did not reflect the importance of the strategic objectives of the policies the ENPI is intended to support. These objectives include building security in the EU's neighbourhood (a key point in the ESS), contributing to increased prosperity, promoting democracy, human rights and good governance, and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines in Europe.
Review of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument P6_TA-PROV(2009)0078, Konrad Szymański This review of the ENPI refers to Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006, which established the ENPI. It considers that, overall, the provisions of the Regulation are adequate and valid for the purposes of cooperation with neighbouring countries and other multilateral organisations. Members called on the Commission, together with the partner governments, to develop further mechanisms for consultation with civil society and local authorities, in order to better involve them in the design and monitoring of the implementation of the ENPI and of the national reform programmes. The report stated that sectoral and general budget support under the ENPI should be made available only to governments which are able to implement it in a transparent and accountable manner, and where it constitutes a real incentive. Furthermore, the resolution found that there should be a country-specific approach with regard to political conditionality, designed inter alia to promote democracy, the rule of law, respect for human and minority rights and the independence of the judiciary. Members underlined the need to increase the ENPI financial envelope in order to enable the ENP to attain its increasingly ambitious objectives and to support its new regional initiatives.
CM 785088EN.doc 38/113 PE 423.951v02 European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Instrument for Stability P6_TA-PROV(2006)0307, Angelika Beer The report adopted by the committee was part of a number of legislative proposals for a new generation of external financial assistance programmes negotiated and adopted by Parliament as a package. Besides gaining overall democratic scrutiny rights30 the Committee managed to win the Council’s agreement on a number of fundamental changes to the original Commission proposals, notably:
a change in the legal basis of the regulation, which granted Parliament co-decision powers; the introduction of a mid-term review clause (which has led the Commission to submit, in April 2009, a proposal to amend the current regulation); a fundamental restructuring of the text, divided essentially into two sections, one dealing with crisis-related activities and one focusing on capacity building measures (under stable conditions) to address global and cross-regional challenges; the introduction of safeguards to ensure that the above activities (especially those relating to anti-terrorism) are in accordance with international human rights law (besides the provisions in the text the Commission adopted a declaration to this effect); the extension of the scope of the regulation to cover also the impact of the dissemination of illicit firearms on civilians; the introduction of a flexibility clause allowing, in well documented cases, the Commission to finance also activities not explicitly covered by the regulation but falling under the remit of the geographical instruments (e.g. DCI, ENPI, IPA); allowing the Commission to adopt without previous consultation of the Council exceptional assistance measures costing up to 20 million euros (the Commission merely informs the Council and, on the basis of a declaration, the Parliament on these measures); the introduction of spending ceilings for specific activities (e.g. anti-terrorism).
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) P6_TA-PROV(2006)0308, István Szent-Iványi Thanks to the coordinated approach applied to the adoption of the new external financial assistance instruments, the Committee managed to obtain substantive changes to the original proposal by the Commission, and this despite the fact that Parliament had no co-decision powers on this specific proposal. The Committee thus obtained to extend to IPA the democratic scrutiny procedures31 envisaged for the co-decided instruments, and successfully inserted a mid-term review clause into the text. The Committee was also concerned that all countries (both candidate and potential candidate countries) have access to the full range of measures envisaged by the instrument. This was achieved by inserting a specific reference into the regulation.
The Committee only partially achieved the objective of involving Parliament in the decisions concerning the eligibility of countries for IPA assistance. Its request that Parliament should be involved in the decision to change the status of a country from potential candidate to candidate was not taken up by the Council. However, the Council accepted that Parliament should be immediately and fully informed of any decision taken by the Council with respect to a beneficiary country which violates the principles on which the European Union is founded, or makes insufficient progress with respect to the Copenhagen criteria.
30 For more detail, see the relevant section: 'Institutional Scrutiny' of the Assessment of the 6th Legislature, p. 6
CM 785088EN.doc 39/113 PE 423.951v02 Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights) P6_TA(2006)0548, Edward McMillan-Scott and Hélène Flautre The new EIDHR, (Regulation EC 1889/2006) is part of the new structure of financial instruments. Initially, it was proposed to be a thematic programme under the Development Cooperation Instrument, but the Parliament, for reasons of visibility and independence, successfully pushed for a separate instrument. Overall, this Instrument provides for assistance in the area of cooperation aimed at:
enhancing the respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, promoting and consolidating democracy and democratic reform in third countries, providing support for and solidarity to human rights defenders and victims of repression and abuse, and strengthening civil society active in the field of human rights and democracy promotion; supporting and strengthening the international and regional framework in this area; building confidence in and enhancing the reliability of electoral processes, in particular through election observation missions, and through support for local civil society organisations involved in these processes.
Through calls for proposals, published by the Headquarters in Brussels and at local level by the EC delegations, almost 400 projects have so far been financed under the new instrument, mainly in cooperation with civil society. Some targeted projects, together with the Council of Europe, or contribution to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, are also financed under this instrument, as well as all the EU Election Observation Missions.
EU-UN Relations
Reform of the UN P6_TA(2005)0237, Armin Laschet This report was adopted at the height of intergovernmental negotiations following the High-Level Panel Report, 'A more secure world: our shared responsibility'. It set out the EP's views on the mainstays of UN reform. The UN, the only legitimate provider of collective security, must be reformed in order to become more efficient, more effective and more representative. The reform process should not be held hostage by the difficulties surrounding discussions on the Security Council, where the ultimate goal should be the establishment of an EU permanent seat. Other important initiatives, such as the establishment of a Human Rights Council, a Peacebuilding Commission and the upgrading of activities in the environmental area, need to be pursued.
EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly P6_TA(2008)0339, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff As a complement to the regular visits to the UN General Assembly in New York, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, following a proposal by its EU/UN Working Group, decided that the Parliament should try to have its say in identifying the EU priorities for the forthcoming General Assembly. The recommendation, addressed to the Council, contains a series of precise indications on how the EU can contribute to the main strands of the UN reform agenda (UNGA revitalisation, System-Wide Coherence, UN Security Council reform, Management reform, a Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission), to improving EU-UN cooperation on the ground, and to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
CM 785088EN.doc 40/113 PE 423.951v02 EU priorities for the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly P6_TA(2009)0150, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Following and consolidating the practice established the previous year, the Committee adopted a recommendation to the Council on 9 March 2009. The recommendation addresses crucial issues such as the role of the EU in brokering renewed consensus around the objectives and missions of the EU, including the sensitive issue of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), and calls for the following actions by the EU Member States:
maintaining the momentum behind crucial internal reforms, such as the “System-Wide Coherence / Delivering as One” reform and the management reform; remaining an advocate of the universality of human rights and promoting a debate on the complementarity of action between the UNGA’s Third Committee and the Human Rights Council (against those who talk about overlap and duplication of efforts); calling for greater transparency and equity in the procedures of the UN sanctions regime against terrorists; promoting a debate in the UNGA with a view to building consensus around the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP15); improving global governance by reviewing and strengthening the mandates of international financial bodies; building consensus around the reform of the UN Security Council with a view to increasing its representativeness and legitimacy and maintaining the ultimate objective of a common EU seat; reinvigorating the efforts towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals despite the impact of the financial and economic crisis; and envisaging at the 65th UNGA a debate on relations between the UN and parliamentary assemblies.
The contents of the recommendation were outlined by the Chair of the EU/UN Working Group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, and debated at a meeting of the Council Working Group (CONUN), which gathers representatives of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministries responsible for UN issues.
4. Enlargement
Horizontal Aspects
2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper P6_TA(2006)0096, Elmar Brok The report was drawn up at a time when public attention was drawn to the issue of the Union's further enlargement as a result of the opening of negotiations with Croatia and Turkey, and the granting of candidate status to the Former Republic of Macedonia. The Union's capacity to integrate new Member States, quoted in the conclusions of the 1993 Copenhagen Summit, comes to the fore of the report, together with the call for a more differentiated approach towards our neighbours. The Commission was thus invited to submit a definition of the principles which should underpin the concept of "integration capacity", and to submit "proposals for a close multilateral relationship with the EU" for countries which might be candidates in the future. The relationship fostered as a result of these proposals could be considered "an intermediate step towards full membership".
CM 785088EN.doc 41/113 PE 423.951v02 Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006–2007 P6_TA(2006)0568, Elmar Brok The second enlargement report looked beyond the French rejection of the Constitutional Treaty. Perhaps for this reason it criticised the superficiality with which the Commission, in its special report, addressed the concept of integration capacity. According to Parliament, integration capacity rests on three pillars: the institutions and their legitimacy and ability to act, the financial resources and their contribution to economic and social cohesion, and the capacity of the EU to pursue its political objectives. The Commission was also criticised because it did not, as requested by Parliament, develop specific proposals for a "close bilateral or multilateral relationship with the EU" to match the specific needs and expectations of some of our neighbouring countries. This type of relationship, which would not exclude the prospect of full membership, would grant our partners "a stable long-term perspective of institutional relations with the EU and provide the incentive to foster the internal reforms required".
The Commission's 2007 Enlargement Strategy Paper P6_TA(2008)0363, Elmar Brok This third report on the EU Enlargement Strategy further developed the concept of integration capacity, already sketched out in the previous resolutions, and called in this context for a "comprehensive communication policy" to be put in place, in order to inform public opinion about the benefits of enlargement. The report also maintained that EU foreign policy should be further diversified in order to fulfil the different expectations of its neighbouring countries. It thus suggested flanking the EU enlargement strategy with "a more diversified range of external contractual frameworks" and called for these frameworks to be structured "as mutually permeable concentric circles, with countries being offered the opportunity... to move from one status to another" if they fulfil the stringent criteria foreseen.
The Western Balkans
Regional integration in the Western Balkans P6_TA(2005)0131, Anders Samuelsen This resolution stressed that, in line with the ESS adopted in December 2003, the Western Balkans constitutes a region of the highest priority for the EU, and that the future of the region is certainly one of European integration, depending on the circumstances of each individual country. It noted that political ownership and knowledge of the technical mechanisms of European integration are important elements, but that the relevant institutions, in particular elected bodies (in the countries of the region), need to be strengthened. Parliament recognised that this would require considerable additional financial resources, and thus expressed its desire to reverse the trend noted that EU budgetary allocations for relations with the Western Balkans have been significantly reduced every year since 2002. The resolution called on the EU and national governments to make social and economic development one of the top priorities. It recalled that, at a summit held in July 2002 between the Heads of State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, a joint declaration was agreed on implementing the Dayton agreement, maintaining the inalterability of borders, promoting the return of refugees, and cooperation on European integration. It also called for international action in the region to be better coordinated, and in particular for a clear allocation of responsibilities and competences between the European Agency for Reconstruction and the 'deconcentrated' delegations of the European Commission in the region. The Council and the Commission were asked to lay down a clear roadmap and accession strategy for the Western Balkan countries over the next few years.
CM 785088EN.doc 42/113 PE 423.951v02 EC-Albania Stabilisation and Association Agreement P6_TA(2006)0344, Toomas Hendrik Ilves The resolution, which accompanied Parliament's formal assent to the conclusion of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Albania,31 contained a series of recommendations concerning the Agreement. In particular it called on Albania to improve the implementation of adopted laws, to strengthen in this respect its administrative capacity, and to reform the judiciary and guarantee its independence.
Bosnia–Herzegovina P6_TA(2007)0077, Doris Pack At the time of the adoption of the recommendation, BiH was going through an uncertain period marked by the following problems: increased polarisation resulting from the legislative elections, delays in the formation of the different levels of government, and the debate on terminating the international protectorate. The recommendation urged the newly-appointed authorities to pursue police reform, a requirement for the signature of the SAA with BiH, and to relaunch, after the previous year's failure, the debate on constitutional reform, this time under the leadership of the BiH Parliament and with the involvement of civil society. The text also urged the Council to give the EUSR a clear mandate in this respect, together with the task of promoting a non-segregationist education system.
The future of Kosovo and the role of the EU P6_TA(2007)0097, Joost Lagendijk The report on the future of Kosovo and the role of the EU came at an equally critical time – the negotiations led by UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari were reaching their conclusions and, a few days before the final adoption of the report, Ahtisaari's Comprehensive Proposal for a Kosovo Status Settlement was published. The resolution fully endorsed Ahtisaari's formula of "sovereignty supervised by the International Community". This was an important political achievement in the face of the deep divisions experienced by Member States at the time. The text outlined the minimum requirements of the final status settlement, urging Member States to reach a common position and to uphold it in the UN Security Council. It stated Parliament's ability to provide the necessary resources for an EU mission in Kosovo, provided it was consulted in advance on the scope, objectives, means and modalities of this mission. This was the case during the 18 months which preceded the deployment of EULEX Kosovo.
Croatia: 2006 Progress Report P6_TA(2007)0156, Hannes Swoboda Over one year after the opening of accession negotiations, this report commended the progress made by Croatia whilst highlighting a number of areas where increased efforts needed to be made; these were most notably competition and state aid law, reform of public administration with a view to increasing its independence and professionalism, reform and rationalisation of the judicial system, bias-free prosecution of war crimes and better protection of witnesses, and housing provisions for refugees, in particular former tenancy right-holders. Whilst understanding that the forthcoming general elections make difficult choices even more difficult, Parliament urged the government to undertake the necessary reforms, knowing that these will ultimately benefit Croatian citizens.
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CM 785088EN.doc 43/113 PE 423.951v02 2006 Progress Report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia P6_TA(2007)0352, Erik Meijer Almost two years after the granting of candidate status, the EP adopted this resolution assessing the progress made by FYROM in complying with the Copenhagen accession criteria. The main subject of the report is relations between ethnic groups and the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, which stipulates the rights of communities within FYROM. Parliament emphasised the need to fulfil the terms of the agreement, particularly with regard to the use of the Albanian language in public life and the determination of the laws to which the principle of double majority (the Badinter principle) applies. It also regretted the boycott of parliamentary work by certain parties as incompatible with the good democratic practice expected from a candidate country, but was confident that FYROM would soon show sufficient results to deserve the opening of accession negotiations. In this respect the report unequivocally stated that the issue of the country's name could not be an obstacle to the opening of negotiations.
EU–Serbia relations P6_TA(2007)0482, Jelko Kacin The report on Serbia, adopted in the autumn of 2007, was the signal that this Parliament wanted to relaunch EU-Serbia relations on a new, more promising basis. These relations had been troubled by the following tensions: the independence referendum held in Montenegro in May 2006, the contemporaneous freeze in EU-Serbia SAA negotiations due to lack of cooperation with the ICTY and the consequent resignation of the government, the start of political negotiations on the status of Kosovo and the publication, in February 2007, of a proposal for a supervised independence of this territory (a proposal supported by this Parliament). The report, therefore, welcomed positive signals regarding in particular cooperation with the ICTY (with the arrest of two of the remaining six fugitives), the signature of a visa liberalisation agreement with Serbia, and the conclusion of technical negotiations for the SAA. It also called on Serbia to increase its efforts to apprehend the remaining ICTY indictees, so as to allow the signature and ratification of the SAA, and to carry out crucial reforms in the field of policing and the judiciary. Finally, it urged the Commission and the EU Member States to proceed as quickly as possible to a total visa liberalisation for Serbian citizens.
Montenegro / EC–Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Agreement P6_TA(2007)0624 / P6_TA(2007)0617, Marcello Vernola Less than a year after the declaration of independence, Montenegro signed the SAA with the European Union. This report congratulated the government of Montenegro for the rapid and successful conclusion of the agreement, but highlighted some of its provisions (for example the commitment to guarantee the full independence and accountability of the judiciary and to develop an efficient and accountable public administration). It assessed these against the new Constitution of Montenegro, urging the government to immediately plan additional measures to consolidate the independence of the judiciary. The report also warned the government that "prospects for accession need to be assessed in a realistic manner, on the basis not merely of transposition... of Community rules and standards but also of the country's real administrative and judicial capacities...".
Croatia: 2007 Progress Report P6_TA(2008)0120, Hannes Swoboda The protracted controversy over the establishment of an ecological and fisheries protection zone in what two Member States considered international waters, and the relative stagnation in the reform process, led AFET to adopt this report. Whilst encouraging Croatia to make further efforts in achieving reforms, especially with regard to state aid and competition policies, judicial reform, refugee returns and minority rights, the report emphasised the need for solving all pending bilateral disputes and for promoting good neighbourly relations. The report supported in particular the target of concluding negotiations by the end of 2009, provided adequate progress was made in meeting the accession requirements.
CM 785088EN.doc 44/113 PE 423.951v02 2007 Progress Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia P6_TA(2008)0172, Erik Meijer The report was drawn up at a time when the dialogue between the majority and the opposition, and between the two main ethnic communities, had resumed and resulted in some key legislation being adopted. It therefore welcomed a number of important decisions but called on political leaders to pursue their dialogue in order to address other sensitive issues, such as the use of official languages and social measures for former combatants, so as to allow the start of accession negotiations at the earliest opportunity. The report also voiced concerns about certain aspects of the draft revision of the Electoral code, referring to the early dissolution of parliament and the holding of general elections. The Parliament hoped this would not affect the pace of reforms and the fulfilment of the benchmarks set by the Commission for the start of accession negotiations.
EC–Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement P6_TA(2008)0522, Doris Pack In the wake of the signature of the SAA, the Parliament adopted its assent32 accompanied by this resolution which highlighted the challenges and opportunities created by this agreement. The resolution warned against the trend, particularly in the Republika Srpska, to question the prerogatives of BiH as a unitary and sovereign state. It called for renewed efforts to achieve constitutional reform which would create the conditions for an efficient and streamlined administration, especially in the Federation, and stressed that the end of the International Protectorate (the OHR), accompanied by a reinforced role for the EU Special Representative, depended on fulfilling the five objectives and two conditions set by the Peace Implementation Council (PIC). The resolution also regretted the fact that important debates and decisions, including the ones on the revision of the Constitution, were taken outside by party leaders; it therefore reminded the international representatives that their interlocutors were primarily the institutions of that country, and that they should work towards strengthening their prerogatives.
Croatia: 2008 Progress Report P6_TA(2009)0133, Hannes Swoboda The main aspects of this resolution are the additional measures taken by the Croatian government to address the impact of organised crime and corruption in Croatia (about which AFET held a public hearing on 11 February 2009, with the Croatian Minister of Justice Ivan Šimonović), and the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia and its repercussions on the accession negotiations. In the first case, the resolution reminded of the need to guarantee that the new structures enjoyed sufficient financial resources and scope to carry out their mandate. As for the border dispute, whilst remaining optimistic about a rapid conclusion of the accession negotiations, Parliament stressed that "bilateral issues should not be an obstacle to progress in accession negotiations" and welcomed the mediation efforts by the Commission, based on international law.
The mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) P6_TA(2009)0136, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck This report recommended that the Council urgently examine whether an extension of the Tribunal's mandate should be envisaged. It invited the Council to pursue, within the appropriate UN structures, the question of what mechanisms are envisaged for dealing with the Tribunal's residual functions once the Tribunal's mandate ends. In the meantime, the Council was asked to continue with its efforts to get the countries in question to expedite efforts to capture the remaining indictees, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, bearing in mind that full co-operation with the Tribunal is one of the conditions set by the EU in its contractual engagement with countries in the region, and, in any event, to clarify with the U.N. that a strategy is in place to avoid impunity. Finally, the EU should take a strong interest in facilitating the Tribunal's legacy by ensuring proper attention is paid to the question of the archives; the tribunal's legacy should also be linked to the overall reconciliation process.
32 Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and BiH, P6_TA(2008)0518, Doris Pack
CM 785088EN.doc 45/113 PE 423.951v02 2008 Progress Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia P6_TA-PROV(2009)0135, Erik Meijer The resolution itself reaffirms Parliament's full support for the European perspective of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (and of all the Western Balkan countries), which is essential for the stability, reconciliation and peaceful future of the region. It recognises the motivation of both the government and opposition, as well as of civil society, to comply with EU accession criteria and to join the EU at the earliest possible date, but it also makes the point that it is not solely a matter of complying with externally imposed requirements but rather of improving the candidate country's own future. It commends the progress made by the country in a number of areas including the introduction of a law on the use of languages, progress in the dialogue on visa liberalisation, efforts in the economic field, effective follow-up action taken by the government in the wake of attempts to disrupt the June 2008 parliamentary elections. It focuses, too, on how important it is for the country to continue to foster good neighbourly relations and to seek to resolve outstanding issues with its neighbours, including a negotiated and mutually acceptable solution on the differences that have arisen with Greece over the name issue.
The resolution draws attention to the fact that three years after the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was granted EU candidate status, negotiations have not yet started. As the country is taking steps to meet the criteria for membership of the EU and has made progress in the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement signed in 2001, this situation is having a demotivating effect on the country and risks destabilising the region. The Council is therefore urged to accelerate the decision process and set a date for the start of accession negotiations in the course of the current year (2009), pending full implementation of the key priorities of the Accession Partnership.
Turkey
Turkey’s 2004 progress towards accession P6_TA(2005)0096, Camiel Eurlings This report was adopted ahead of the December 2004 European Council, which was to decide whether to open accession negotiations with Turkey. In the report, the EP agreed with the opening of negotiations, provided that it clearly remained an open-ended process, that priority be given to full implementation of the political criteria, and that all monitoring mechanisms envisaged by the Commission were in place. The report presented a list of issues linked to the political criteria which were to be addressed by the Turkish authorities.
Turkey’s 2006 progress towards accession P6_TA(2006)0381, Camiel Eurlings This was an assessment of the first year of negotiations and of the reform efforts of the Turkish government; it continued the accent on the political aspects of the Copenhagen criteria, in line with the previous two reports.
EU-Turkey relations P6_TA(2007)0472, Ria Oomen-Ruijten Prepared after the July 2007 early elections in Turkey and ahead of the Commission’s 2007 progress report, this resolution aimed to outline priority areas on which the Commission was expected to focus and in which the reform efforts of the new Turkish government should be reinforced, after their recent slow-down. These areas included constitutional reform, freedom of expression, the functioning of the judiciary, and enhancing the socio-economic cohesion of Turkish society, including finding a political solution for the Kurdish issue.
CM 785088EN.doc 46/113 PE 423.951v02 Turkey: 2007 Progress Report P6_TA(2008)0224, Ria Oomen-Ruijten This report again encouraged Turkey in its reform efforts, in spite of the continuous political crisis hindering Turkey’s development, for example the verbal interference of the military in the 2007 presidential elections, the political crisis, early elections, and the ban procedure against the governing AKP party. It underlined that a modern, democratic, pluralist and prosperous Turkish society is the most important goal, being in the interests of Turkey as well as the EU.
Turkey: 2008 Progress Report P6_TA(2009)0134, Ria Oomen-Ruijten Prior to its work on this resolution, an official AFET delegation, chaired by Hannes Swoboda, visited Ankara to discuss EU-Turkey relations, as well as Turkey’s role in international affairs. The delegation met with the highest representatives of the Turkish executive (including the President, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister), the Turkish Parliament and also civil society.
Having observed a continuous slowdown of the reform process for the third consecutive year, the resolution stated that 2009 would be a crucial year in EU-Turkey relations, and asked the Turkish government explicitly to prove its will to continue with reforms. It also pointed out the need for broad national consensus if the modernisation of Turkish society is to succeed. It appreciates Turkey’s active role in international affairs, but highlights that, through the structure of the Copenhagen criteria, many of the reforms crucially linked to the accession process still remain to be implemented.
5. The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
Horizontal Aspects
European Neighbourhood Policy P6_TA(2006)0028, Charles Tannock The report presented the position of the EP on the Commission strategy concerning the European Neighbourhood Policy, published in 2004. It also reflected the political developments in Eastern Europe (in particular the Orange revolution of winter 2004). Its main accent was on the shared values which have to be respected in cooperation with our neighbours, and it supported a step-by-step integration of our neighbours into the internal market, as well as the deepening of political cooperation and strengthening of multilateral cooperation on energy, the environment, migration and trans-European networks.
Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy P6_TA(2007)0538, Charles Tannock and Raimon Obiols i Germà Based on its assessment of the first three years of the implementation of the ENP, the report expressed doubts about the usefulness of its geographical scope, and called for more differentiation with respect to the specific characteristics of the countries and regions involved. Consequently, the main part of the report is split into two parts, containing recommendations on policies towards the Eastern European and the Southern Mediterranean neighbourhoods.
Concerning the East, it advocated the establishment of a motivating framework, built on conditionality and mid-term reform targets, which would be based on Association Agreements and lead to the establishment of a European deep free trade area – a possible “European Economic Area Plus”. EURO-NEST, a parliamentary assembly of the EP and the parliaments of the six ENP-East countries was proposed, so as to strengthen the parliamentary dimension of cooperation within the ENP-East.
CM 785088EN.doc 47/113 PE 423.951v02 The Commission made Parliament's EURO-NEST initiative an integral part of the Eastern Partnership, which was launched in Prague on 7 May 2009.
ENP East
Negotiation mandate for the enhanced agreement between the EC and Ukraine P6_TA(2007)0355, Michał Tomasz Kamiński Following the Orange revolution and the EU’s resolution to support Ukraine in its efforts for integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, negotiations on a new agreement, to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement from the mid-90’s, were started in 2007. In its position on the negotiation mandate, the Committee requested that the negotiations lead to the conclusion of an Association Agreement, which would help Ukraine fulfill its European ambitions and possibly put it on the path to EU-membership.
The report urged the Commission to envisage progressive stages for the deepening of Ukraine’s relationship with the EU, linked to concrete conditions and timetables to be met, in particular concerning the following issues: consolidation of liberal democracy, the rule of law, a social-market economy and deep free trade area with the EU, strengthening of migration management capabilities and integration into the European Energy Community. The committee continued to monitor the negotiations until the concluded agreement was ratified. In the meantime, one year after the adoption of the report, the Council agreed that the agreement under negotiation would become an Association Agreement.
In 2007, the Committee also gave its favorable opinion to the visa facilitation and readmission agreements between the EU and Ukraine, which are another cornerstone of the EU’s relationship with this key east European neighbour.
A Black Sea Regional Policy Approach P6_TA(2008)0017, Roberta Alma Anastase This report was drafted as a response to the Commission’s communication on a Black Sea regional approach. Parliament welcomed the Communication, and the aim of enhancing cooperation by supplementing the existing bilateral policies with a new regional approach. It noted that energy security issues, accession negotiations with Turkey and the forthcoming expiry of the PCAs place regional cooperation in the Black Sea area among the top priorities of the Union's foreign policy agenda. The future development of the Black Sea would benefit greatly from an independent Black Sea strategy in the long term. The resolution stressed that the Black Sea regional policy approach must be used neither to provide an alternative to EU membership nor to define the frontiers of the EU.
Cooperation in the region should involve the EU, ENP countries, Turkey and Russia as equal partners. Only by gradually creating a feeling of shared responsibility for the region's common challenges will it be possible to fulfil the potential of Europe's involvement in the region. The report focused on the following issues: security challenges in the region, energy and transport, environmental protection and economic protection.
From an institutional point of view, the report considered that Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, as EU Member States in the Black Sea region, should lead the way. As to the financing, the report called for a rational use of Community financial instruments through better coordination of the ENPI, the Structural Funds and the pre-accession funds available to the region.
CM 785088EN.doc 48/113 PE 423.951v02 A more effective EU policy for the South Caucasus P6_TA(2008)0016, Lydie Polfer Parliament highlighted the complex geopolitical situation in the region and stressed its importance. It concluded, therefore, that cooperation with the South Caucasus should be one of the EU's highest priorities, not least in matters relating to energy. The EU's policy towards Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the framework of the ENP was broadly supported, but more incentives would be needed to motivate them towards comprehensive reform. The report called on the EU to assume the role of security and stability actor, and, moreover, to create a regional policy for the South Caucasus that would actively include civil society. The importance of trade policy as an instrument for ensuring political stability and economic development was stressed.
In relation to conflicts in the region, Parliament advocated the use of cross-border programmes and dialogue among civil societies as tools for conflict transformation and confidence-building. It welcomed the Commission's efforts to give aid and spread information to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The contradiction between the principles of self-determination and territorial integrity can only be overcome through negotiations on the basis of the principles enshrined in the UN Charter and in the Helsinki Final Act. The EP reiterated its support for the territorial integrity of Georgia and Azerbaijan, but added in the latter case a new reference to the principle of self-determination.
Pointing outside the Caucasus, the report stated that the further internationalisation of unresolved post-Soviet conflicts must be one of the focal points of EU coordination with Russia, and that the US should help to promote democracy and enhance energy security in the South Caucasus.
Hearings and workshops
Workshop on 'A Black Sea Regional Policy Approach' (4 October 2008) Public hearing on 'Promoting Stability and Democratisation in Our Neighbourhood: What Role for the EU in the South Caucasus?' (22 February 2006) Workshop on 'Georgia after the August War: Implications for EU Engagement' (4 November 2008)
ENP South
The Barcelona Process revisited P6_TA(2005)0412, Anneli Jäätteenmäki This own-initiative report was proposed following the communication of the Commission for the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process. The European Parliament shared the conviction that even though the Euro-Mediterranean partnership had not yet produced the expected benefits, it nevertheless remained the appropriate framework for the EU's Mediterranean Policy. The report pointed out that south-south integration was essential to the setting-up of a stable framework for shared prosperity, and expressed its regrets that no substantial progress had been achieved in the field of democracy and human rights. It stressed in that respect the importance of the ENP action plans, which aim at defining clear commitments for action for partner countries so as to improve the democratisation process and human rights. The report called on the Commission to fully involve the European Parliament in the assessment of the implementation of the ENP action plans. It also welcomed the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, pointing out that it formed an essential element of the Euro-Mediterranean political dialogue.
CM 785088EN.doc 49/113 PE 423.951v02 Relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean countries P6_TA-PROV(2009)0077, Pasqualina Napoletano The report considers that the proposal for the "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean", adopted at the Paris Summit in July 2008, will contribute towards peace and security, and that it constitutes a step towards economic and regional integration as well as ecological and climatic cooperation between the Mediterranean countries. The Parliament hopes that the strengthening of Euro- Mediterranean relations will boost the development of an area of peace and security, and underline that this can only be achieved through the negotiated and comprehensive settlement of the region’s conflicts. However, it expresses concern over the worsening of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has already affected the political dialogue among the Euro-Mediterranean partners. In addition, the report addresses the institutional aspects of the Union for the Mediterranean, the projects and their financing, human rights, migration policies and the fight against poverty.
Recommendation to the Council on the conclusion of an EU Syria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement P6_TA(2006)0459, Véronique De Keyser This recommendation to the Council arrived when the Association Agreement, initiated in October 2004, was at a stand still. This recommendation expressed the EP's conviction that the Association Agreement could give a decisive impetus to the political, economic and social reforms needed to improve the situation in Syria. It underlined that the respect for democratic values, human rights and civil liberties are perquisites, and therefore stressed that a control mechanism should be included in the agreement's human rights clause. The recommendation stated that the anchoring of Syria within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership would reinforce Syrian relations with EU Members States as well as with its Southern Mediterranean partners, and would facilitate the Middle East Peace Process. Nevertheless, this recommendation also called on Syria to refrain from interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs and to respect Lebanon's security. It underlined that the final conclusions of the International Independent Investigation Commission on the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri would be key to the signing and ratification of the Association Agreement.
Since then, an updated version of the Association Agreement has been re-initiated in December 2008, and the European Parliament will be requested to give its assent during the next legislature.
Framework Agreement EC/Israel: participation in Community programmes (protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement) A6-0436/2008, Véronique De Keyser (debated in plenary 03/12/08, vote postponed to later plenary) In the framework of the ENP, the EU gives the opportunity to ENP countries to take part in certain Community agencies and programmes. Israel was the first ENP country to request such participation in Community programmes. The participation of the State of Israel in Community programmes is subject to the assent procedure.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, in this report, called on the Parliament to give its assent for Israel's participation in Community programmes. It should be noted that this draft recommendation was accompanied by a draft resolution setting out the political priorities involved in the agreement. The resolution stressed several important conditions on Israel’s participation, such as trade relations and the origin of products, respect of International law and UN resolutions, and respect of the Annapolis decision and Quartet statements.
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Report on the development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU P6_TA-PROV(2009)0021, Laima Liucija Andrikienė This report welcomed the work of the UN Human Rights Council in its first two years of existence, but regretted that it had not achieved more in improving the UN's human rights record. It called on the EU to play a more prominent role in promoting a clear vision, political agenda and long-term strategy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR). It lamented the rather defensive attitude adopted by the EU in the UNHRC, in particular its reluctance to put forward resolutions on country situations, despite some achievements such as the EU's call for special sessions on Darfur, Myanmar and the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Parliament urged EU countries to make better use of their potential influence as the leader of a group of democratic countries with solid human rights records.
Report on the evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights P6_TA(2008)0405, Hélène Flautre In this report, Parliament called on the EU to improve its use of sanctions as a foreign policy instrument, highlighting the need for greater coherence in the use of sanctions. This included recommendations for a more in-depth analysis of the specific situation prior to the adoption of sanctions, and for clear, specific benchmarks to be set as conditions for the lifting of sanctions. Parliament suggested that the Commission create a "network of independent experts" to advise on sanctions, and that they include in the reasons for imposing sanctions the voluntary and irreversible degradation of the environment. The report focused on the necessity of making sanctions part of a coherent human rights strategy, and that in order to limit the damage to civilians, targeted sanctions should be preferred and should be systematically accompanied by positive measures to support civil society. Finally, the report requested a review of the existing procedure for blacklisting and delisting, in order to respect the procedural and substantive human rights of blacklisted individuals and entities.
Soon after, the Commission announced that it would make proposals or take action as necessary to bring the listing procedures in line with relevant case-law.
Report on the functioning of the Human Rights Dialogues and consultations on Human Rights with Third countries P6_TA(2007)0381, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco The report expressed that the promotion and defence of human rights in third countries should not be conditioned by geopolitical or geo-strategic alliances; within the framework of political, economic and trade-related dialogues, respect for human rights should be fundamental to strategic and privileged relations with the EU. In order to increase coherence between the huge variety of dialogues conducted by the EU, the report recommended an interinstitutional trialogue within the EU, as well as increased coherence with other states and international organisations.
The report made a series of concrete recommendations to the Council and to the Commission: to include in every Country Strategy Paper a specific strategy on human rights to be used as a framework for political dialogue; to ensure that an EU official from the delegation staff is in charge of human rights dialogue; to deliver coherence between Election Observation Missions (especially regarding post-electoral strategy) and the process of human rights dialogues. The report also called on the Commission to: put in place, together with the EP and third countries concerned, a protocol mechanism for post-electoral recommendations, which would monitor and support the democratisation process, and involve civil society at all stages; use the results of human rights dialogues as a tool systematically linked to the EIDHR, to help draw up yearly strategies for the implementation of EIDHR projects.
CM 785088EN.doc 51/113 PE 423.951v02 Parliament argued for the increased transparency and publicity of human rights dialogues. It called on the Council to ensure that, before the EU sets the specific goals of a dialogue, consultations are first held with all interested parties, especially with Parliament and NGOs. In addition, the Council was urged to set clear criteria for the initiation, suspension or termination of a dialogue, and to establish effective follow-up mechanisms. A series of measures were proposed for enhancing the role of the European Parliament.
Specifically mentioned were the structured dialogues with China and Iran, the consultation with Russia, dialogues based on the Cotonou Agreement, dialogues with Central Asia, with Latin America, ones based on Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, dialogues based on Trade and Cooperation Agreements, and ad hoc dialogues.
Extension of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Worldwide P6_TA(2005)0106, Edward McMillan-Scott P6_TA(2006)0548, Edward McMillan-Scott and Hélène Flautre Awaiting the agreement on the reform of all external financial instruments, the former report requested a two-year extension of the period of validity of Council Regulations 976/1999/EC and 975/99/EC. In 2006 the McMillan-Scott/Flautre report on a 'Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide' was adopted in Committee and, later, in plenary.33
The Human Rights and Democracy Clause in European Union agreements P6_TA(2006)0056, Vittorio Agnoletto In this report the EP welcomed the European Community's general practice of incorporating human rights and democracy clauses – the so-called 'essential elements' and 'non-execution' clauses – into its international agreements since 1992. The clause has now been introduced into more than 50 agreements and applies to more than 120 countries. However, many sectoral agreements, such as those on textiles, agriculture and fisheries, as well as agreements with developed countries, still lack the clause. Parliament stated that it was no longer prepared to give its assent to new international agreements that do not contain a human rights and democracy clause. The report stated that one of the factors that has compromised the application of the clause is the generic nature of its wording: it does not spell out detailed procedures for 'positive' and 'negative' interventions under EU-third country cooperation. Parliament advocated the drafting of a new "model clause" to correct the current wording, based on Articles 9 and 96 of the Cotonou Agreement. Parliament requested an increased role in defining the negotiation mandate, in the process leading up to the decision to suspend an agreement, and in monitoring the situation, by being involved with the Association Councils. After much follow-up by DROI, several of the report’s requests were taken up in the Annual Report on Human Rights, and more human rights clauses have been included in sectoral agreements. Human rights clauses can play a crucial role in the conclusion or postponement of agreements. The Council is currently looking into the possibility of using article 9 and 96 as a model for all clauses.
AFET’s Annual Reports on Human Rights in the World represent a fundamental and sizable element of AFET’s and DROI’s work. The reports are listed below, and a detailed summary of their content can be found in the DROI Activity Report for the 6th legislature.
33 For further information, see under Section 3: 'Institutional Scrutiny / External Financial Instruments' p. 40
CM 785088EN.doc 52/113 PE 423.951v02 Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2004 and the EU's policy on the matter P6_TA(2005)0150, Simon Coveney Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the EU's policy on the matter P6_TA(2006)0220, Richard Howitt Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2006 and the EU's policy on the matter P6_TA(2007)0165, Simon Coveney Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter P6_TA(2008)0193, Marco Cappato Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2008 and the European Union's policy on the matter P6_TA-PROV(2009)0385, Raimon Obiols i Germà
Election Observation
EU Election Observation Missions: objectives, practices and future challenges P6_TA(2008)0194, Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra The main point of this report was to review the EU's involvement in Election Observation by evaluating the experience of the EU Election Observation Missions (EU EOMs) deployed so far, and by addressing the challenges which this important instrument of EU Foreign Policy is facing. The report particularly focused on the objectives and practices of EU EOMs and addressed their future challenges as well as the important issue of mission follow-up. It analysed the role of EU election observation in the broader policy of democracy promotion as well as its methodology. It highlighted the role of Parliament and the relations between different EU institutions and Member States.
Gender Mainstreaming
According to an analysis carried out by the Library services of the AFET reports tabled in the 6th legislature, the following conclusions could be drawn:
Out of a total of 133 reports adopted in the Foreign Affairs committee from July 2004 to May 2009, 51 reports refer, in one way or another, to gender issues/women; Gender issues are mentioned most often in the following contexts: gender equality, women's rights, the role of women, women's education and job creation, trafficking in women, integration of women, women's participation and representation, violence against women, discrimination against women, empowerment of women and the impact of conflict situations on women.
Gender mainstreaming in EU external relations and peace-building – nation building P6_TA-PROV(2009)0372, Libor Rouček The report argues that the realisation of women's human rights, women's empowerment and agency are essential to the successful implementation of the EU's external policies, including in the areas of aid, development, enlargement, neighbourhood policy, conflict resolution, security and peace building, and international trade. It stipulates that although the EU Member States are party to all major international frameworks on gender equality and women's rights, and a number of policy documents exist at the EU level, the practical commitment to furthering gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in external policies is still weak. There is, for example, a lack of specially appointed staff in EU institutions to implement the declared policy objectives. The report makes a number of concrete proposals, including calling on the Member States that have not yet adopted their national action plans on UNSCR 1325 to urgently do so, and suggesting that the future External Action Service should evince a better balance of men and women, particularly in high-level posts, and should include more staff responsible for gender issues.
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1. Transatlantic relations
Improving EU-US relations in the framework of a Transatlantic Partnership Agreement P6_TA(2006)0238, Elmar Brok Prepared ahead of the June 2006 EU-US summit, the report focused on strengthening the bilateral institutional framework of the partnership, which would be a Transatlantic Partnership Agreement replacing the New Transatlantic Agenda of 1996. This Agreement would provide the relationship with a firm institutionalised structure, which would include a parliamentary component and an early warning system for legislative and regulatory issues. The report called for realisation of the Transatlantic Market by 2015 and pointed out issues which need to be tackled through coordinated EU-US action. These include: the strengthening of multilateral efforts to address global challenges; a joint approach to Kosovo, the Middle East, China and Africa; cooperation on security and defence matters, including the need to open the US defence market to European companies; respect under any circumstances for international law and human rights standards, especially in the fight against terrorism. In this latter context the report called specifically for the closure of the Guantanamo camp.
State of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections P6_TA-PROV(2009), Francisco José Millán Mon The report urges the transatlantic partners to use the momentum following the election of Barack Obama to strengthen the partnership. This would include strengthening its institutional basis, via a Transatlantic Partnership Agreement and a Political Council to coordinate foreign policy cooperation. The report reiterates the need to establish a common agenda with regard to bilateral (concluding the Transatlantic Market, working towards a transatlantic area of freedom, security and justice), global (climate change, energy security, human rights, poverty, defence and security) and regional (Middle East, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Russia) matters.
2. Russia
Relations between the European Union and Russia P6_TA(2005)0207, Cecilia Malmström This report was initially drafted after the big bang enlargement of 2004, which brought 8 former Eastern European states + Cyprus and Malta into the EU. The Parliament affirmed that good neighbourly relations and cooperation between the EU and Russia would be crucially important for stability, security and prosperity in the whole of Europe. However, it warned that relations had to be founded on common values, consisting of respect for human rights, the market economy, the rule of law and democracy. It called on the Commission and the Council to demonstrate that solidarity and unity exists between old and new EU Member States, should Russia try to differentiate its approach towards them. Parliament called on the Council, Commission and Russia to exploit the dynamic created by the Summit and take concrete measures towards implementing the road maps.
Negotiations between the EU and Russia on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement P6_TA-PROV(2009)0215, Janusz Onyszkiewicz The aim of this report is to follow the negotiations on a new agreement to replace the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, pursuant to Parliament's rights of democratic scrutiny under the Treaties as well as the Interinstitutional Agreement. Recalling that EU relations with Russia are of
CM 785088EN.doc 55/113 PE 423.951v02 crucial importance for the purposes of pragmatic cooperation, that Russia is the third largest trading partner of the EU and the fourth largest trading partner of the Eurozone, and that it is an essential energy supplier to the EU, MEPs have addressed a number of recommendations to the Council and the Commission, asking them to take these into account when pursuing the negotiations.
Opinions
'Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission' (Toomas Hendrik Ilves/Józef Pinior) – 2007; 2006/0064 (CNS) 'Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilities of issuance of shortly-stay visas' (Ari Vatanen) – 2007; 2006/0062 (CNS) 'EU economic and trade relations with Russia' (Jan Marinus Wiersma) – 2007; 2006/2237 (INI)
Hearings and workshops
Public hearing on 'EU-Russia relations' (12 February 2009)
3. Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea Region Strategy for the Northern Dimension P6_TA(2005)0494, Alexander Stubb The report was drafted in order to feed into the review of the Northern Dimension policy of 2006. The report called for the creation of a specific strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, arguing that it required special attention, since it had practically become a mare nostrum after the 2004 enlargement. On the matter of funding, the report called for an own EU budget line for the Baltic Sea Strategy, possibly under the ENPI, supplementing the current funding of the Northern Dimension by the EU, Member States, third countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Nordic Investment Bank and others. It stressed that the Strategy must receive adequate funding from all relevant budget lines in order to be able to fulfil its objectives. It also recalled the role of the Baltic Sea as a uniting factor in the region. It suggested a new programme, to be entitled "Borderless Baltic Sea", designed to facilitate smooth border crossing in the region, including between the Member States and the Russian Federation. It supported the establishment of a "Baltic Sea motorway" linking the Baltic Sea Region with Member States in Central and Western Europe by 2010.
4. The Middle East
Reform in the Arab world: what strategy should the EU follow? P6_TA(2007)0179, Michel Rocard This report called for an improvement in the relationship between the EU and the Arab world based on understanding, mutual confidence, and respect for social and cultural practices. The report underlined the need for more reforms in sectors such as the economy, politics and human rights in the Arab countries. Parliament emphasised the need for stronger cooperation with the Arab world as a whole, which is currently an underdeveloped dimension compared to bilateral relations. It recommended that activities should be carried out in cooperation with the structures already existing in the Arab world, such as the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The report also underlined the importance of achieving a lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and welcomed the Saudi peace initiative unanimously approved by the League of Arab States.
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'MEDA and financial support to Palestine – its evaluation, implementation and control' (Véronique De Keyser) – 2007; 2006/2128 (INI) 'Macro-financial assistance to Lebanon' (José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra) – 2007; 2007/0172 (CNS)
5. Iraq
The European Union and Iraq – a framework for engagement P6_TA(2005)0288, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos The report expressed sadness at the deaths of so many civilians and foreign troops in Iraq since the start of the war, and great concern over the deteriorating security situation. Parliament hoped that the lessons learned from the Iraq war would lead to more multilateral, democratic and results-oriented conflict management worldwide in the future. It stressed how vital it is to find a political solution in Iraq, with the aim of building a nationwide consensus, of combating impunity and promoting national reconciliation. It called on neighbouring countries to refrain from interfering in Iraq's internal affairs, underlining at the same time that the international community must assist the Iraqi authorities in preparing for the future referendum on a constitution and the December 2005 general elections.
In terms of democracy and human rights, the report restated the EU’s responsibility to foster the activities of democratic organisations in Iraqi civil society, as this would be essential for the promotion of a new democratic Iraq. The report also recalled that reconstruction remains a key challenge, that women continue to face discrimination in law and in practice, and it urged respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of Iraq's largest group of Internally Displaced Persons, the Marsh Arabs. Parliament urged the EU to invite Iraq to participate in the EU Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and pointed out that EU assistance should remedy the shortcomings of the past. Finally, the report called for the immediate creation of an ad hoc parliamentary delegation for relations with the Iraqi Interim Parliament, to be transformed in the medium term into a permanent parliamentary delegation for relations with Iraq.
As a result of this recommendation, an EP permanent ad hoc delegation for relations with Iraq was set up in 2008, chaired by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne.
Recommendation to the Council on the European Union's Role in Iraq P6_TA(2008)0100, Ana Maria Gomes This was a recommendation that the Council adopt, together with the Commission, a new strategy to step up both quantitatively and qualitatively EU support for UN efforts to build a safe, stable, unified, prosperous, federal and democratic Iraq that upholds human rights, protects its minorities and promotes inter-ethnic tolerance in order to pave the way to regional stability and security. The Council was also asked to urge the Commission to ensure the transparency and efficiency of EU assistance for Iraq. The recommendation concluded by stressing Parliament's commitment to the principles and the practice of parliamentary democracy.
6. Afghanistan
Recommendation to the Council on the Production of Opium for Medical Purposes in Afghanistan P6_TA(2007)0485, Marco Cappato The Council was asked to oppose forcible eradication by fumigation of the poppy in Afghanistan, and to submit to the Afghan Government – within the framework of Europe-sponsored illicit supply reduction programmes – a comprehensive plan and strategy aimed at controlling drug production in
CM 785088EN.doc 57/113 PE 423.951v02 Afghanistan, by improving governance and tackling corruption at the highest levels of the Afghan administration, using existing international legal instruments. Improvements in rural development were also sought, particularly in the poorest areas and in those not yet producing opium on a large scale. Careful and selective manual eradication was proposed in the recommendation. The Council was also asked to offer its assistance in discussing the feasibility of a scientific "poppy for medicine" pilot project to look into how licensing could contribute to alleviating poverty, diversifying the rural economy, general development and increasing security, and how it could become a successful part of multilateral efforts for Afghanistan.
Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community P6_TA(2008)0337, André Brie Afghanistan has continued to be a major focus of concern for the Committee. This report addressed the need for the Council, Commission and international community in general to better co-ordinate their activities to make EU policies vis-a-vis Afghanistan more coherent and efficient. It pointed out that Afghanistan is at a crossroads, experiencing a rise in violent insurgency, instability, increased opium production, and growing popular discontent over corruption and government failures. It pointed to the international community’s expenditure discrepancies, which see 90% of expenditure going to military causes, and only 10% to civil reconstruction and humanitarian assistance. The report viewed this "failed state", which has suffered decades of conflict, as a test case for the success or failure of international development assistance, and urged the international community to reassess both the military and civil reconstruction strategies.
In addition, Parliament stressed that restoring security is a priority and a pre-requisite for the rule of law. The report welcomed the fact that the Afghanistan Compact, agreed on at the London Conference on 1 February 2006, included a commitment to good governance and the protection of human rights, but it regretted the absence of guidelines on how to achieve these goals. It is therefore essential that international donors ensure that programmes take account of these priorities. Disappointment was expressed at the outcome of efforts to reform the police, and attention drawn to the need to strengthen the fledgling civil society, to adopt a law on the media, to reform the legal and political system to protect the rights of women, and to reduce the cultivation and trafficking of opium. In conclusion, the report called on the Commission to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of financial assistance to Afghanistan and to keep Parliament informed.
7. Asia
Central Asia
An EU Strategy for Central Asia P6_TA(2008)0059, Cem Özdemir The report took as its starting point the Council's EU Strategy for Central Asia, published in June 2007. It came at an important time for Central Asia; the human rights situation in each of the five countries making up the region continued to be a major issue, and at a time of global energy security concerns, the region was fast growing in importance as an energy source accessible to the West. The report welcomed the EU's increased focus on Central Asia, of which the proposed EU-Central Asia Strategy was a clear illustration. However, it found the strategy to be insufficiently ambitious as regards bilateral co-operation on human rights, the rule of law, good governance and democratisation. Since prevailing conditions and opportunities in the five countries differ widely, the report highlighted the need to take different approaches according to each country's unique situation, but stressed that the values which the EU must promote should always remain the same. In order to make democracy and human rights an integral part of the Central Asia Strategy, the Council and the Commission were urged to set clear benchmarks, indicators and targets in these areas, as has been done in other areas of co-operation. The report also made the point that EU contacts with the security structures of highly repressive states, and
CM 785088EN.doc 58/113 PE 423.951v02 measures in support of security co-operation with such states, should be minimised. Active co- operation is called for with a view to supporting human, economic, developmental and environmental challenges.
India
An EU-India Strategic Partnership P6_TA(2005)0364, Emilio Menéndez del Valle EU-India relations go back to the early 1960s, when India was among the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the (then) EEC. In 2004 the Commission produced a Communication proposing a strategic partnership with India, the world's largest democracy and a major regional power with global aspirations. This report was intended as an important part of Parliament's contribution to the evolving partnership.
The report took the position that, as the existing partnership has evolved from one focussing on economic and development co-operation to one acquiring higher political and strategic dimensions, it should be reinforced through a more intensive dialogue and collaboration. The report was therefore in favour of the EU moving ahead with the proposed Strategic Partnership, since both the EU and India share a common vision on many issues, are both open societies and large democracies, and already co-operate in a number of areas. It recognised the positive aspects India could bring to the strategic partnership, and welcomed the significant steps India was making with regard to social and economic reforms, the bilateral discussions with Pakistan on Kashmir, and the excellent work of the National Commission for Human Rights. Equally, however, the report expressed concern over the huge levels of poverty, inequality and discrimination in India, while touching upon recent issues affecting the EU-India relationship such as the telecommunications dispute and the question of outsourcing.
Kashmir
Kashmir: present situation and future prospects P6_TA(2007)0214, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne The report looked at the long-disputed region of Kashmir and pointed out that much of Jammu and Kashmir (the full name of the region more generally referred to as Kashmir), comprising of Indian- administered Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, has long suffered from poverty and neglect. It assessed the recent situation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and highlighted the immense impact of the 2005 earthquake on the lives of the people on both sides of the political divide, concluding that the humanitarian situation has completely changed the political conditions on the ground in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, an already vastly deprived region.
In a constructive spirit, the report congratulated both Pakistan and India on the peace moves currently underway, and welcomed the Confidence-Building Measures initiated by India and Pakistan, which were achieving a moderate degree of success in reducing tension and suspicion on both sides. The report noted that while India, the world's largest democracy, has a functioning local democracy, Pakistan, which admittedly finds itself in a very complex situation, still suffers from severe deficiencies in many areas in its approach to democracy. However, the report also addressed documented human rights violations, terror and violence in Kashmir perpetrated by both sides: India's armed forces and armed militants based in Pakistan. It therefore strongly urged both sides to do all they could to address these violations. It also supported and encouraged President Musharraf's declared commitment to fighting terrorism.
On a practical note, the report pointed out that, while the EU has not been invited to take on a mediating role in the Kashmir dispute, it may nonetheless have something to offer, based on past experience of conflict resolution in a multi-ethnic, multi-national, multi-faith context on its own
CM 785088EN.doc 59/113 PE 423.951v02 territory. It made a number of specific suggestions that could build on the fledgling Confidence- Building Measures. It also addressed the question of the plebiscite, where Members reached a compromise on the wording of the reference in the final report.34 The interest in the report was huge and, given the large number of amendments (450), the surrounding/ensuing debates were lively, protracted and very passionate.
China
EU-China Relations P6_TA(2006)0346, Bastiaan Belder With China the world’s fourth largest economy, and one undergoing very rapid socio-economic modernisation, the European Commission, in its 2007 Annual Policy Strategy Communication, envisaged the negotiation of a new EU-China Framework Agreement. This would replace the existing one from 1985 and constitute the next stage after the launch of the EU-China Strategic Partnership in 2003.
The Belder report was a response to this. The central tenet of the report was that the advent of the EU- China Strategic Partnership would bring about closer cooperation on a wide range of issues, but that the two sides should work to further develop their partnership on the basis of credibility, stability and responsibility. The ultimate aim of the report was to offer a critical but highly constructive approach to EU-China relations, touching in detail on four main areas: the economic situation (and the need for the EU institutions to develop a long-term strategy for trade relations with China), the internal situation (specifically the need to strengthen the concepts of democracy and the rule of law within Chinese society as a whole), human rights, and foreign policy relations with neighbours including Africa and Iran.
The report concluded by stressing the importance of a stable economic and trading relationship between the EU and China, the need to promote sustainable development in economic and trade relations, as well as the need to strengthen the indigenous process of democratisation, which should respect the basic rights of its citizens as enshrined in the Constitution of the People’s Republic. Finally, the report stated that in foreign policy matters, China can best contribute to stable neighbourly relations by acknowledging its key position as a serious stakeholder in the international law- and peace-promoting systems, a major step that the EU could significantly promote by formulating a new common strategy on China.
8. Latin America
A stronger partnership between the EU and Latin America P6_TA(2006)0155, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra This report extensively updated the ambitious EP position on the enhancing of the EU-LA Association presented in its previous resolution of 15 November 2005. It included a large number of far-reaching proposals and recommendations aimed at reinforcing the political, commercial and cooperation development policy aspects of the Association, which were repeatedly proclaimed at the three previous EU-LA Summits in Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Guadalajara (Mexico).
34 "The European Parliament.... Reaffirms that, under Article 1.1 of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all peoples have the right of self-determination, by virtue of which they may freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development; reaffirms that, under Article 1.3, all parties to the covenant must promote the realisation of the right of self-determination, and must respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations; notes, however, that all UN resolutions on the Kashmir dispute explicitly and only acknowledge the right for the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to become part of India or Pakistan."
CM 785088EN.doc 60/113 PE 423.951v02 The report therefore constitutes the Committee's and Parliament's response to the strategic communication from the European Commission prepared in view of the Fourth EU-LA Vienna Summit on 12-13 May 2006. The new approach of close parallelism between the EP and the Commission should be highlighted as it puts an end to a long period of disagreement.
Negotiation of an EU-Central America Association Agreement P6_TA(2007)0079, Willy Meyer Pleite This was a recommendation to the Council on the negotiation mandate for an Association Agreement between the EU and the countries of Central America. The main points of the recommendation were as follows: the legal basis on which the new association agreement is to be negotiated should include Article 300(3), second subparagraph (under which the European Parliament must give its assent to the agreement);
to underline the global character of these kind of agreements, which entails not only the establishment of a free-trade area but, above all, strong political and social components;
to press the need to establish democratic, environmental and social clauses, highlighting the role that the new agreement must play in the fight against poverty;
given its nature, the Association Agreement should contribute to strengthening the integration process in Central America as well as the governance of both the institutions and the institutional framework of the countries involved.
Negotiation of an EU-Andean Community Association Agreement P6_TA(2006)0080, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García This report made recommendations to the Council on the negotiation mandate for an association agreement between the EU and the Andean Community. The main points of the report match those in the above recommendation on the EU-Central America Association Agreement. Additional points were to include in the negotiation mandate the EU-CAN consensus on shared responsibility for fighting drug trafficking and promoting alternative employment, crops and market access, as well as on specific control mechanisms designed to reduce the related crimes of money laundering and arms trafficking.
EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership P6_TA-PROV(2009)0140, Maria Eleni Koppa This report followed on from the Commission Communication on an EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership, issued in May 2007. AFET and the European Parliament plenary strongly supported a strategic partnership with Brazil, further to the intensification and diversification of EU-Brazil relations, and taking into account the emerging economic and political role played by Brazil at a regional and global level.
Parliament felt that the Strategic Partnership should be comprehensive in scope and forward-looking in nature, therefore providing real added value both in relation to the current Cooperation Framework Agreement with Brazil, the current Cooperation Framework Agreement with Mercosur, and the future Association Agreement with Mercosur. Such a Strategic Partnership would imply widening political dialogue so as to include all global issues of common interest, strengthening bilateral cooperation, and contributing to regional integration by facilitating the conclusion of an EU-Mercosur Association Agreement.
CM 785088EN.doc 61/113 PE 423.951v02 EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership P6_TA-PROV(2009)0141, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra This report followed on from the Commission Communication on an EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership, issued in July 2008. The AFET Committee and the European Parliament plenary strongly supported a strategic partnership with Mexico, underlining that this would give a new impetus to bilateral relations, as well as reinforcing the links already in place under the Global Agreement, which entered into force in 2000. The present recommendation to the Council set out the main aspects and key areas on which closer cooperation are needed. On the other hand, it also called for clear guidelines on the best means of cooperating closely in order to encourage effective multilateralism and to deal with shared threats and new challenges.
CM 785088EN.doc 62/113 PE 423.951v02 ANNEX I
Visiting Speakers
CM 785088EN.doc 63/113 PE 423.951v02 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS Visiting Speakers during 6th Legislature 2004 - 2009
Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 2004
27.07.2004 Mr Eneko LANDABURU, Director-General, DG External Forthcoming external relations Relations, European Commission priorities of the Commission 29.07.2004 Mr Ali Youssif AHMED, Ambassador of the Republic of Situation in Sudan Sudan to the European Communities Mr Christoph HEUSGEN, Director, Policy and Early CFSP Warning Unit, Council of the European Union Mr Günter BURGHARDT, Head of Delegation of the Transatlantic relations European Commission to the United States 31.08.2004 Mr Günter VERHEUGEN, Commissioner for Current state of enlargement Enlargement 01.09.2004 Mr Chris PATTEN, Commissioner for External Relations External relations 02.09.2004 Mr Bernard BOT, Dutch Foreign Minister, President-in- Priorities of the Dutch Presidency Office of the Council 14.09.2004 Mr Bernard BOT, Dutch Foreign Minister, President-in- Results of the General Affairs and Office of the Council External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of 13 and 14 September 2004 22.09.2004 Mr Sergey YASTRZHEMBSKIY, Advisor to President Current EU-Russia relations Putin on Russia-EU relations 23.09.2004 Mr Gijs DE VRIES, Counter-terrorism Coordinator, Anti-terrorist actions of EU Council of the European Union 04.10.2004 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner designate for Enlargement HEARING of the new Commissioner 05.10.2004 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner HEARING of the new designate for External Relations and European Commissioner Neighbourhood Policy 11.10.2004 Mr Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator of the Stability Situation on the Western Balkans Pact for South Eastern Europe 13.10.2004 Mrs Leyla ZANA, Sakharov Prize laureate 1995, Kurdish Human Rights in Turkey politician from Turkey 22.11.2004 Mr Henk G.J. KAMP, Dutch Minister of Defence, acting ESDP President-in-Office of Council 23.11.2004 Mr Gholam Ali KHOSHROU, Deputy Foreign Minister EU-Iran relations in charge of International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran
24.11.2004 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the Situation in Ukraine Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
Mr Roman SHPEK, Ambassador of Ukraine Situation in Ukraine
Mr Nabih BERRI, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Developments in Lebanon
CM 785088EN.doc 64/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 01.12.2004 Mr Nabil SHAATH, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Middle East Peace Process Palestinian Authority 13.12.2004 Ms Zhanna LITVINA, President of the Belarusian Restrictions of freedom of Association of Journalists, Sakharov Prize laureate 2004 expression in Belarus
2005
05.01.2005 Rdzam Bin ABDULLAH, Ambassador of Malaysia; TSUNAMI flood disaster in Asia Don PRAMUDWINAI, Ambassador of Thailand; Shri R.M. ABHYANKAR Ambassador of India; Mr PERERA, deputy head of mission, Sri Lanka; Mr DJUMAL, chargé d'affaires, Indonesia; 18.01.2005 Mr Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Priorities of the Luxembourg Immigration of Luxembourg and acting President-in-Office Presidency of the Council Mr Nicolas SCHMIT, acting Minister for European Affairs of Luxembourg Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Developments in Romania and Bulgaria 19.01.2005 Mr Tadatoshi AKIBA, Mayor of Hiroshima and President Nuclear-free World of Mayors for Peace Mr Luc FRIEDEN, Minister for Defence of Luxembourg ESDP and acting President-in-Office of the Council 24.01.2005 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union 25.01.2005 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for External Relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Mr Misha GLENNY, journalist; Hearing on: Kosovo five years on Professor Jacques RUPNIK, SciencePo-Paris, College of Europe -Bruges; Dr Nicholas WHYTE, International Crisis Group; Mr Kim FREIDBERG, Special Adviser to Mr Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo and Head of UNMIK; Dr Nebojsha COVIC, President of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohia, Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro; Mr Skender HYSENI, Principal Political Advisor to President Ibrahim Rugova of Kosovo 01.02.2005 Mr Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Results of the GAERC meeting of Immigration of Luxembourg and acting President-in-Office 31 January - 1 February 2005 of the Council 02.02.2005 Mr Mihai Razvan UNGUREANU, Foreign Minister of Preparedness of Romania for Romania accession to the EU 23.02.2005 Ms Louise FRECHETTE, Deputy Secretary-General of UN reforms the United Nations 09.03.2005 Ms Shirin EBADI, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran Human Rights in Iran
15.03.2005 Mr Mustafa Oguz DEMIRALP, Ambassador of Turkey to EU- Turkey relations + Ankara the EU Protocol
CM 785088EN.doc 65/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 16.03.2005 Mr Ivo SANADER, Prime Minister of Croatia EU-Croatia relations Ms Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC, Foreign Minister of Croatia Mr Vladimir DROBNJAK, Chief Negotiator of Croatia 29.03.2005 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement Strategy Mr Nicolas SCHMIT, Minister for European Affairs of Luxembourg and acting President-in-Office of the Council 30.03.2005 Mr Antoine SFEIR, Chief Editor of Les Cahiers de Hearing on: EU-Syria Euromed l'Orient, Paris; Association Agreement Mr Faïçal KALTHOUM, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislation Committee, People's Assembly, Damascus; Mr Rudolph EL-KAREH, Sociologist and political scientist, University of Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle; Mr Farid GHADRY, Reform Party of Syria, Washington D.C. 05.04.2005 Mr Robert B. ZOELLICK, US Deputy Secretary of State Transatlantic relations 19.04.2005 Ms Sylvie PANTZ, Head of Mission, EUJUST THEMIS The concept and experiences of Rule of Law Mission to Georgia EUJUST THEMIS Rule of Law Mission to Georgia 26.04.2005 Ms Annalisa GIANNELLA, Personal Representative of China Arms Embargo Mr Solana, High Representative for CFSP, for non- proliferation Mr Congmin LU, Vice-chairman of the Committee on EU-China relations Foreign Affairs, National People's Assembly (PRC) Mr Yuanzheng LI, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National People's Assembly (PRC) Mr Chunsheng ZHANG, member of the Committee on Laws, National People's Assembly (PRC) Mr Abdullah DARDARI, Minister, Head of the Planning EU-Syria relations Commission, Syria Mr Numeir GHANEM, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, People's Assembly of Syria Ms Najla BASHOUR, Member of the People's Assembly of Syria 27.04.2005 Mr Nicolas SCHMIT, Minister for European Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of Luxembourg and acting President-in-Office of the Council 25-26 April 2005
09.05.2005 Mr Francesc VENDRELL, EU Special Representative for Situation in Afghanistan Afghanistan 23.05.2005 Mr Edgardo Maya VILLAZÓN, Attorney General of the Law and order situation in Nation, Colombia Colombia Ms Naomi BLUMENTHAL, Member of Knesset, Israel EU-Israel relations Mr Danny YATOM, Member of Knesset Mr Yuli EDELSTEIN, Member of Knesset 08.06.2005 Mr Vladimir VORONIN, President of Moldova Situation in Molodova and Transnistria 14.06.2005 Mr Luc FRIEDEN, Luxembourg Minister for Defence, ESDP Acting President-in-Office of the Council
15.06.2005 Mr Anton BUTEIKO, First Foreign Minister of Ukraine Situation in the Ukraine 15.06.2005 Mr Nicolas SCHMIT, Luxembourg Minister for European Results of the GAERC meeting of Affairs and acting President-in-Office of the Council 13-14 June 2005
CM 785088EN.doc 66/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr Philippe MAYSTADT, President of the European Funding of European Investment Bank Neighbourhood Policy projects by the EIB Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for RELEX financial instruments External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 21.06.2005 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement strategy Dr. Hajim Al-HASANI, Speaker of the Iraqi Transitional Democratic developments in Iraq Assembly Dr. Hussain Ibrahim Saleh Al-SHAHRISTANI, Deputy Speaker Dr. Humam HAMOUDI, Chairman of the Constitutional Committee Mr Adnan Al-MUFTI, Speaker of the Parliament of Kurdistan 04.07.2005 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Turkey: presentation of the negotiating framework 12.07.2005 Mr Jack STRAW, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Priorities of the British Presidency Commonwealth Affairs and acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Ali BABACAN, Turkish State Minister and Chief EU-Turkey relations Negotiator for EU accession 13.07.2005 Ms Muriel DUNBAR, European Training Foundation Hearing on: the Barcelona Process (ETF) Mr Borhene CHAKROUN (ETF) Ms Catherine de WENDEN, Centre for Research and International Studies, Paris (CERI) Ms Dorothée SCHMID, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris (IFRI) 30.08.2005 Ms Kolinda GRABAR KITAROVIC, Foreign Minister of EU-Croatia relations Croatia 13.09.2005 Mr Olli REHN, Commissoner for Enlargement Turkey - Protocol to Ankara Agreement and negotiation mandate Ms Annalisa GIANNELLA, Personal Representative of Iran Mr Solana, High Representative for CFSP, for non- proliferation 04.10.2005 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement strategy 05.10.2005 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for External Relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union 11.10.2005 Mr Branko DOKIC, Minister of Transport and Hearing on: Telecommunication of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vice The Dayton Agreement - Ten years President of the Party of Democratic Prosperity – Republika after Srpska; Ms Seada PALAVRIC, Vice President of the SDA party and Member of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Mr Martin RAGUZ, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dr Sumantra BOSE, London School of Economics;
CM 785088EN.doc 67/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr Gerald KNAUS, President of the European Stability Initiative; Mr Jakob A. FINCI, President, Association Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005; Mr Thomas MARKERT, Venice Commission of the Council of Europe; Mr Edward LLEWELLYN, Head of the Political Department and Chief of Staff of High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU Special Representative 12.10.2005 Mr Douglas ALEXANDER, UK Minister of State for AFET Enlarged bureau meeting: Europe and acting President-in-Office of the Council Results of GAERC meeting of 3 October 2005 14.11.2005 Ms Monica Luisa MACOVEI, Minister of Justice of Progress in justice and home affairs Romania in Romania Ms Anca Daniela BOAGIU, Minister for European Integration of Romania 16.11.2005 Mr James D. WOLFENSOHN, Special Envoy for Gaza Middle East Peace Process Disengagement 22.11.2005 Dr John REID, UK Secretary of State for Defence, Acting ESDP President-in-Office of the Council Ms Ilinka MITREVA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Political situation in former former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mr Ivailo KALFIN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Accession to EU of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Mr Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Accession to EU 28.11.2005 Ms Helen CLARK, Prime Minister of New Zealand EU-NZ relations and NZ foreign policy priorities 29.11.2005 Mr Erhard BUSEK, Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Progress in SEE - regional Pact for South Eastern Europe cooperation 12.12.2005 Mr Franco FRATTINI, Vice-President of the European JHA-actions Commission, Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice Sakharov Prize laureates 2005: Human Rights in Nigeria. Ms Hauwa IBRAHIM, Nigeria Freedom of press restrictions in the Reporters without Borders world 2006 24.01.2006 Mrs Ursula PLASSNIK, Foreign Minister of Austria and Priorities of the Austrian Presidency acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Günther PLATTER, Minister of Defence of Austria 25.01.2006 Mr Gela BEJUASHVILI, Foreign Minister of Georgia EU-Georgia relations 26.01.2006 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for External Relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Mr Pekka HAAVISTO, EU Special Representative for Situation in Darfur Sudan (Darfur) 31.01.2006 Mr Boris TARASYUK, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Political developments in the Ukraine
CM 785088EN.doc 68/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr Alexander MILINKEVICH, candidate of the united Developments in Belarus opposition for the presidential elections in Belarus (March 2006) Mr Hans WINKLER, Austrian Secretary of State for Results of GAERC meeting of 30- Foreign Affairs and acting President-in-Office of the 31 January 2006 Council 20.02.2006 Mr Manoochehr MOTTAKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs Iran's nuclear policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 22.02.2006 Mr Amre M. MOUSSA, Secretary General of the League Role of Arab League of Arab States Mr Heikki TALVITIE, EU Special Representative for the Hearing on: South Caucasus; Achieving and maintaining Stability Ms Oksana ANTONENKO, Senior Fellow, IISS - in our Neighbourhood: what role for International Institute for Strategic Studies; the EU in the South Caucasus? Mr Bernard FASSIER, Co-Chair of the Minsk Group, OSCE; Mr Irnerio SEMINATORE, European Institute for International Relations (IERI), Brussels; Mr Adrian SEVERIN (Romania), Chairman of the Sub- Committee on External Relations, rapporteur on the Establishment of a Stability Pact for the Caucasian Region, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe; Mr Eugeni KIRILOV (Bulgaria), co-rapporteur for Georgia, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe; Mr Kurt JUUL, Head of Unit, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia, DG RELEX, European Commission; Dr Sabine FREIZER, South Caucasus Project Director, International Crisis Group; Dr Bruno COPPIETERS, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Free University of Brussels 23.02.2006 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity 20.03.2006 Mr Mangala SAMARAWEERA, Minister of Foreign Political situation in Sri Lanka Affairs of Sri Lanka 21.03.2006 Mr Hans WINKLER, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Results of GAERC meeting of 20 and acting President-in-Office of the Council March 03.04.2006 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Accession of Bulgaria and Romania 20.04.2006 Mr Florian KOHSTALL, Chercheur au Centre d'Etudes et Hearing on: EU-Arab World de Documentation Economique, Juridique et Sociale relations (CEDEJ), Cairo; Dr Rachid EL HOUDAÏGUI, Professor, University of Tanger; Ms Donatella DELLA RATTA, Journalist specializing in Arab media and author of the book "Al Jazeera"; Mr Ali BENOUARI, Centre d'étude et de recherche sur le monde arabe et méditerranéen (CERMAM), Geneva; Ms Wassyla TAMZALI, lawyer, former director for the UNESCO programme for promotion on the conditions of women in the Mediterranean countries, responsible 'actions of civil society and communication', Fondation Mediterraneo, Naples
CM 785088EN.doc 69/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 25.04.2006 Mr Hans WINKLER, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Results of GAERC meeting of 10- and acting President-in-Office of the Council 11 April 2006 Mr Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, EU Special Political situation in BiH Representative / High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 02.05.2006 Mr Martti AHTISAARI, Special Envoy of the Secretary- Chances for a peaceful development General of the United Nations for the future status process of Kosovo for Kosovo Mr Jaap De HOOP SCHEFFER, NATO Secretary EU-NATO relations General 03.05.2006 Mr Ján KUBIS, EU Special Representative for Central Developments in the region Asia Mr Ranko KRIVOKAPIĆ, Speaker of the Parliament of Political situation in Montenegro the Republic of Montenegro 15.05.2006 Mr Evo MORALES, President of Bolivia Developments in the region 18.05.2006 Mr Sergei LAVROV, Russian Foreign Minister EU-Russia relations 30.05.2006 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Mr Günther PLATTER, Minister for Defence of Austria ESDP and acting President-in-Office of the Council Ms Ursula PLASSNIK, Minister for Foreign Affairs of EU-external relations Austria, President-in-Office of the Council 31.05.2006 His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet Developments in Tibet 20.06.2006 Mr Francesc VENDRELL, EU Special Representative for Developments in Afghanistan Afghanistan Mr Hans WINKLER, Austrian Secretary of State for Results of GAERC meeting of 12- Foreign Affairs and acting President-in-Office of the 13 June 2006 (including EUFOR Council DR Congo)
Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Turkey 21.06.2006 Mr Pieter Cornelius FEITH, Head of EU Monitoring Chances for peaceful developments Mission to ACEH in ACEH 22.06.2006 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Structural dialogue (ASP) External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 2006/2007: execution of workplan 2006 and outlook for 2007 Mr Sali BERISHA, Prime Minister of the Republic of SAA betweeen EU and the Republic Albania of Albania 11.07.2006 Dr. Rangin DAFAR SPANTA, Foreign Minister of Situation in Afghanistan Afghanistan Mr Aldo AJELLO, EU Special Representative for the Situation in the region African Great Lakes Region (incl. Democratic Republic of Congo) 12.07.2006 Mr Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Priorities of Finnish Presidency Finland and acting President-in-Office of the Council
CM 785088EN.doc 70/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 29.08.2006 Mr Teemu TANNER, Chairman of the Political and Crisis in the Middle East Security Committee (PSC), Council of the European Union Mr Marc OTTE, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mr Christian LEFFLER, Director for the Middle East and the South Mediterranean, DG RELEX, Commission 12.09.2006 General Pervez MUSHARRAF, President of the Islamic Role of Pakistan in the region Republic of Pakistan 14.09.2006 Mr Francesc VENDRELL, EU Special Representative in Situation in Afghanistan Afghanistan 26.09.2006 Ms Paula LEHTOMÄKI, Minister for European Results of GAERC meeting of 14- Affairs, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development and 15 September 2006 acting President-in-Office of the Council 03.10.2006 Mr Mark Malloch BROWN, Deputy Secretary-General of UN reforms the United Nations Mr Kassymzhomart TOKAEV, Minister of Foreign EU-Kazakhstan relations Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 04.10.2006 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Mr Hugues MINGARELLI, Director, DG RELEX, Draft negotiating mandate for the Commission new EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 05.10.2006 Ms Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC, Minister of Foreign Croatia-EU negotiations Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia
Mr Peter SEMNEBY, EU Special Representative for the Frozen conflicts in the region South Caucasus 10.10.2006 Dr. Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, High Political developments in Bosnia Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Herzegovina
Mr Jonas Gahr STØRE, Foreign Minister of Norway, European Economic Area Ms Grétar Már SIGURRDSSON, Permanent Secretary of State, Foreign Ministry of Iceland Ms Rita KIEBER-BECK, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein 17.10.2006 Ms Paula LEHTOMÄKI, Minister for European Results of GAERC meeting of 16 Affairs, Minister for Foreign Trade and acting Presidency- and 17 October 2006 in-Office of the Council 24.10.2006 Mr Terje Rød-LARSEN, Special Envoy of the UN Implementation of Security Council Secretary-General Resolution 1559 14.11.2006 Mr Micheil SAAKASHVILI, President of Georgia Georgia's Euroatlantic aspirations (incl. NATO + EU membership) 21.11.2006 Dr. Barham SALIH, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Developments in Iraq Mr Seppo KÄÄRIÄINEN, Minister of Defence of Finland ESDP and acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement Strategy 22.11.2006 Mr Vuk DRASKOVIC, Foreign Minister of Serbia Serbia and Kosovo
CM 785088EN.doc 71/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 23.11.2006 Mr Adriaan JACOBOVITS DE SZEGED, EU Special Transnistria Representative for Moldova 11.12.2006 Mr Alexander MILINKEVICH, Sakharov Prize laureate Political situation in Belarus 2006, Belarus 12.12.2006 Mr Mohammed Yonus QANONI, National Assembly of Developments in Afghanistan Afghanistan, President 2007 23.01.2007 Mr Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Foreign Minister of Priorities of the German Presidency Germany and acting President-in-Office of the Council and results of GAERC meeting of 22 and 23 January 2007 Mr Geoffrey HOON, UK Minister for European Affairs British EU policy 24.01.2007 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for External Relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 25.01.2007 Mr Hugues MINGARELLI, Deputy Director General, DG EU-Ukraine: briefing by the RELEX, European Commission European Commission on negotiation mandate 30.01.2007 Mr Shaukat AZIZ, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic Pakistan before the elections of Pakistan 13.02.2007 Mr Günter GLOSER, Minister of State for European Results of GAERC meeting of 12- Affairs of Germany and acting President-in-Office of the 13 February 2007 Council 26.02.2007 Ms Amat Al Alim ALSOSWA, Assistant Secretary Presentation of the Annual UNDP General and Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Arab Arab Human Development Report States, UNDP Dr Nader FERGANY, Leader of the Core Team of the Arab Human Development Report 27.02.2007 Mr Erwan FOUÉRÉ, EU Special Representative in the Political developments in FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Head of EC Delegation in FYROM 28.02.2007 Mr Eneko LANDABURU, Director General, DG RELEX, Public Hearing: "Towards a European Commission common European foreign policy Mr Noé van HULST, Director, International Energy on energy" Agency, Paris Mr Jan Horst KEPPLER, Professor of Economics, University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris Mr Vladimir MILOV, President, Institute of Energy Policy, Moscow Ms Zeyno BARAN, Director, Centre for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute, Washington Ms Helga SCHMID, Director, Policy Unit, Council of the European Union Ms Coby Van der LINDE, Director, Clingendael International Energy Programme, The Hague Ms Jennifer MORGAN, Director, Climate and Energy Security, E3G, Third Generation Environmentalism, Berlin 07.03.2007 Mr Günter GLOSER, Minister of State for European Results of the GAERC meeting of Affairs of Germany and acting President-in-Office of the 5-6 March 2007 Council 14.03.2007 Ms Asha-Rose MIGIRO, UN Deputy Secretary General UN reforms 20.03.2007 Ms Ana LOVRIN, Minister of Justice of Croatia Justice & Home Affairs in Croatia
CM 785088EN.doc 72/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 21.03.2007 Ms Akiko MAEDA, World Bank, Sector Manager for the The implementation of the MENA region, Emergency Services Support Ms Rania KHARMA, representative of the office of the Program (ESSP) by the World Bank Palestinian President in the Palestinian Territories Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Situation in Kosovo and the Western Balkans 27.03.2007 Mr Viktor JANUKOVICH, Prime Minister of Ukraine Political developments in the Ukraine 28.03.2007 Mr Hamid M. MOUSA, Secretary General of the Central Political + security situation in Iraq Committee of the Communist Party and member of the Constitutional Review Committee, Iraq 11.04.2007 Mr Tom KOENIGS, UN Special Representative for UN EU-cooperation in Afghanistan Afghanistan Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Structured dialogue (ASP) External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 2007/2008: execution of Work programme 2007 and outlook for 2008 Dr Salam FAYYAD, Finance Minister of Palestine Econmic situation in Palestine and EU assistance 12.04.2007 Mr Franz JUNG, Federal Minister of Defence of Germany ESDP and acting President-in-Office of the Council 24.04.2007 Mr Günter GLOSER, Minister of State for European Results of GAERC meeting of 23- Affairs of Germany and acting President-in-Office of the 24 April 2007 Council 07.05.2007 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement EU-accession negotiations (Joint meeting with National Parliaments) Mr Gunnar WIEGAND, Director, DG RELEX, European Estonia-Russia situation Commission 08.05.2007 Mr Pierre MOREL, EU Special Representative for Central Developments in the region Asia Mr Massoud BARZANI, President of the Autonomous Developments in Iraq Kurdish Government in Iraq 15.05.2007 Mr Ziad ABU AMR, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Middle East Peace Process Authority 22.05.2007 Mr Günter GLOSER, Minister of State for European Results of GAERC meeting of 14- Affairs of Germany and acting President-in-Office of the 15 May Council 24.05.2007 Mr Gary KASPAROV, leader of the United Civil Front, Democratic elections in Russia ? Russian Federation 04.06 2007 Mr MILOSOSKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Political developments in Former Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mr Serge BRAMMERTZ, Commissioner of the UN State of investigations International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri 12.06.2007 Mr Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Foreign Minister of Achievements of the German Germany and acting President-in-Office of the Council Presidency in the field of CFSP
CM 785088EN.doc 73/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 19.06.2007 Mr Günter GLOSER, Minister of State for European Results of GAERC meeting of 18- Affairs of Germany and acting President-in-Office of the 19 June 2007 Council 26.06.2007 Ms Carla DEL PONTE, Chief UN War Crimes Prosecutor State of cooperation with ICTY (ICTY) Mr Gerhard FIEBERG, Federal Ministry of Justice, representing the German Presidency of the Council Mr Jan TRUSZCZYNSKI, Deputy Director General, DG Enlargement, European Commission Ms Mary WYCKOFF, representative of OSCE Mr Vuk JEREMIC, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Political developments in Serbia and Republic of Serbia Kosovo Mr Eneko LANDABURU, Director General of DG EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership RELEX, European Commission 27.06.2007 Mr Roeland VAN DE GEER, EU Special Representative Developments in the regions for the African Great Lakes region 17.07.2007 Mr Luis AMADO, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Priorities of Portuguese Presidency and acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Dick MARTY, rapporteur, Parliamentary Assembly of Secret CIA detentions and illegal the Council of Europe (PACE) transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states 11.09.2007 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for EU-Ukraine relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 12.09.2007 Mr Kálmán MIZSEI, EU Special Representative for the Transnistria / Moldova Republic of Moldova Mr Andrei STRATAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova Mr Donald McKINNON, Commonwealth Secretary- Role of Commonwealth today General 02.10.2007 Mr Mahmoud al-MASHHADANI, Speaker of the Iraqi Democratic developments in Iraq Council of Representatives Mr Peter SEMNEBY, EU Special Representative for Situation in the region South Caucasus 03.10.2007 Mr Alan DOSS, Special Representative of the UN Hearing on : "The UN and the Secretary General in Liberia, challenges ahead - what role for the Mr Pieter FEITH, Deputy Director General in the General EU ?" Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Mr Karel KOVANDA, Deputy Director General, European Commission, Mr Günter PLEUGER, Former Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union 04.10.2007 Dr Krassimir NIKOLOV, TEPSA Exchange of views with experts on: Dr Burcu GULTEKIN-PUNSMANN, TEPSA "A Black Sea Regional Policy Dr Vladimir SHOPOV, TEPSA Approach" 09.10.2007 Mr Vartan OSKANIAN, Foreign Minister of Armenia Political developments in Armenia 16.10.2007 Mr Manuel LOBO ANTUNES, Secretary of State for Results of the GAERC meeting of European Affairs and acting President-in-Office of the 15-16 February 2007 Council
CM 785088EN.doc 74/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 12.11.2007 Dr Atul KHARE, Special Representative for Timor Leste Current situation in Timor Leste of the UN Secretary General 19.11.2007 Mr Francesc VENDRELL, EU Special Representative for Developments in the country (incl. Afghanistan EUPOL deployment) 20.11.2007 Mr Luís AMADO, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of Portugual and acting President-in-Office of the Council 19-20 November 2007 Mr Nuno Severiano TEIXEIRA, Minister for National ESDP Defence of Portugual 21.11.2007 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement Strategy 27.11.2007 Ms Karen ABU ZAID, Commissioner-General of the Refugees situation in Palestine United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Mr Miroslav LAJCJAK, EU Special Representative for Political developments in BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Thomas WAAL, writer, journalist, broadcaster, analyst Exchange of views with experts on: on Russia, Caucasus and Black Sea " EU-South Caucasus Strategy" Mr Bruno COPPIETERS, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Free University of Brussels 28.11.2007 Mr Mohammad Arif NOORZAI, Deputy Speaker of the Political situation and EU- House of Representatives (Wolesi Jirga), Afghanistan Afghanistan assistance (incl. democracy promotion) 06.12.2007 Mr Ahmed Ali Aboul GHEIT, Minister of Foreign Affairs EU-Arab relations and Middle East of the Arab Republic of Egypt Peace Process 10.12.2007 Mr Salih Mahmoud Mohamed OSMAN, Sakharov Prize Human rights in Sudan (Darfur) Laureate for 2007, Sudan 18.12.2007 Mr Luis AMADO, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Results of the Portuguese Portugal and acting President-in-Office of the Council Presidency in the field of CFSP
2008 15.01.2008 Dr Ahmad Badreddin HASSOUN, Grand Mufti of the The contribution of dialogue Syrian Arab Republic between religious communities to the Peace Process in the Middle East 21.01.2008 Mr Pervez MUSHARRAF, President of the Islamic Democracy and elections in Republic of Pakistan Pakistan Mr Robert COOPER, Director General, Council of the CFSP issues European Union 22.01.2008 Mr Antonio MILOSOSKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Political developments in fYROM the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and preparations for accession negiotiations 23.01.2008 Mr Saeed JALILI, Secretary of the Supreme National Iran's role in the region Security Council of the Islamic Repubic of Iran Mr Erwan FOUÉRÉ, EU Special Representative for the The progress of the former former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Head of the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Commission Delegation towards accession negotiations 28.01.2008 Ms Yulia TYMOSCHENKO, Prime Minister of Ukraine Ukraine´s European aspirations 29.01.2008 Mr Vladimir DROBNJAK, Chief Negotiator in Croatia's Progress in accession talks accession talks
CM 785088EN.doc 75/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr Dimitrij RUPEL, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Priorities of the Slovenian Slovenia and acting President-in-Office of the Council Presidency Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for External Relations External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 19.02.2008 Mr Matjaž ŠINKOVEC, Secretary of State of the Ministry Results of the GAERC meeting of of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and acting President-in- 18-19 February 2008 Office of the Council 20.02.2008 Mr Vuk JEREMIĆ, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Consequences of Kosovo's Republic of Serbia declaration of independence 25.02.2008 Mr Marc OTTE, EU Special Representative for the Developments in the region Middle East peace process 05.03.2008 Ms Asha-Rose MIGIRO, Deputy Secretary General of the UN reform (System-Wide United Nations Coherence) and Africa 11.03.2008 Mr Matjaž ŠINKOVEC, Secretary of State of the Ministry Results of the GAERC meeting of of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and acting President-in- 10-11 March 2008 Office of the Council Mr Ran CURIEL, Ambassador of Israel Chances for peace between Israel and its neighbours 26.03.2008 Mr Karma CHOPEL, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament Crisis days in Tibet in-exile, India 27.03.2008 Mr Torben BRYLLE, EU Special Representative for Situation in the region Sudan and for EUFOR Tchad/RCA operation 01.04.2008 Mr Dimitrij RUPEL, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the informal GYMNICH Slovenia and acting President-in-Office of the Council meeting of 28-29 March 02.04.2008 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement Strategy 03.04.2008 Mr Pierre MOREL, EU Special Representative for Developments in the region Central Asia Mr Oliver DULIC, Speaker of the Serb Assembly Serbia / Kosovo
08.04.2008 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union 15.04.2008 Ms Leila SHAHID, General Delegate of Palestine Situation in Gaza
16.04.2008 Mr Nouri al-MALIKI, Prime Minister of the Republic of Demcocracy in Iraq Iraq 06.05.2008 Mr Matjaž ŠINKOVEC, Secretary of State of the Ministry Results of GAERC meeting of 27- of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and acting President-in- 28 April 2008 Office of the Council Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Structural dialogue (ASP) External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy 2008/2009: work programme 2008 and outlook 2009 Mr Georgi BARAMIDZE, Vice Prime-Minister and State Situation in Georgia Minister of Georgia for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration 07.05.2008 Mr Kung SOK UNG, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Situation on Korean Peninsula the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
CM 785088EN.doc 76/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 27.05.2008 Mr Dimitrij RUPEL, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of Slovenia and acting President-in-Office of the Council 26 and 27 May 2008
Mr Karl ERJAVEC, Minister of Defence of Slovenia ESDP 28.05.2008 Prof. Rodolphe el-KAREH, Beirut Exchange of views with experts: Mr Hisham YOUSSEF, Chief of Staff of the Secretary- How can Europe contribute to General of the League of Arab States finding a way out of the Lebanese Dr Ziyad BAROUD, UNDP National Consultant on crisis? Challenges and perspectives Elections and Decentralization, lawyer related to the institutional and Mr Richard CHAMBERS, Chief of Party for IFES electoral reforms (International Foundation for Election Systems) in Lebanon Mr Ali BABACAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of EU-Turkey accession Republic of Turkey and Chief Negotiator for accession negotiations negotiations with the EU H.E. Yukio TAKASU, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Exchange of views with experts: Commission and Permanent Representative of Japan to the The UN Peacebuilding Commission UN - achievements and challenges Mr Dan SMITH, Secretary General of International Alert ahead and member of the Advisory Group for the UN Peacebuilding Fund Ms Karen FOGG, Head of Unit for the UN, Directorate for Human Rights and Multilateral Relations, DG RELEX, European Commission 17.06.2008 Mr Dimitrij RUPEL, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of Slovenia and acting President-in-Office of the Council 16-17 June 2008 23.06.2008 Mr Milo DJUKANOVIC, Prime Minister of the Republic EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and of Montenegro Association Agreements (SAA) 24.06.2008 Mr Pavlo KLIMKIN, Director General for the EU, EU-Ukraine negotiations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ms Hilde HARDEMAN, representing the Chief Negotiator of the European Commission Mr Peter SEMNEBY, EU Special Representative for Frozen conflicts in the region South Caucasus Dr Alex VINES, Director of Africa Programme, Chatham Workshop on: African Peace and House Security Architecture Professor Paul COLLIER, Oxford University and Université d'Auvergne General Pierre-Michel JOANA, Special Adviser to the High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana Ambassador Adebrhan GIORGIS, Senior Adviser, Africa Programme, International Crisis Group 25.06.2008 Mr Hugues MINGARELLI, Deputy Director General, DG Results of 8th EU-Israel RELEX, European Commission Association Council of 16 June 14.07.2008 Mr Richard WEBER, Deputy Director General, DG Multidonors Trust Funding in crisis EuropeAid, European Commission regions
UNDP: Mr Bisrat AKLILU, Head of the Multi Donors Trust Funds (MDTF) Office and administrator for Iraq IRFFI/UN, UNDP Mr Henri MORAND, Law and Order Trust Fund (Afghanistan) World Bank: Mr Christian REY, Coordinator (MDF Aceh)
CM 785088EN.doc 77/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr David POTTEN, Head of the Trust Fund Program Administration, Trust Fund Operations, Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Mr Koen VERVAEKE, EU Special Representative for the Role of African Union in African Union and Head of the European Commission peacekeeping and democracy Delegation to the African Union building 15.07.2008 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Aid effectiveness in crisis regions; External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy EU-Russia Summit; Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean; Middle East Peace Process Mr Bernard KOUCHNER, Minister of Foreign and Priorities of the French Presidency European Affairs of the French Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council Mr Hervé MORIN, Minister of Defence of the French ESDP Republic 20.08.2008 Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Crisis situation in Georgia Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French and results of the extraordinary Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council GAERC meeting of 13 August 2008 Ms Eka TKSHELASHVILI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia 03.09.2008 Mr Oscar ARIAS SANCHEZ, President of the Republic Developments in Central America of Costa Rica 08.09.2008 Professor Radha KUMAR, Director, Nelson Mandela Workshop on: "India's foreign Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, New Delhi, India policy: its importance for the EU" Professor Christian WAGNER, Head, Asia Research Division, Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Germany 09.09.2008 Mr Miroslav LAJČÁK, EU Special Representative for Developments in Bosnia and Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzegovina 10.09.2008 Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union 16.09.2008 Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Results of the GAERC meeting of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French 15-16 September 2008 Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council 06.10.2008 Mr Kálmán MIZSEI, EU Special Representative for the Situation in Moldova Republic of Moldova 09.10.2008 Ms Ingrid BETANCOURT Situation of FARC hostages in Colombia 14.10.2008 Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Results of the GAERC meeting of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French 13-14 October 2008 Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council 05.11.2008 Mr Amr MOUSSA, Secretary General of the Arab League Arab peace initiative (in the context of "EP -Arab week activities") Mr Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
CM 785088EN.doc 78/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Enlargement Strategy Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for EU-Russia relations; Georgia; External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Transatlantic relations;Union for the Mediterranean 06.11.2008 Mr Philippe KIRSCH, President of the International Work of the ICC Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague 11.11.2008 Ms Karen KONING ABU ZAYD, UN Under-Secretary Situation of refugees in Palestine General and Commissioner -General of UNRWA 20.11.2008 Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Results of the GAERC meeting of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French 10-11 November 2008 Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council 02.12.2008 Ms Tzipi LIVNI, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Middle East Peace Process Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel Mr Ivica BOCEVSKI, Deputy Prime Minister for Situation in the former Yugoslav European Integration of the former Yugoslav Republic of Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Mr Hervé MORIN, Minister of Defence of the French ESDP Republic 03.12.2008 H.E. Mr Ahmed About GHEIT, Minister of Foreign Middle East Peace Process / Egypt's Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt role in the region 09.12.2008 Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Minister of State to the Results of the GAERC meeting of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French 8-9 December 2008 Republic and acting President-in-Office of the Council 2009 07.01.2009 Mr Ran CURIEL, Ambassador of Israel Israel / Gaza crisis Ms Leila SHAHID, General Delegate of Palestine to the EU 08.01.2009 Mr Grygoriy NEMYIRA, Deputy Prime Minister of Gas crisis between Ukraine and Ukraine; Russia Mr Borys TARASIUK, Chairman, European Integration Committee; Mr Yuri PRODAN, Minister for Energy; Mr Bohdan SOKOLOVSKY, Energy Representative of the President of Ukraine; Mr Oleh DUBYNA, Head of NAFTOGAZ, Ukraine; Mr Gunnar WIEGAND, Director, DG RELEX, European Commission; Mr Heinz HILBRECHT, Director, DG TREN, European Commission 13.01.2009 Mr Valeriy A. YAZEV, Deputy Speaker of the Russian Gas crisis between Russia and State DUMA; Ukraine Mr Constantin KOSACHEV, Chairman, International Affairs Committee; Mr Borys TARASIUK, Chairman, European Integration Committee; Mr Yuriy Ivanovych KOSTENKO, Member, Fuel and Energy Committee, Ukraine Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Middle East Crisis and Troika visit External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy the region
CM 785088EN.doc 79/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 19.01.2009 Mr Pierre MOREL, EU Special Representative for the Developments in the region and crisis in Georgia Geneva-Georgia talks Mr Peter SEMNEBY, EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Mr Erwan FOUÉRÉ, EU Special Representative for and Progress in the former Yugoslav Head of the European Commission Delegation to the former Republic of Macedonia Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Prof Alan RILEY, Professor of Law, City Law School, Workshop: on energy security City University, London and Associate Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels Dr Andrew MONAGHAN, NATO Defence College, Rome 20.01.2009 Mr Eneko LANDABURU, Director General, DG RELEX, Eastern Partnership European Commission Mr Karel SCHWARZENBERG, Minister of Foreign Priorities of the Czech Presidency Affairs of the Czech Republic and acting President-in- Office of the Council 27.01.2009 Mr Jan KOHOUT, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office of the 26-27 January 2009 Council 09.02.2009 Dr Paul CORNISH, Chatham House, UK AFET/SEDE Workshop on: Cyber Mr Steven STURM, Director, Defence Policy and Security Capabilities Directorate, Defence Policy and Planning Division, NATO Ms Helga SCHMID, Director, Policy Unit, Council of the European Union 10.02.2009 Mr Emomali RAHMON, President of the Republic of Role of Tajikistan in the region and Tajikistan relations with the EU Mr Fausto POCAR, Appeals Judge at the International Success of ICTY and possible Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The extension of mandate Hague 11.02.2009 Mr Volodymyr LYTVYN, Chairman of the Verkhovna The situation in Ukraine and the Rada of Ukraine state of the EU-Ukraine relations, following the recent Russia-Ukraine gas dispute Mr Pieter FEITH, EU Special Representative for Kosovo EULEX deployment and challenges adhead Mr Ivan ŠIMONOVIĆ, Minister of Justice of the Republic Progress in fight against corruption of Croatia and organised crime 12.02.2009 Mr Konstantin KOSACHEV, Chairman of the Foreign Public Hearing on: EU-Russia Policy Committee, Russian State Duma; relations Mr Fyodor LUKYANOV, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Russia in Global Affairs, Moscow; Mr Arkady MOSHES, Programme Director - Russia in the Regional and Global Context research programme, Finnish Institute of International Affairs; Mr Anders ASLUND, Senior Fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC; Mr Andrew WILSON and Mr Nicu POPESCU, Senior Policy Fellows of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Brussels 17.02.2009 Mr Amine GEMAYEL, President of the Republic of The situation in Lebanon before the Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 June elections
CM 785088EN.doc 80/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting Visiting Speakers Topic date 24.02.2009 Mr Carl BILDT, Foreign Minister of Sweden Prepration of the Swedish Presidency Mr Jan KOHOUT, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office of the 23-24 February Council 17.03.2009 Mr Jan KOHOUT, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office of the 16-17 March Council 31.03.2009 Mr Olli REHN, Commissioner for Enlargement Western Balkans Dr Katia BUFFETRILLE, ethnologist and tibetologist, Public Hearing on Tibet: an update l'Ecole pratique des hautes études (EPHE), University of on the current situation after the Paris breakdown of negotiations with Mr Kelsang GYALTSEN, Envoy of H.H. the Dalai Lama China and senior member of the Tibetan delegation Dr Michael C. VAN WALT VAN PRAAG, Executive President of Kreddha, the International Peace Council for States, Peoples and Minorities and legal advisor to the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama 15.04.2009 Mr Cristian DIACONESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs Exchange of views on the recent of the Republic of Romania events in Moldova after the elections 21.04.2009 Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Commissioner for Mid-term review of the financial External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy instruments for external actions and the ENP progress reports (ENP Action Plans) 22.04.2009 Mrs Eugenia CHISTRUGA, Head of the Mission of the On the current political situation in Republic of Moldova to the Council of Europe, the Republic of Moldova following Mr Dorin CHIRTOACA, opposition leader in the the parliamentary elections of 5 Republic of Moldova April 2009
28.04.2009 Mr Jan KOHOUT, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Results of the GAERC meeting of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office of the 27-28 April Council 06.05.2009 Mr Grigore PETRENCO (Party of Communists of the On the current political situation in Republic of Moldova) the Republic of Moldova following Mr Mihai GHIMPU (Liberal Party) the parliamentary elections of 5 Mr Iurie LEANCĂ (Liberal-Democrat Party) April 2009 Mr Veaceslav UNITILĂ (Our Moldova Alliance)
08.07.2009 Mr Mohsen MAKHMALBAF, supporter of the Iranian On the post-election crisis in Iran reformist Opposition
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Official Documents
CM 785088EN.doc 83/113 PE 423.951v02 AFET - 6th legislature (2004-2009) LIST OF ADOPTED REPORTS
Adopted Adoption N Doss. Procedure Title Rule Group Rapporteur in AFET Resp. A6-No P6_TA plenary 2004 Emilio Menéndez del 1 24354 2004/2195(INI) EU-India relations 114.3, 90 PSE Valle 05/10/2004 RO A6-0024/2004 P6_TA(2004)0044 28/10/2004 Arms exports (5th annual 2 22934 2004/2103(INI) report) 45 Verts/ALE Raül Romeva i Rueda 12/10/2004 JJF A6-0022/2004 P6_TA(2004)0058 17/11/2004 European Agency for 3 22146 2004/0133(CNS) Reconstruction 51 ALDE Anders Samuelsen 26/10/2004 RO A6-0031/2004 P6_TA(2004)0056 17/11/2004 Instrument of financial 4 22589 2004/0145(CNS) support (Cyprus) 51 PSE Mechtild Rothe 26/10/2004 MR A6-0032/2004 P6_TA(2004)0057 17/11/2004 Democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms in 5 21174 2004/0807(CNS) third countries 51 PPE-DE Edward McMillan-Scott 23/11/2004 AS A6-0041/2004 P6_TA(2005)0106 16/12/2004 Turkey's progress towards 6 23948 2004/2182(INI) accession 45 PPE-DE Camiel Eurlings 30/11/2004 JJG A6-0063/2004 P6_TA(2005)0096 15/12/2004 Bulgaria's progress towards 7 23949 2004/2183(INI) accession 45 PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 30/11/2004 JJG A6-0065/2004 P6_TA(2004)0110 16/12/2004 Romania's progress 8 23950 2004/2184(INI) towards accession 45 PSE Pierre Moscovici 30/11/2004 JJG A6-0061/2004 P6_TA(2004)0111 16/12/2004 2005 Cooperation Agreement with the Principality of 9 22615 2004/0136(AVC) Andorra 75, 83.7 PPE-DE Gerardo Galeote 25/01/2005 JJF A6-0014/2005 P6_TA(2005)0028 22/05/2005 10 23686 2004/2172(INI) CFSP 2003 112.1 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 16/03/2005 JJF A6-0062/2005 P6_TA(2005)0132 14/04/2005 11 23668 2004/2167(INI) European Security Strategy 45 PSE Helmut Kuhne 16/03/2005 JJF A6-0072/2005 P6_TA(2005)0133 14/04/2005 Romania's application for 12 26382 2005/0902(AVC) membership of the EU 75, 82.6 PSE Pierre Moscovici 30/03/2005 JJG A6-0083/2005 P6_TA(2005)0120 13/04/2005 Romania's application to become a member of the 13 26434 2004/2028(INI) European Union 45 PSE Pierre Moscovici 30/03/2005 JJG A6-0077/2005 P6_TA(2005)0119 13/04/2005 Bulgaria's application for 14 26381 2005/0901(AVC) membership of the EU 75, 82.6 PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 30/03/2005 JJG A6-0082/2005 P6_TA(2005)0118 13/04/2005 Bulgaria's application to become a member of the 15 26435 2004/2029(INI) Union 45 PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 30/03/2005 JJG A6-0078/2005 P6_TA(2005)0117 13/04/2005
CM 785088EN.doc 84/113 PE 423.951v02 Annual report on human rights in the world in 2004 16 23594 2004/2151(INI) and the EU's policy 45 PPE-DE Simon Coveney 30/03/2005 MR A6-0086/2005 P6_TA(2005)0150 28/04/2005
17 23675 2004/2171(INI) Security Research 45 PPE-DE Adam Klich 20/04/2005 JJF A6-0103/2005 P6_TA(2005)0259 23/06/2006
18 23671 2004/2170(INI) EU-Russia relations 45 ALDE Cecilia Malmström 26/04/2005 DS/EV A6-0135/2005 P6_TA(2005)0207 26/05/2005 EU/Iraq - A framework for 19 23669 2004/2168(INI) engagement 45 PPE-DE Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos 15/06/2005 AS A6-0198/2005 P6_TA(2005)0288 06/07/2005 Emilio Menéndez del 20 23670 2004/2169(INI) EU-India relations 45 PSE Valle 13/07/2005 RO A6-0256/2005 P6_TA(2005)0364 29/09/2005 The Barcelona Process 21 27522 2005/2058(INI) revisited 45 ALDE Anneli Jäätteenmäki 26/09/2005 AS A6-0280/2005 P6_TA(2005)0412 27/10/2005 Arms exports (sixth annual 22 25991 2005/2013(INI) report) 45 Verts/ALE Raül Romeva i Rueda 04/10/2005 JJF A6-0292/2005 P6_TA(2005)0436 17/11/2005 Weapons of mass 23 27801 2005/2139(INI) destruction 45 UEN Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis 04/10/2005 JJF A6-0297/2005 P6_TA(2005)0439 17/11/2005 The Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU 24 27521 2005/2057(INI) agreements 45 GUE/NGL Vittorio Agnoletto 23/11/2005 HHR A6-0004/2006 P6_TA(2006)0056 14/02/2006 State of preparedness for 25 31578 2005/2204(INI) EU membership of Bulgaria 45 PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 23/11/2005 EN A6-0342/2005 P6_TA(2005)0530 15/12/2005 Romania's readiness for accession to the European 26 31579 2005/2205(INI) Union 45 PSE Pierre Moscovici 23/11/2005 JJG A6-0344/2005 P6_TA(2005)0531 15/12/2005 European Neighbourhood 27 23666 2004/2166(INI) Policy 45 PPE-DE Charles Tannock 29/11/2005 DS/EN A6-0399/2005 P6_TA(2006)0028 19/01/2006
28 29015 2005/2134(INI) CFSP 2004 112.1 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 29/11/2005 JJF A6-0389/2005 P6_TA(2006)0037 02/02/2006 Extension of TAIEX to 29 29781 2005/0133(CNS) ENPI-eligible countries 51 ALDE Cecilia Malmström 29/11/2005 EN A6-0388/2005 P6_TA(2005)0493 13/12/2005
2006 2005 enlargement strategy 30 31580 2005/2206(INI) paper 45 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 26/01/2006 SG A6-0025/2006 P6_TA(2006)0096 16/03/2006 A stronger partnership between the EU and Latin José Ignacio Salafranca 31 32401 2005/2241(INI) America 45 PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 22/02/2006 JFF A6-0047/2006 P6_TA(2006)0155 27/04/2006 Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the EU's policy on the 32 31475 2005/2203(INI) matter 45 PSE Richard Howitt 20/04/2005 MR A6-0158/2006 P6_TA(2006)0220 18/05/2006 Instrument for Pre- 33 24187 2004/0222(CNS) Accession Assistance (IPA) 51 ALDE István Szent-Iványi 25/04/2006 JJG/SG A6-0155/2006 P6_TA(2006)0308 06/07/2006 European Neighbourhood 34 24199 2004/0219(COD) and Partnership Instrument 51 PPE-DE Konrad Szymański 25/04/2006 EN A6-0164/2006 P6_TA(2006)0306 06/07/2006
CM 785088EN.doc 85/113 PE 423.951v02 35 24193 2004/0223(COD) Instrument for stability 51, 35 Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 25/04/2006 SG A6-0157/2006 P6_TA(2006)0307 06/07/2006 EU-USA Transatlantic 36 27520 2005/2056(INI) Partnership Agreement 45 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 25/04/2006 JFF A6-0173/2006 P6_TA(2006)0238 01/06/2006 Stabilisation and Association Agreement 37 35122 2006/0044(AVC) with Albania 75, 83.7 PSE Toomas Hendrik Ilves 12/07/2006 EV A6-0246/2006 P6_TA(2006)0339 06/09/2006
38 30176 2005/2161(INI) EU-China relations 45 IND/DEM Bastiaan Belder 12/07/2006 RO A6-0257/2006 P6_TA(2006)0346 07/09/2006 Turkey's progress towards 39 37036 2006/2118(INI) accession 45 PPE-DE Camiel Eurlings 04/09/2006 KA A6-0269/2006 P6_TA(2006)0381 27/09/2006 European Agency for 40 35796 2006/0057(CNS) Reconstruction 51 ALDE Jelko Kacin 12/09/2006 SG A6-0285/2006 P6_TA(2006)0413 12/10/2006 The implementation of the European Security Strategy 41 33917 2006/2033(INI) in the context of the ESDP 45 PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 05/10/2006 SEDE/LB A6-0366/2006 P6_TA(2006)0495 16/11/2006 EU-Syria Euro- Mediterranean Association 42 38255 2006(2150(INI) Agreement 83.5, 45 PSE Véronique De Keyser 05/10/2006 AS A6-0334/2006 P6_TA(2006)0459 26/10/2006 A Baltic Sea Strategy for 43 38395 2006/2171(INI) the Northern Dimension 45 PPE-DE Alexander Stubb 10/10/2006 EV A6-0367/2006 P6_TA(2005)0494 16/11/2006 Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human Verts/PPE- Hélène Flautre / Edward 44 38460 2006/0116(COD) rights worldwide 51 DE McMillan-Scott 10/10/2006 DROI/HHR A6-0376/2006 P6_TA(2006)0548 12/12/2006 Enlargement Strategy and the Main Challenges 2006- 45 41843 2006/2252(INI) 2007 45 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 23/11/2006 SG A6-0436/2006 P6_TA(2006)0568 13/12/2006 46 34035 2006/2114(INI) Accession of Bulgaria 45 PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 23/11/2006 KA A6-0420/2006 P6_TA(2005)0511 30/11/2006
47 34577 2006/2115(INI) Accession of Romania 45 PSE Pierre Moscovici 23/11/2006 KA A6-0421/2006 P6_TA(2005)0512 30/11/2006 7th and 8th annual reports 48 34915 2006/2068(INI) on arms exports 45 Verts/ALE Raül Romeva i Rueda 23/11/2006 SEDE/GB A6-0439/2006 P6_TA(2006)0008 18/01/2007 External dimension of the fight against international Luis Yañez-Barnuevo 49 33916 2006/2032(INI) terrorism 45 PSE García 23/11/2006 JFF A6-0441/2006 P6_TA(2006)0050 15/02/2007
2007
50 43616 2006/2290(INI) Bosnia-Herzegovina 114.3, 90 PPE-DE Doris Pack 30/01/2007 SG A6-0030/2007 P6_TA(2006)0077 15/03/2007 Negotiation of an EU- Andean Community 114.3, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo 51 40355 2006/2221(INI) Association Agreement 83.5 PSE García 25/01/2007 JFF A6-0025/2007 P6_TA(2006)0080 15/03/2007 Negotiation of an EU- Central America 114.3, 52 40358 2006/2222(INI) Association Agreement 83.5 GUE/NGL Willy Meyer Pleite 25/01/2007 JFF A6-0026/2007 P6_TA(2007)0079 15/03/2007
CM 785088EN.doc 86/113 PE 423.951v02 The future of Kosovo and 53 42354 2006/2267(INI) the role of the EU 45 Verts/ALE Joost Lagendijk 12/03/2007 SG A6-0067/2007 P6_TA(2007)0097 29/03/2007 Kashmir: present situation Baroness Nicholson of 54 32402 2005/2242(INI) and future prospects 45 ALDE Winterbourne 21/03/2007 RO A6-0158/2007 P6_TA(2007)0214 24/05/2007
55 23951 2006/2288(INI) Progress report on Croatia 45 PSE Hannes Swoboda 27/03/2007 SG A6-0092/2007 P6_TA(2007)0156 25/04/2007 Human rights in the world 2006 and the EU's policy 56 45355 2007/2020(INI) on the matter 45 PPE-DE Simon Coveney 27/03/2007 DROI/MR A6-0128/2007 P6_TA(2007)0165 26/04/2007
57 39959 2006/2217(INI) CFSP 2005 112.1 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 27/03/2007 JFF A6-0130/2007 P6_TA(2007)0205 23/05/2007 EU strategy for reform in 58 38399 2006/2172(INI) the Arab world 45 PSE Michel Rocard 27/03/2007 KA A6-0127/2007 P6_TA(2007)0179 10/05/2007 2006 Progress report on the Former Yugoslav 59 23952 2006/2289(INI) Republic of Macedonia 45 GUE/NGL Erik Meijer 05/06/2007 SG A6-0214/2007 P6_TA(2007)0352 12/07/2007 Negotiation mandate: enhanced EC-Ukraine 114.3, 60 44956 2007/2015(INI) agreement 83.5 UEN Michał Tomasz Kamiński 05/06/2007 EP A6-0217/2007 P6_TA(2007)0355 12/07/2007 Human Rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third Elena Valenciano 61 44519 2007/2001(INI) counties 45 PSE Martínez-Orozco 17/07/2007 DROI/SK A6-0302/2007 P6_TA(2007)0381 06/09/2007 Towards a common European foreign policy on 62 44515 2007/2000(INI) energy 45 PPE-DE Jacek Saryusz-Wolski 03/09/2007 EV A6-0312/2007 P6_TA(2007)0413 26/09/2007 Production of opium for medical purposes in 63 49985 2007/2125(INI) Afghanistan 114.3 ALDE Marco Cappato 12/09/2007 RO A6-0341/2007 P6_TA(2007)0485 25/10/2007
64 49987 2007/2126(INI) EU-Serbia relations 114.3, 90 ALDE Jelko Kacin 12/09/2007 SG A6-0325/2007 P6_TA(2007)0482 25/10/2007 Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Charles Tannock / 65 48835 2007/2088(INI) Policy 45 PPE-DE/PSE Raimon Obiols i Germà 22/10/2007 EM/EP A6-0414/2007 P6_TA(2007)0538 15/11/2007 EC-Montenegro Stabilisation and 66 50836 2007/0123(AVC) Association agreement 75, 83.7 PPE-DE Marcello Vernola 20/11/2007 SG A6-0498/2007 P6_TA(2007)0617 13/12/2007 An EU Strategy for Central 67 49705 2007/2102(INI) Asia 45 Verts/ALE Cem Özdemir 21/11/2007 RO/AW A6-0503/2007 P6_TA(2008)0059 20/02/2008 A more effective EU policy 68 48801 2007/2076(INI) for the South Caucasus 45 ALDE Lydie Polfer 18/12/2007 EV A6-0516/2007 P6_TA(2008)0016 17/01/2008 A Black Sea Regional Policy 69 49696 2007/2101(INI) Approach 45 PPE-DE Roberta Alma Anastase 18/12/2007 EV A6-0510/2007 P6_TA(2008)0017 17/01/2008
2008 70 53258 2007/2181(INI) The EU's role in Iraq 114.3 PSE Ana Maria Gomes 27/02/2008 KA A6-0052/2008 P6_TA(2008)0100 13/03/2008
CM 785088EN.doc 87/113 PE 423.951v02 Croatia: 2007 progress 71 56655 2007/2267(INI) report 45 PSE Hannes Swoboda 27/02/2008 SG A6-0048/2008 P6_TA(2008)0120 10/04/2008 2007 progress report on the former Yugoslav 72 56656 2007/2268(INI) Republic of Macedonia 45 GUE/NGL Erik Meijer 27/02/2008 EM A6-0059/2008 P6_TA(2008)0172 23/04/2008 EU Election Observation PPE-DE / José Ignacio Salafranca 73 54255 2007/2217(INI) Missions 45 PSE Sánchez-Neyra 02/04/2008 EM/PD A6-0138/2008 P6_TA(2008)0194 08/05/2008 Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy 74 57095 2007/2274(INI) on the matter 45, 112.2 ALDE Marco Cappato 02/04/2008 DROI/MR A6-0153/2008 P6_TA(2008)0193 08/05/2008 Turkey's 2007 progress 75 56657 2007/2269(INI) report 45 PPE-DE Ria Oomen-Ruijten 21/04/2008 EP A6-0168/2008 P6_TA(2008)0224 21/05/2008 2006 annual report on the 76 54376 2007/2219(INI) CFSP 112.1 PPE-DE Jacek Saryusz-Wolski 06/05/2008 JFF A6-0189/2008 P6_TA(2008)0254 05/06/2008 Implementation of the European Security Strategy 77 57996 2008/2003(INI) and ESDP 45 PSE Helmut Kuhne 06/05/2008 SEDE/LBT A6-0186/2008 P6_TA(2008)0255 05/06/2008 78 58716 2008/2030 (INI) Space and Security 45 PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 03/06/2008 SEDE/MM A6-0250/2008 P6_TA(2008)0365 10/07/2008 EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Alexander Graf 79 62515 2008/2111 (INI) Assembly 114.3, 90 ALDE Lambsdorff 24/06/2008 SG A6-0265/2008 P6_TA(2008)0339 09/07/2008 The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy 80 56995 2007/2271 (INI) paper 45 PPE-DE Elmar Brok 24/06/2008 SG A6-0266/2008 P6_TA(2008)0363 10/07/2008 Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the 81 53530 2007/2208(INI) international community 45 GUE/NGL André Brie 24/06/2008 EM A6-0269/2008 P6_TA(2008)0337 08/07/2008 The evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in 82 59415 2008/2031 (INI) the area of human rights 45 Verts/ALE Hélène Flautre 07/07/2008 DROI/MN A6-0309/2008 P6_TA(2008)0405 04/09/2008 Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Bosnia 83 61780 2008/0073(AVC) and Herzegovina 75, 83.7 PPE-DE Doris Pack 07/10/2008 SG A6-0378/2008 P6_TA(2008)0518 23/10/2008 Israel's participation in 84 56315 2007/0241(AVC) Community programmes 75, 83.7 PSE Véronique De Keyser 06/11/2008 LEB A6-0436/2008 pending 11/11/2008 Development of the UN Human Rights Council, P6_TA- 85 66875 2008/2201(INI) including the role of the EU 45 PPE-DE Laima Liucija Andrikienė 02/11/2008 DROI/MN A6-0498/2008 PROV(2009)0021 14/01/2009 The Barcelona Process: Union for the P6_TA- 86 66775 2008/2231 (INI) Mediterranean 45 PSE Pasqualina Napoletano 02/12/2008 EM A6-0502/2008 PROV(2009)0077 19/02/2009
CM 785088EN.doc 88/113 PE 423.951v02 2009 Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic P6_TA- 87 66811 2008/2241(INI) choices of the CFSP 112.1 PPE-DE Jacek Saryusz-Wolski 21/01/2009 SG A6-0019/2009 PROV(2009)0074 19/02/2009 Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy P6_TA- 88 66792 2008/2236(INI) Instrument 45 UEN Konrad Szymański 21/01/2009 EV A6-0037/2009 PROV(2009)0078 19/02/2009 European Security Strategy P6_TA- 89 66876 2008/2202(INI) and ESDP 45 PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 21/01/2009 SEDE/MM A6-0032/2009 PROV(2009)0075 19/02/2009 The role of NATO in the security architecture of the P6_TA- 90 66637 2008/2197(INI) EU 45 PPE-DE Ari Vatanen 21/01/2009 SEDE/LB A6-0033/2009 PROV(2009)0076 19/02/2009 EU-Mexico Strategic 114.3, José Ignacio Salafranca P6_TA- 91 68139 2008/2289(INI) Partnership 83.5 PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 21/01/2009 LEB A6-0028/2009 PROV(2009)0141 12/03/2009 EU-Brazil Strategic P6_TA- 92 68136 2008/2288 (INI) Partnership 114.3 PSE Maria Eleni Koppa 11/02/2009 PV A6-0062/2009 PROV(2009)0140 14/03/2009 The mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 114.3, Annemie Neyts- P6_TA- 93 68143 2008/2290 (INI) Yugoslavia 83.5 ALDE Uyttebroeck, 24/02/2009 RO A6-0112/2009 PROV(2009)0136 12/03/2009 The state of transatlantic relations in the aftermath Francisco José Millán P6_TA- 94 66639 2008/2199 (INI) of the US elections 45 PPE-DE Mon 24/02/2009 EP A6-0114/2009 PROV(2009)0193 26/03/2009 The EU priorities for the 64th Session of the UN Alexander Graf P6_TA- 95 71375 2009/2000 (INI) General Assembly 114.3, 90 ALDE Lambsdorff 09/03/2009 SG A6-0132/2009 PROV(2009)0150 24/03/2009 Recommendation to the Council on the new EU- 114.3, P6_TA- 96 61866 2008/2104 (INI) Russia agreement 83,5 ALDE Janusz Onyszkiewicz 09/03/2009 EV A6-0140/2009 PROV(2009)0215 02/04/2009 Consolidating stability and prosperity in the Western P6_TA- 97 66642 2008/2200 (INI) Balkans 45 PPE-DE Anna Ibrisagic 31/03/2009 SG A6-0212/2009 PROV(2009)0331 24/04/2009 Gender mainstreaming in P6_TA- 98 66638 2008/2198 (INI) EU external relations 45 PSE Libor Rouček 31/03/2009 EV A6-0225/2009 PROV(2009)0372 07/05/2009 Non-proliferation and the future of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of P6_TA- 99 70716 2008/2324 (INI) Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 114.3, 90 Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 31/03/2009 SEDE/GB A6-0234/2009 PROV(2009)0333 24/04/2009 Annual report on human P6_TA- 100 71257 2008/2336 (INI) rights 2008 45, 112.2 PSE Raimon Obiols i Germà 31/03/2009 DROI/MR A6-0264/2009 PROV(2009)0385 07/05/2009
CM 785088EN.doc 89/113 PE 423.951v02 AFET - 6th legislature (2004-2009) LIST OF ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS
Date of adoption in N˚ Title Rule Rapporteur B6-N° Adopted Resp. P6_TA plenary
2004 1 ALTHEA mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina 103.2 Jan Marinus Wiersma B6-0162/2004 12/10/2004 NG P6_TA(2004)0059 17/11/2004 2005 2 Human Rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005) 103.2 Hélène Flautre B6-0086/2005 19/01/2005 SEDE (MN) P6_TA(2005)0051 24/02/2005
3 Regional integration in the western Balkans 103.2 Anders Samuelsen B6-0094/2005 02/02/2005 RO P6_TA(2005)0131 14/04/2005
4 Reform of the UN 103.2 Armin Laschet B6-0328/2005 24/05/2005 AS P6_TA(2005)0237 09/06/2005
2006 5 Small arms 108.5 Raül Romeva i Rueda B6-0334/2006 25/04/2006 SEDE (LB) P6_TA(2006)0274 15/06/2006 6 EC-Albania agreement 103.2 Toomas Hendrik Ilves B6-0458/2006 12/07/2006 EV P6_TA(2006)0344 06/09/2006 2007 7 Turkey 103.2 Ria Oomen-Ruijten B6-0376/2007 03/10/2007 EP P6_TA(2007)0472 24/10/2007 8 Montenegro 103.2 Marcello Vernola B6-0494/2007 19/11/2007 SG P6_TA(2007)0624 13/12/2007 2008 9 EC-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement 103.2 Doris Pack B6-0541/2008 07/10/2008 SG P6_TA(2008)0522 23/10/2008 10 Israel's participation in Community programmes 103.2 Véronique De Keyser B6-0616/2008 06/11/2008 LEB pending pending 2009 11 Kosovo 103.2 Joost Lagendijk B6-0063/2009 21/01/2009 SG P6_TA-PROV(2009)0052 05/02/2009
12 Croatia: progress report 2008 103.2 Hannes Swoboda B6-0104/2009 21/01/2009 SG P6_TA-PROV(2009)0133 12/03/2009 13 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: progress report 2008 103.2 Erik Meijer B6-0106/2009 21/01/2009 RO P6_TA-PROV(2009)0135 12/03/2009 14 Turkey: progress report 2008 103.2 Ria Oomen-Ruijten B6-0105/2009 11/02/2009 EP P6_TA-PROV(2009)0134 12/03/2009 15 Sri Lanka 91, 90.4 AFET B6-0140/2009 09/03/2009 RO P6_TA-PROV(2009)0129 12/03/2009 16 Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina 103.2 Doris Pack B6-0183/2009 31/03/2009 SG P6_TA-PROV(2009)0332 24/04/2009
CM 785088EN.doc 90/113 PE 423.951v02 AFET - 6th legislature (2004-2009) LIST OF ADOPTED OPINIONS
Adopted N˚ Doss. Procedure Title Group Draftsman in AFET Resp.
2004 José Ignacio Salafranca 1 21074 2004/2001 (BUD) Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005 PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 05/10/2004 RO
2 23448 2004/2121 (INI) Asylum procedure and protection in regions of origin PPE-DE Ioannis Kasoulides 22/11/2004 MM
3 23511 2004/2129 (INI) The draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe PPE-DE Elmar Brok 23/11/2004 JJF Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 4 22467 2003/0043 (CNS) Lanka on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation PPE-DE Geoffrey Van Orden 23/11/2004 RO Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq José Ignacio Salafranca 5 22439 2004/2087 (ACI) according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of the 6 May 1999 PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 30/11/2004 AS Granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans 6 22100 2004/0121 (CNS) for certain types of projects in Russia and the Western New Independent States (WNIS) PSE Dariusz Rosati 30/11/2004 DS
7 22237 2004/2040 (DEC) Discharge for implementing the European Union general budget for the financial year 2003 PPE-DE Armin Laschet 21/02/2004 DS
2005
8 22386 2004/2051 (DEC) Discharge to the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2003 ALDE Anders Samuelsen 21/02/2005 RO 9 22507 2004/0141 (CNS) Reciprocity mechanism ALDE Marielle De Sarnez 15/03/2005 MM
10 24638 2004/0220 (COD) Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation NI Irena Belohorská 15/03/2005 RO
11 24475 2004/2209 (INI) Policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 PSE Véronique De Keyser 16/03/2005 AS
12 22008 2004/0069 (CNS) Exchange of information and cooperation concerning terrorist offences ALDE István Szent-Iványi 30/03/2005 JJF
13 26128 2004/2214 (INI) EU anti-terrorism action plan PPE-DE Jaime Mayor Oreja 20/04/2005 JFF Promotion and protection of fundamental rights: the role of national and European institutions, Baroness Nicholson of 14 26092 2005/2007 (INI) including the Fundamental Rights Agency ALDE Winterbourne 26/04/2005 DROI (MR)
15 24738 2004/2207 (INI) Institutional aspects of the creation of a European External Action Service PPE-DE Gerardo Galeote 26/04/2005 JJF
16 22086 2004/0099 (COD) Access to Community External Assistance PSE Monika Beňová 24/05/2005 EV
17 26561 2005/2015 (INI) Prospects for trade relations between the EU and China IND/DEM Bastiaan Belder 13/07/2005 RO
18 22805 2004/0151 (COD) Implementation of a programme of support for the European audiovisual sector (MEDIA 2007) PPE-DE Alojz Peterle 13/07/2005 EV
19 22825 2004/0153 (COD) Establishing an integrated action programme in the field of lifelong learning PSE Proinsias De Rossa 13/07/2005 EV
CM 785088EN.doc 91/113 PE 423.951v02 20 22818 2004/0152 (COD) Creating the "Youth in action" programme for the period 2007-2013 GUE/NGL Miguel Portas 30/08/2005 EV
21 22813 2004/0150 (COD) Establishing the Culture 2007 programme (2007-2013) PSE Alexandra Dobolyi 30/08/2005 EV
22 26520 2005/2030 (INI) Green paper on Defence Procurement Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 30/08/2005 JJF
23 26151 2005/0003 (CNS) The fight against organised crime UEN Anna Elzbieta Fotyga 30/08/2005 JJG Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006, Section III - 24 26980 2005/2001 (BUD) Commission PSE Véronique De Keyser 13/09/2005 SG
25 27605 2005/2061 (INI) The social dimension of globalisation PSE Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 04/10/2005 EV
26 30042 2005/2142 (INI) A development strategy for Africa GUE/NGL Tobias Pflüger 24/10/2005 EN The period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on 27 29619 2005/2146 (INI) the European Union PPE-DE Elmar Brok 23/11/2005 JJF Laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and 28 26859 2005/0006 (COD) amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 23/11/2005 EV
2006 Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the 29 27983 2005/0071 (AVC) other part ALDE Johan Van Hecke 26/01/2006 EN Discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, 30 28766 2005/2090 (DEC) Section III - Commission ALDE Johan Van Hecke 22/02/2006 RO Renewal of the interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the 31 22771 2004/2099 (ACI) budgetary procedure PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 21/03/2006 SG Interim agreement on trade and trade related matters between the European Community and 32 21019 1998/0304 (CNS) the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan of the other part PSE Panagiotis Beglitis 21/03/2006 RO
33 33930 2004/0220 (COD) Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation NI Irena Belohorská 21/03/2006 RO Establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the General 34 27940 2005/0046 (COD) programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows' Verts/ALE Tatjana Ždanoka 21/03/2006 EV Establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007-2013 as part of the General 35 27944 2005/0047 (COD) programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows' Verts/ALE Tatjana Ždanoka 21/03/2006 EV Establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the General 36 27953 2005/0049 (COD) programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows' Verts/ALE Tatjana Ždanoka 21/03/2006 EV
37 33295 2006/2020 (BUD) 2007 budget: the Commission's annual strategic priorities ALDE István Szent-Iványi 20/04/2006 SG
38 30938 2005/0203 (COD) European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) PPE-DE Patrick Gaubert 20/04/2006 KA The situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in reconstruction and the democratic 39 33095 2005/2215 (INI) process in countries after a conflict PPE-DE Jana Hybášková 20/04/2006 SEDE (MM) Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third- 40 30097 2005/0167 (COD) country nationals PSE Panagiotis Beglitis 25/04/2006 EN
41 32445 2005/2244 (INI) Development and migration PPE-DE Ioannis Kasoulides 03/05/2006 KA
CM 785088EN.doc 92/113 PE 423.951v02 42 29481 2005/0124 (CNS) Establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Verts/ALE Cem Özdemir 03/05/2006 DROI (MR)
43 36658 2006/0068 (CNS) Providing exceptional Community financial assistance to Kosovo Verts/ALE Joost Lagendijk 12/09/2006 SG Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, Section III - 44 33235 2006/2018 (BUD) Commission ALDE István Szent-Iványi 12/09/2006 SG 45 36815 2006/2078 (INI) Fighting trafficking in human beings - an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan PPE-DE Simon Coveny 03/10/2006 DROI (MR)
46 37675 2006/2113 (INI) A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy - Green Paper PPE-DE Josef Zieleniec 10/10/2006 EV
47 36737 2006/0802 (CNS) Establishing an Instrument for Nuclear Safety and Security Assistance Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 10/10/2006 SG
48 38401 2006/2173 (INI) Construction of the Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone PPE-DE Antonio Tajani 28/11/2006 AS
2007 Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Russian Federation on 49 36158 2006/0064 (CNS) readmission PSE Józef Pinior 30/01/2007 EV Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on 50 36155 2006/0062 (CNS) the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas PPE-DE Ari Vatanen 30/01/2007 EV
51 43636 2006/2291 (INI) The Horn of Africa: an EU regional political partnership for peace, security and development GUE/NGL Miguel Portas 27/02/2007 ES Discharge for implementation of te European Union general budget for the financial year 2005, José Ignacio Salafranca 52 39675 2006/2070 (DEC) Section III. - Commission PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 12/03/2007 ES
53 45156 2007/2017 (BUD) Commission's annual policy strategy for the 2008 budget procedure PPE-DE Michael Gahler 21/03/2007 ES
54 37595 2006/2128 (INI) MEDA and financial support to Palestine - evaluation, implementation and control PSE Véronique De Keyser 21/03/2007 KA
55 41698 2006/2250 (INI) Policy priorities in the field against illegal immigration of third-country nationals PPE-DE Ioannis Kasoulides 12/04/2007 EP Area of freedom, security and justice: strategy for the external dimension, Action Plan 56 36465 2006/2111 (INI) implementing the Hague Programme PSE Aloyzas Sakalas 12/04/2007 EV 57 40615 2006/2237 (INI) EU economic and trade relations with Russia PSE Jan Marinus Wiersma 21/04/2007 EV
58 45555 2007/2093 (INI) Towards an EU Strategy on the rights of the child NI Irena Belohorská 17/07/2007 DROI (EM) Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III - 59 45176 2007/2019 (BUD) Commission PPE-DE Michael Gahler 11/09/2007 EM 60 44522 2007/2002 (INI) On the state of play of EU-Africa Relations PSE Michel Rocard 12/09/2007 EM Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation 61 48796 2007/0069 (CNS) of issuance of short-stay visas ALDE István Szent-Iványi 12/09/2007 EP
62 48744 2007/0071 (CNS) Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on readmission UEN Inese Vaidere 12/09/2007 EP Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania on 63 52242 2007/0148 (CNS) the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas PSE Libor Rouček 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of 64 52246 2007/0149 (CNS) Montenegro on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas PPE-DE Marcello Vernola 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of 65 52238 2007/0146 (CNS) Montenegro on readmission PPE-DE Marcello Vernola 03/10/2007 SG
CM 785088EN.doc 93/113 PE 423.951v02 Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 52248 2007/0140 (CNS) on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas PPE-DE Doris Pack 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina 67 52252 2007/0142 (CNS) on readmission PPE-DE Doris Pack 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav 68 52250 2007/0159 (CNS) Republic of Macedonia on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas GUE/NGL Erik Meijer 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav 69 52254 2007/0147 (CNS) Republic of Macedonia on readmission GUE/NGL Erik Meijer 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on 70 52244 2007/0144 (CNS) the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas ALDE Jelko Kacin 03/10/2007 SG Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on 71 52240 2007/0153 (CNS) readmission ALDE Jelko Kacin 03/10/2007 SG
72 50533 2007/2139 (INI) European Union and humanitarian aid GUE/NGL Vittorio Agnoletto 02/10/2007 EM Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova 73 52742 2007/0175 (CNS) on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas PSE Jan Marinus Wiersma 09/10/2007 EV Conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova 74 52896 2007/0182 (CNS) on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation PSE Jan Marinus Wiersma 09/10/2007 EV José Ignacio Salafranca 75 52498 2007/0172 (CNS) Community macro-financial assistance to Lebanon PPE-DE Sánchez-Neyra 19/11/2007 KA 76 50531 2007/2138 (INI) Programming Implementation of the 10th European Development Fund Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 27/11/2007 EM 77 53815 2007/0189 (CNS) Multiannual framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2007-2012 PSE Libor Rouček 27/11/2007 DROI (MN)
2008 The Treaty amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European 78 56999 2007/2286 (INI) Community ALDE Andrew Duff 22/01/2008 JFF
79 56505 2007/2255 (INI) Chinese Policy and its effects on Africa IND/DEM Bastiaan Belder 25/02/2008 AW Francisco José Millán 80 56540 2007/2265 (INI) Trade and Economic Relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) PPE-DE Mon 27/02/2008 AW 81 50578 2007/0112 (CNS) Amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection PPE-DE Nickolay Mladenov 27/02/2008 DROI (MN) Discharge for implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the 82 53860 2007/2048 (DEC) financial year 2006 ALDE Jelko Kacin 25/02/2008 EM Discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the 83 53891 2007/2037 (DEC) financial year 2006, Section III - Commission PSE Véronique De Keyser 27/02/2008 EP Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and 84 52601 2007/2118 (INI) Germany PPE-DE Christopher Beazley 06/05/2008 EV
85 61164 2008/2025 (BUD) 2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation PSE Véronique De Keyser 03/06/2008 EP
86 60384 2008/2063 (INI) Parliament's new role and responsibilities implementing the Treaty of Lisbon PPE-DE Jacek Saryusz-Wolski 03/06/2008 JFF Establishing an action programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries (Erasmus 87 51656 2007/0145 (COD) Mundus) (2009-2013) ALDE Samuli Pohjamo 03/06/2008 EV Building a Global Climate Change Alliance between the European Union and poor developing 88 62882 2008/2131 (INI) countries most vulnerable to climate change UEN Ryszard Czarnecki 10/0902008 EV
CM 785088EN.doc 94/113 PE 423.951v02 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III - 89 58986 2008/2026 (BUD) Commission PSE Véronique De Keyser 10/09/2008 EP Coordination of procedures for the award of certain public works contracts, public supply 90 57416 2007/0280 (COD) contracts and public service contracts in the fields of defence and security PPE-DE Karl von Wogau 10/09/2008 SEDE (LB )
91 57419 2007/0279 (COD) Simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 10/09/2008 SEDE (MM)
92 61819 2008/2097 (INI) Development perspectives on peace-building and nation building in post-conflict situations GUE/NGL Willy Meyer Pleite 07/10/2008 AW Evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX Agency and the European border control rejected 93 64159 2008/2157 (INI) system Eurosur NI Philip Claeys 06/11/2008 SEDE (MM)
94 64117 2008/2149 (INI) Trade and economic relations with the Western Balkans PSE Kristian Vigenin 06/11/2008 EM
95 64125 2008/2152 (INI) The budgetary control of EU funds in Afghanistan PPE-DE Nickolay Mladenov 06/11/2008 EM
96 65381 2008/2171 (INI) Trade and economic relations with China PSE Vural Öger 01/12/2008 AW
97 64243 2008/2153 (INI) The common agricultural policy and global food security IND/DEM Bastiaan Belder 01/12/2008 AW
98 62895 2008/2135 (INI) An EU-India Free Trade Agreement PPE-DE Charles Tannock 02/12/2008 AW
2009 Financing of actions other than Official Development Assistance in countries falling under 99 62856 2008/2117 (INI) regulation (EC) 1905/2006 Verts/ALE Angelika Beer 20/01/2009 AW Democratic scrutiny of Regulation (EC) 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for 100 62876 2008/2127 (INI) development cooperation: lessons learned and recommendations for its review PPE-DE Michael Gahler 20/01/2009 AW
101 66689 2008/2212 (INI) Facing oil challenges PSE Justas Vincas Paleckis 20/01/2009 EV
102 66806 2008/2239 (INI) Second Strategic Energy Review PPE-DE Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos 20/01/2009 EV
103 66652 2008/2203 (INI) A Special Place for Children in EU external action Verts/ALE Milan Horáček 20/01/2009 DROI (ZK) Problem of profiling, notably on the basis of ethnicity and race, in counter-terrorism, law 104 58596 2008/2020 (INI) enforcement, immigration, customs and border control PSE Jan Marinus Wiersma 20/01/2009 EP
105 66686 2008/2206 (INI) Control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) in 2007 ALDE István Szent-Iványi 11/02/2009 SG Discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2007, 106 65823 2008/2186 (DEC) Section III - Commission ALDE István Szent-Iványi 11/02/2009 SG
107 66759 2008/2224 (INI) Active dialogue with citizens on Europe PSE Maria Badia i Cutchet 11/02/2009 RO
108 60364 2008/2055 (INI) Mid-term review of the 2007-2013 Financial Framework PPE-DE Michael Gahler 24/02/2009 EP Development of the relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments under 109 62861 2008/2120 (INI) the Treaty of Lisbon ALDE Andrew Duff 24/02/2009 EP
110 60354 2008/2054 (INI) The financial aspects of the Reform Treaty ALDE István Szent-Iványi 24/02/2009 SG
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Meetings
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Extraordinary AFET meetings (in addition to 74 regular Committee meetings)
6th legislature (2004-2009)
2004 13.09.2004 (Str) Adoption of budget opinion 2005 - Section III - Commission Extraordinary meeting 14.09.2004 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister and acting President-in-Office of Council on the results of the General Extraordinary meeting Affairs and External Relations Council of 13-14 September 2004 13.10.2004 (Brx) Exchange of views with Ms Leyla Zana, Sakharov Prize laureate 1995 Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET, DROI and the Delegation to the EU-Turkey JPC 26.10.2004 (Str) Adoption of reports: Economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community, European Agency for Reconstruction, Exv on Extraordinary meeting Turkey's progress report 15.11.2004 (Str) Adoption of Turkey's progress report Extraordinary meeting 01.12.2004 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Nabil Shaath, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council 13.12.2004 (Str) Exchange of views with Ms Zhanna Litvina, President of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Sakharov Prize laureate 2004 Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DROI 7 meetings 2005 05.01.2005 (Brx) Tsunami flood disaster in Asia - exchange of views with: Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET, DEVE, Mrs Esthyprobo Fantadari, Deputy Head of Mission, Indonesia BUDG, the Delegation for Relations with Asean Ambassador Rdzam Bin Abdullah, Malaysia and the Delegation for relations with South Asia Ambassador Don Pramudwinai, Thailand Mrs Perera, Deputy Head of Mission, Sri Lanka Ambassador Abyankar, India 21.02.2005 (Str) Adoption of opinions: discharge 2003: European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), General Budget, Section III -Commission, Extraordinary meeting 23.02.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Ms Louise Frechette, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Extraordinary meeting 09.03.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Ms Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Extraordinary meeting 05.04.2005 (Brx) Exchange of views with Ms Robert B. Zoellick, US Deputy Secretary of State on Transatlantic Relations Extraordinary meeting 27.04.2005 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Nicolas Schmit, Minister Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg, on the results Extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 25-26 April 2005
09.05.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Francesc Vendrell, EUSR for Afghanistan Extraordinary meeting 08.06.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Delegation to the EU-Moldova PCC
CM 785088EN.doc 98/113 PE 423.951v02 04.07.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement Extraordinary meeting 26.09.2005 (Str) Adoption of reports: Barcelona process, vote on the candidates of the Sakharov prize 2005 Extraordinary meeting 24.10.2005 (Str) Adoption of opinions: A development strategy for Africa, Conclusion of the agreement amending the partnership agreement Extraordinary meeting between the ACP countries and the EU and its Member States 14.11.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Extraordinary meeting Ms Monica Luisa Macovel, Minister of Justice of Romania Ms Anca Daniela Boagiu, Minister for European integration of Romania Adoption of reports: Comprehensive monitoring on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Bulgaria, Comprehensive monitoring on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Romania 12.12.2005 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and LIBE Sakharov Prize laureate 2005: Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET, DEVE - Ms Hauva Ibrahim (Nigeria) and DROI - Reporters without borders 13 meetings 2006 20.02.2206 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Manoochehr Mottaki, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Extraordinary meeting 03.04.2006 (Str) Adoption of the opinion on 2007 budget: annual strategic priorities Extraordinary meeting Exchange of views with Ms Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement, on the accession progress of Bulgaria and Romania 15.05.2006 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Evo Morales, President of the Republic of Bolivia Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean community 18.05.2006 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and Delegation to the EU-Russia PCC 31.05.2006 (Brx) Exchange of views with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet Extraordinary meeting 29.08.2006 (Brx) Exchange of views with: Extraordinary meeting Mr Teemu Tanner, Chairman of the Political and Security Committee of the Council Mr Marc Otte, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mr Christian Leffler, Director responsible for the Middle East and the South Mediterranean, DG RELEX, European Commission, on the crisis in the Middle East 04.09.2006 (Str) Adoption of Turkey's progress report towards accession Extraordinary meeting 25.09.2006 (Str) Vote on candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2006 Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DEVE 13.11.2006 (Str) Adoption of accession reports on Bulgaria and Romania and strategy paper on progress in the enlargement process Extraordinary meeting 14.11.2006 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Micheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia Extraordinary meeting 11.12.2006 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Alexander Milinkevich, Sakharov Prize laureate 2006 Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET, DEVE and DROI 12.12.2006 (Str) Exchange of views with a delegation from the National Assembly of Afghanistan headed by its President, H.E. Mr Mohammad Extraordinary meeting Yonus Qanoni 12 meetings
CM 785088EN.doc 99/113 PE 423.951v02 2007 13.02.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Günter Gloser, Minister of State for European Affairs, acting President-in-Office of Council, on the Extraordinary meeting results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 12-13 February 2007
12.03.2007 (Str) Adoption of opinions: 2008 budget: ASP; discharge 2005: Section III, adoption of report: The future of Kosovo and the role of the Extraordinary meeting EU 14.03.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DEVE 28.03.2007 (Brx) Exchange of views with a delegation from the National Assembly of Iraq, headed by Mr Hamid M. Mousa, Secretary General of Extraordinary meeting the Central Committee of the Communist Party and member of the Constitutional Review Committee 15.05.2007 (Brx) Exchange of views with Dr Ziad Abu Amr, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Delegation for Relations with the Legislative Council of Palestine
22.05.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Günter Gloser, Minister of State for European Affairs, acting President-in-Office, Extraordinary meeting on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 14-15 May 2008
24.05.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Gary Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front, Russian Federation Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Delegation to the EU-Russia PCC
19.06.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Günter Gloser, Minister of State for European Affairs, acting President-in-Office of Council, on the Extraordinary meeting results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 18-19 June 2008
03.09.2007 (Str) Adoption of report: towards a common European foreign policy on energy Extraordinary meeting 24.09.2007 (Str) Vote on candidates: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2007 Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DEVE 02.10.2007 (Brx) Exchange of views with a delegation of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, lead by Mr Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Speaker Extraordinary meeting 22.10.2007 (Str) Adoption of reports: Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy Extraordinary meeting 28.11.2007 (Brx) Exchange of views with a delegation from the House of Representatives (Wolesi Jirga) of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, Extraordinary meeting chaired by H.E. Mohammad Arif Noorzai, Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga 06.12.2007 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit, Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries 10.12.2007 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Salih Mahmoud Mohamed Osman, Sakharov Prize laureate 2007 Extraordinary joint meeting between DEVE, AFET and DROI 15 meetings 2008
19.02.2008 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Matjaž Šinkovec, acting President-in-Office of Council and State Secretary, on the results of the Extraordinary meeting General Affairs and External Relations Council of 18-19 February 2008 20.02.2008 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Extraordinary meeting Republic of Serbia on the consequences of Kosovo's declaration of independence.
CM 785088EN.doc 100/113 PE 423.951v02 05.03.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, on UN reform (System-Wide Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and Coherence) and Africa DEVE 11.03.2008 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Matjaž Šinkovec, acting President-in-Office of Council and State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Extraordinary meeting Minister, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 10-11 March 2008
16.04.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with H.E. Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the Permanent ad hoc delegation for relations with Iraq 21.04.2008 (Str) Adoption of Turkey's 2007 progress report, rapporteur Ms Oomen-Ruijten Extraordinary meeting
17.06.2008 (Str) Exchange of views with Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and acting President-in-Office Extraordinary meeting of Council, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of 16-17 June 2008 07.07.2008 (Str) Adoption of draft report on the evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights, Extraordinary meeting rapporteur Ms Flautre
20.08.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Ms Eka Tkeshelashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia on the situation in Georgia Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET, SEDE and the Delegation for South Caucasus Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, acting President-in-Office of Council and Secretary of State for European Affairs of the Republic of France on the results of the extraordinary GAERC meeting of 13 August and the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting of 19 August 16.09.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French Extraordinary meeting Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of 15-16 September 2008 22.09.2008 (Brx) Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2008: vote on candidates Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DEVE 14.10.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French Extraordinary meeting Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of 13-14 October 2008 11.11.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Ms Karen Koning AbuZayd, UN Under-Secretary General and Commissioner-General of UNRWA Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and DEVE 20.11.2008 (Str) Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French Extraordinary meeting Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of 10-11 November 2008
03.12.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with H.E. Mr Ahmed Aboul Gheit - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET and the delegation for relations with Mashreq countries
09.12.2008 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the French Extraordinary meeting Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council, on the results of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of 8-9 December 2008
16 meetings
CM 785088EN.doc 101/113 PE 423.951v02 2009 08.01.2009 (Brx) Exchange of views with: Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / EU- Mr Constantine Kosachev (Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Russian State Duma) Russia PCC / EU-Ukraine PCC Mr Yuri Lipatov (Chairman, Committee on Energy, Russian State Duma) Mr Alexey Miller (Chairman of the Board of Gazprom) 13.01.2009 (Str) Exchange of views with Ms Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / DEVE following the recent visit to the Middle East and the region by an EU delegation (4-6 January 2009) 13.01.2009 (Str) Exchange of views with: Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / EU- Mr Valeriy A. Yazev, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and President of the Russian Gas Society, Russia PCC/EU-Ukraine PCC: Mr Constantin Kosachev, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Mr Borys Tarasiuk, Chairman of the European Integration Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mr Yuriy Ivanovych Kostenko, Member of the Committee on Fuel and Energy, Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 27.01.2009 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jan Kohout, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Extraordinary meeting Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office of Council, on the results of GAERC meeting of 26-27 January 2009 09.03.2009 (Str) Adoption of: 64th UN GA report, Sri Lanka resolution, report on EU-Russia agreement Extraordinary meeting 17.03.2009 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jan Kohout, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office Extraordinary meeting of Council (Czech Presidency) 15.04.2009 (Brx) Report by Ms Marianne Mikko, chairperson of the Election Observation Delegation to Moldova (3-6 April 2009) Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / Exchange of views with Mr Cristian Diaconescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania on the recent events in Moledova after Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary the elections Cooperation Committee 21.04.2009 (Str) Exchange of views with Ms Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Extraordinary meeting (ENP), on the mid-term review of the financial instruments for external actions and on the ENP progress reports (ENP Action Plans) 28.04.2009 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Jan Kohout, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and acting President-in-Office Extraordinary meeting of Council (Czech Presidency) 04.05.2009 (Str) Report by Marianne Mikko, chairperson of the ad hoc delegation to Moldova (26-29 April 2009) Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee 06.05.2009 (Str) Exchange of views with Members of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova: Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / Mr Grigore PETRENCO (Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova), Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Mr Mihai GHIMPU (Liberal Party), Cooperation Committee Mr Iurie LEANCĂ (Liberal-Democrat Party), Mr Veaceslav UNITILĂ (Our Moldova Alliance) 08.07.2009 (Brx) Exchange of views with Mr Mohsen Makhmalbaf, supporter of the Iranian reformist Opposition Extraordinary joint meeting between AFET / Delegation for Relations with Iran 12 meetings
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Hearings and workshops (2004 - 2009)
Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic 2005 25 January 2005 Mr Misha GLENNY, journalist Public hearing on "Kosovo five Professor Jacques RUPNIK, Science PO-Paris, College of Europe - Bruges years on" Dr Nicholas WHYTE, International Crisis Group Mr Kim FREIDBERG, Special Advisor to Mr Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo and Head of UNMIK Dr Nebojsha COVIC, President of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohia, Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro Mr Skender HYSENI, Principal Political Advisor to President Ibrahim Rugova, of Kosovo 30 March 2005 Mr Antoine SFEIR, Chief Editor of Les Cahiers de l'Orient, Paris Public hearing on "EU-Syria Mr Faïçal KALTHOUM, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislation Committee, People's Euromed Association Assembly, Damascus Agreement" Mr Rudolph EL-KAREH, Sociologist and political scientist, University of Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle Mr Farid GHADRY, Reform Party of Syria, Washington D.C. 13 July 2005 Ms Muriel DUNBAR, European Training Foundation (ETF) Public hearing on "The Mr Borhene CHAKROUN, European Training Foundation (ETF) Barcelona Process" Ms Catherine de WENDEN (Centre for Research and International Studies, Paris (CERI) Ms Dorothée SCHMID (Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris (IFRI) 11 October 2005 Mr Branko DOKIC, Minister of Transport and Telecommunication of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Public hearing on "The Dayton Vice President of the Party of Democratic Prosperity – Republika Srpska Agreement - Ten years after" Ms Seada PALAVRIC, Vice President of the SDA party and Member of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CM 785088EN.doc 103/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic Mr Martin RAGUZ, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Sumantra BOSE, London School of Economics Mr Gerald KNAUS, President of the European Stability Initiative Mr Jakob A. FINCI, President of the Association Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 Mr Thomas MARKERT, Venice Commission of the Council of Europe Mr Edward LLEWELLYN, Head of the Political Department and Chief of Staff of High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU Special Representative 2006 22 February 2006 Mr Heikki TALVITIE, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Public hearing on "Achieving Dr Oksana ANTONENKO, Senior Fellow, IISS (The International Institute for Strategic and maintaining Stability in our Studies) Neighbourhood: what role for Mr Bernard FASSIER, Co-Chair of the Minsk Group, OSCE the EU in the South Caucasus Dr Irnerio SEMINATORE, IERI (European Institute for International Relations, Brussels) ?" Mr Adrian SEVERIN (Romania), Chairman of the Sub-Committee on External Relations, rapporteur on the Establishment of a Stability Pact on the Caucasian Region, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe Mr Eugeni KIRILOV (Bulgaria), co-rapporteur for Georgia, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe Mr Kurt JUUL, Head of Unit, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia, DG RELEX, European Commission Dr Sabine FREIZER, South Caucasus Project Director, ICG (International Crisis Group) Dr Bruno COPPIETERS, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Free University of Brussels 20 April 2006 Mr Florian KOHSTALL, chercheur au Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Economique, Public hearing on "EU-Arab Juridique et Sociale (CEDEJ), le Caire World relations" Dr Rachid EL HOUDAÏGUI, Professor, University of Tanger
CM 785088EN.doc 104/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic Ms Donatella DELLA RATTA, journalist specialized in Arab media and author of the book "Al Jazeera" Mr Ali BENOUARI, Centre d'étude et de recherche sur le monde arabe et méditerranéen (CERMAM), Genève Ms Wassyla TAMZALI, lawyer, former director for the UNESCO programme for promotion on the conditions of women in the Mediterranean countries, responsible 'actions of civil society and communication', Fondation Mediterraneo, Naples 14 September 2006 Prof. William C. POTTER, Director of the Centre for Non-Proliferation Studies and the Centre Joint public hearing with SEDE for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA on "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Dr Bruno TERTRAIS, Researcher, La Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris, France Treaty" Mr Jean-Claude BRUNET, Counsellor for the relations to third countries (replacing Mrs Annalisa GIANNELLA, Personal Representative of Mr Solana, High Representative for CFSP, for non-proliferation) Mr Lars-Erik LUNDIN, Head of Unit, Deputy Political Director, Security Policy, Relex, European Commission Dr Bernd KUBBIG, Researcher at Hessische Stiftung Friedens und Konfliktforschung, Frankfurt, Germany Dr Pierre GOLDSCHMIDT, Former Deputy Director General of the IAEA and Head of its Safeguards Department, Fellow at Pole Bernheim ULB and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Dr Stephen PULLINGER, Director of ISIS Europe, Brussels Mrs Janet BLOOMFIELD, Honorary Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK 2007 28 February 2007 Mr Eneko LANDABURU, Director General, DG RELEX, European Commission Public hearing on "Towards a Mr Noé van HULST, Director, International Energy Agency, Paris common European foreign Mr Jan Horst KEPPLER, Professor of Economics, University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris policy on energy?" Mr Vladimir MILOV, President, Institute of Energy Policy, Moscow
CM 785088EN.doc 105/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic Ms Zeyno BARAN, Director, Centre for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute, Washington Ms Helga SCHMID, Director, Policy Unit, Council of the European Union Ms Coby Van der LINDE, Director, Clingendael International Energy Programme, The Hague Ms Jennifer MORGAN, Director, Climate and Energy Security, E3G, Third Generation Environmentalism, Berlin 3 October 2007 Mr Alan DOSS, Special Representative of the Secretary General to the UN mission to Liberia Public hearing on"The UN and Mr Pieter CORNELIS FEITH, Deputy Director General in the General Secretariat of the the challenges ahead – what role Council of the Union responsible for European Security and Defence Policy for the EU?" Mr Karel KOVANDA, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG RELEX, in charge of CFSP, Multilateral relations Mr Gunter PLEUGER, Former Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations 2008 28 May 2008 Prof. Rodolphe EL-KAREH, Beirut Workshop on Lebanon Mr Hisham YOUSSEF, Chief of Staff of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Dr Ziyad BAROUD, UNDP National Consultant on Elections and Decentralization, lawyer Mr Richard CHAMBERS, Chief of Party for IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems) in Lebanon 28 May 2008 H.E. Yukio TAKASU, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission and Permanent Joint workshop with SEDE on Representative of Japan to the UN "The UN Peacebuilding Mr Dan SMITH, Secretary General of International Alert and member of the Advisory Group Commission - achievements and for the UN Peacebuilding Fund challenges ahead" Ms Karen FOGG, European Commission, Head of Unit for the UN , Directorate for Human Rights and Multilateral Relations, DG RELEX 24 June 2008 Dr Alex VINES, Director of Africa Programme, Chatham House (principal author of report Workshop on "African Peace "Options for the EU to support the African peace and security architecture") and Security Architecture" Professor Paul COLLIER, Oxford University and Université d'Auvergne General Pierre-Michel JOANA, Special Adviser to the High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana
CM 785088EN.doc 106/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic Ambassador Adebrhan GIORGIS, Senior Adviser - Africa Prog., International Crisis Group
8 September 2008 Professor Radha KUMAR, Director, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Workshop on "India's foreign New Delhi, India policy: its importance for the Professor Christian WAGNER, Head, Asia Research Division, Institute for International and EU" Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Germany 12 November 2008 Dr Burcu GULTEKIN-PUNSMANN, Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) Workshop on "ENPI Dr Jérôme BONIFACE, TEPSA Implementation" Ms Mara WESSELING, TEPSA Dr Matjaz NAHTIGAL, TEPSA Dr Michal KORAN, TEPSA Dr Vadim KONONENKO, TEPSA Dr Alena VIEIRA, TEPSA Dr Giselle BOSSE, TEPSA 2009 19 January 2009 Prof Alan RILEY, Professor of Law, City Law School, City Workshop on "Energy Security" University, London and Associate Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels Dr Andrew MONAGHAN, NATO Defence College, Rome 21 January 2009 Ms Giji GYA, Executive Director, ISIS Europe Workshop on "Gender Ms Emmanuelle GRANGE, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Administration Mainstreaming" Ms Katariina LEINONEN, Administrator, Office of Personal Representative of the High Representative for Human Rights, Council 9 February 2009 Ms Helga SCHMID, Director, Policy Unit, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Joint workshop with SEDE on Union "Cyber Security" Dr Paul CORNISH, Chatham House, UK
CM 785088EN.doc 107/113 PE 423.951v02 Meeting date Visiting Speakers Topic Mr Steven STURM, Director, Defence Policy and Capabilities Directorate, Defence Policy and Planning Division, NATO Mr Andrea SERVIDA, Commission DG INFSO 12 February 2009 Mr Konstantin KOSACHEV, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee, Russian State Duma Public hearing on"EU-Russia Mr Fyodor LUKYANOV, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Relation"s Russia in Global Affairs, Moscow Mr Arkady MOSHES, Programme Director - Russia in the Regional and Global Context research programme, Finnish Institute of International Affairs Mr Anders ASLUND, Senior Fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC Mr Andrew WILSON and Mr Nicu POPESCU, Senior Policy Fellows of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Brussels 31 March 2009 Dr Katia BUFFETRILLE, ethnologist and tibetologist, l'Ecole pratique des hautes études Public hearing on:Tibet- an (EPHE), University of Paris update on the current situation Mr Kelsang GYALTSEN, Envoy of H.H. the Dalai Lama and senior member of the Tibetan after the breakdown of delegation negotiations with China" Dr Michael C. van WALT van PRAAG, Executive President of Kreddha, the International Peace Council for States, Peoples and Minorities, Professor of International Law and Legal Advisor to the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration
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Delegations
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Reports on delegation visits presented in the Committee on Foreign Affairs 6th legislature 2004-2009 DATE SUBJECT 2004 23.11.2004 Report by Ms Doris Pack, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to Kosovo (21-24 October 2004) 2005 Report by Mr Edward McMillan-Scott, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to the West Bank and Gaza 18.01.2005 (7-10 January 2005) Report by Ms Doris Pack, Chairperson, on the ad hoc delegation visit to Vojvodina 01.02.2005 Report by Mr Janusz Onyszkiewicz, EP Vice-President, on his visit to Belarus 16.03.2005 Report by Ms Marianne Mikko, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to Moldova (4-7 March 2005) Report by Mr Karl von Wogau, Chairperson, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, on the ad hoc delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina to monitor the 20.04.2005 EU ALTHEA military mission Report by Ms Véronique De Keyser, rapporteur on EU-Syria agreement, on her visit to Syria and Lebanon 26.04.2005 Report by Mrs Beer, Chairperson, Iran delegation, on the visit of the Bureau of the delegation to Teheran 21.06.2005 Report by Mr Joost Lagendijk, Chairman, Turkey delegation, on the JPC meeting in Istanbul Report by Mr Jonathan Evans, Chairman, EP-US delegation, on the EP-US Congress meeting and meetings with the US Administration in Washington (23- 28 June 2005) Report by Mr Manuel António dos Santos, EP Vice-President and Chairperson - EP delegation to the XVII Interparliamentary Conference on "European 12.07.2005 Union - Latin America and the Caribbean" in Lima (14-17 June 2005) Reports by Mr Carlos Carnero González, Chairperson, Election Observation Delegation in Lebanon (29 May to 19 June 2005) and by Mr José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Chief Observer - EU Election Observation Mission Report by Mrs Béatrice Patrie, Chairperson, Mashreq delegation, on the visit to Syria (13 to 17 June 2005) Report by Mr Elmar Brok on the visit of the ad hoc delegation to Kabul (13-20 July 2005) Report by Mrs Emma Bonino, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission, on the preparations of the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan (18 30.08.2005 September 2005)
(outside of normal agenda items covering a region or a country)
CM 785088EN.doc 110/113 PE 423.951v02 DATE SUBJECT Report by Mrs Neena Gill, Chairperson, South Asia and the SAARC delegation, on the 12th EP-India IPM (4-6 July 2005) and on the EU-India Summit (7 September 2005) 13.09.2005 Report by Mrs Ana Maria Gomes, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission for the elections to the House of People's Representative and Regional Councils (15 May 2005) in Ethiopia Report by Mr Georg Jarzembowski, Chairperson, Japan delegation, on the visit to Japan (15-20 May 2005) 11.10.2005 Reporty by Ms Hélène Flautre, Chairperson, Subcomittee on Human Rights, on the delegation visit to Turkey 23.11.2005 Report by Mr Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of Mr Fernández Martín, Chairperson, EP ad hoc delegation visit to Bolivia (12-16 September 2005) 2006 Report by Mr Struan Stevenson, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation, in Kazakhstan (2-5 December 2005) Report by Mr Arūnas Degutis, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation, in Venezuela (2-6 December 2005) 24.01.2006 Report by Mr Philippe Morillon, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the outcome of the constitutional referendum of 18 December 2005 Report by Mr Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation in Bolivia (17-19 December 2005) Report by Ms Véronique De Keyser, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission in Lebanon 31.01.2006 Report by Mr Edward McMillan Scott, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation (24-26 January 2006) Report by Mr José Salafranca Sanchez-Neyra, Chairman, EP delegation for Election Observation in Peru 20.06.2006 (6-10 April and 1-5 June 2006) Report by Mr Fernando Fernández Martín, Chairman, EP Election Observation Delegation to Columbia 12.07.2006 (25-29 May 2006) Report by Mr Albert Jan Maat, Chairperson, EU-Central Asia delegation, on the IPM (19 to 22 June 2006) in Turkmenistan 13.09.2006 Report by Mr Philippe Morillon, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo and by Mr Jürgen Schröder, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation (30 July 2006) Report by Ms Neena Gill, Chairperson, ad hoc delegation to Nepal (15-20 July 2006) 14.09.2006 Report by Ms Monica Frassoni, Chief observer, EU Election Observation Mission to Bolivia 28.11.2006 Report by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff on the ad hoc delegation to the 61st United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9-10 November 2006) Report by Ms Monica Frassoni, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission to Venezuela 19.12.2006 Report by Mr Manuel Medina Ortega, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation (30 November - 4 December 2006)
CM 785088EN.doc 111/113 PE 423.951v02 DATE SUBJECT 2007 Report by Ms Béatrice Patrie, Chairperson, Mashrek delegation, on the visit to Egypt (19-25 November 2006) and the EP-Syria IPM in Strasbourg (13-14 December 2006) 23.01.2007 Report by Elmar Brok, Chairman, AFET committee and Mrs Véronique De Keyser, on the ad hoc delegation visit to Israel and Palestine (20-22 December 2006) 26.02.2007 Report by Ms Neena Gill, Chairperson, South Asia and the SAARC delegation, on the 6th IPM EP-National Assembly of Pakistan (15-23 December 2006) Report by Mr Margrietus van den Berg, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission to Nigeria 08.05.2007 (14-21 April 2007) and Mr Vittorio Agnoletto, Chairman, EP Election Observation Delegation Report by Mr Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Chairman, PLC delegation, on the visit to Palestine (29-30 May 2007) 04.06.2007 Report by Mr Adrian Severin, Chairperson, ad hoc delegation to Ukraine (29-30 May 2007) 05.06.2007 Report by Ms Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation for the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia (9-14 May 2007) Report by Mr Hubert Pirker, Chairman, Korean Peninsula delegation, on a Working Group visit to North Korea 17.07.2007 (23-27 June 2007) 11.09.2007 Report by Mr Karl Von Wogau, Chairperson, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, on his visit to Chad Report by Mr Adrian Severin, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to Ukraine 02.10.2007 (28 September - 1 October 2007) 09.10.2007 Report by Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne on her visit to Iraq and her meetings in the Iraqi Parliament (Foreign Affairs Committee) 20.11.2007 Report by Ms Doris Pack, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to Kosovo (16-18 November 2007) Report by Ms Jana Hybášková, Chairperson, Israel delegation, on the visit to Israel (29 October - 1 November 2007) 21.11.2007 Report by Ms Béatrice Patrie, Chairperson, Mashreq delegation, on the visit to Syria (9-15 September 2007) Report by Mr Jost Lagendijk, Chairperson, delegation to the EP-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee on the JPC meeting in Ankara (20-22 November 2007) Report by Ms Angelika Beer, Chairperson, Iran delegation, on the 2nd EP-Iran IPM in Teheran (8-9 December 2007) 17.12.2007 Report by Ms Véronique De Keyser on behalf of Mr Graf Lambsdorff, Chairman, Working Group on EU-UN, on the AFET delegation visit to the 62nd UN General Assembly (19-20 November 2007) Report by Ms Véronique De Keyser and Mr José Salafranca Sanchez-Neyra, Co-Chairs of the AFET delegation to Syria and Lebanon (30 November - 4 December 2007) Report by Mr Jonathan Evans, Chairperson, US delegation, on the EP delegation to the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting in Washington (8-9 18.12.2007 November 2007)
CM 785088EN.doc 112/113 PE 423.951v02 DATE SUBJECT 2008 Report by Mrs Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to Georgia (2-7 January 2008) 21.01.2008 Report by Mr Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission to Kenya (27 December 2007) and Mr Jan Mulder, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation 23.01.2008 Report by Mr José Salafranca Sanchez-Neyra, Co-President, EuroLat Parliamentary Assembly, on the 1st EuroLat-PA (18-20 December 2007) in Brussels Report by Ms Ana Maria Gomes and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, on a fact finding mission to Iraq 25.02.2008 Report by Ms Marie Anne Isler-Béguin, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation, to the presidential elections in Armenia (19 February 2008) Report by Mr Michael Gahler, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission and Mr Robert Evans, Chairman, EP Election Observation Delegation, on 26.02.2008 the parliamentary elections in Pakistan (14-21 February 2008) 01.04.2008 Report by Mr Georg Jarzembowski on parliamentary and presidential elections in Taiwan (February-March 2008) Report by Mrs Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Chairperson, delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee on the visit to Moscow (17-19 March 02.04.2008 2008) 08.04.2008 Report by Mr Colm Burke on his fact-finding mission to Chad (24-30 March 2008) Report by Mrs Doris Pack, Chairperson, South-East Europe delegation, on the AFET delegation visit to Kosovo 06.05.2008 (17-19 April 2008) 27.05.2008 Report by Mrs Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation to the parliamentary elections in Georgia (18-24 May 2008) Report by Mr Philippe Morillon, Vice-Chairman, Afghanistan delegation, on the visit to Afghanistan (26 April - 1 May 2008) 03.06.2008 Report by Mr José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Co-President, EuroLat Parliamentary Assembly, on the 2nd EuroLat-PA in Lima (29 April - 1 May 2008) and on the results of the V EU-LAC Summit in Lima (16-17 May 2008) 14.07.2008 Report by Mr Hubert Pirker, Chairperson, Korean Peninsula delegation, on the visit to North Korea (21-24 June 2008) Report by Mr Georg Jarzembowski, Chairperson, ad hoc delegation for the 5th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP V) meeting (18-20 June 06.10.2008 2008) in Beijing Report by Ms Luisa Morgantini, Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission, and Ms Fiona Hall, Chairperson, EP Election Observation Delegation 07.10.2008 (2-7 September 2008) to Angola Report by Mr Adrian Severin, Chairman, Ukraine delegation, on the results of the EU–Ukraine PCC meeting in Kiev and Crimea (2-3 October 2008) 2009 15.04.2009 Report by Ms Marianne Mikko, chairperson of the Election Observation Delegation to Moldova (3-6 April 2009) 04.05.2009 Report by Ms Marianne Mikko, chairperson of the ad hoc delegation to Moldova (26-29 April 2009)
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