. Tuesday 4 November 2025, 9.00 – 11.00 and 13.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 18.30 Room: SPAAK (3C050) Brussels Interpretation will be available in DE, EN, FR, IT, NL, DA, EL, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, PL, SK, BG, RO and HR.
Homepage of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Meeting agendas and documents THE MEETINGS WILL BE WEBSTREAMED Votes 4 November 2025, 9.00 – 10.00 Jointly with the Committee on International Trade Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Rapporteurs: Thijs Reuten (Netherlands, S&D), Nina Carberry (Ireland, EPP)
2024/2108(INI) Members of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on International Trade will jointly vote on the own-initiative report on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The adoption of this report will take place at a timely moment after the EU-UK Summit in May, which opened a new Chapter in EU-UK relations, and before the upcoming negotiations in many areas of EU-UK relations. The draft report covers a wide variety of areas of cooperation – such as the institutional framework for cooperation, trade in goods and services and digital trade, as well as cooperation in foreign and security policy – and takes stock of the main issues linked to the implementation of the TCA, highlighting both its satisfactory aspects as well as elements which require further work, monitoring and scrutiny.
Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Rapporteur: Hana Jalloul Muro (Spain, S&D) 2025/2082(INI) Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will vote on the own-initiative draft report on Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia. This is timely report in the context of Saudi Arabia's growing geopolitical role in the Middle East and converging views with the EU on key regional and global issues. The draft report covers also Saudi Arabia’s socio-economic transformation and opportunities for the EU as well as Human rights and social reforms.
Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic AFET/10/03076 Rapporteur: Urmas Paet (Estonia, Renew Europe) 2025/2116(INI) The Arctic is rapidly becoming a strategic theatre of geopolitical competition, military build up, energy transformation, and global environmental change. This recommendation by the European Parliament underscores the urgent need for a robust, security-oriented EU strategy that ensures the Arctic remains governed by the principles of international law, sustainable principles, and peace.
Debates 4 November 2025, 10.00 – 11.00 Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Rapporteur: Tobias Cremer (Germany, S&D) 2025/2168(INI) The first consideration of the draft recommendation comes at a moment in which both the European Union and Canada are facing vast geopolitical challenges, such as Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, instability in the Middle East, China's growing assertiveness, the supply of critical raw materials, as well as growing and multidimensional threats and challenges facing the Arctic region. The draft report aims to provide recommendations on how to further strengthen the European Union's relationship with Canada, building on the EU-Canada Summit of 23 June 2025. Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-China political relations Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (Belgium, Renew Europe) 2025/2117(INI) The report focuses on Europe’s need to have a clear, united and realistic line on China. Beijing today represents a unique combination of partner, competitor, and systemic rival. Its political influence and economic reach are global, and its growing assertiveness increasingly tests the European Union’s ability to defend its interests, values, and strategic autonomy. China is not only an economic powerhouse but also a geopolitical actor that seeks to shape the international order according to its own vision, often at odds with Europe’s open and rules-based model. 4 November 2025, 13.00 - 14.00 Presentation of the 2025 Enlargement Package by Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement The Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, will present the 2025 enlargement package to the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The debate will focus on the progress made by candidate and potential candidate countries on their respective EU accession paths. Following the Commission's assessment of the EU-related reforms in the enlargement countries, AFET rapporteurs will draft resolutions, outlining Parliament's conclusions and recommendations for each country.
4 November 2025, 17.00 – 18.30
Jointly with the Committee on Security and Defence, the Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights Exchange of views on "The UN at 80: Reflections, Challenges and Opportunities for the Future" To mark the 80th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Security and Defence, the Committee on Development, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a joint meeting to reflect on eight decades of multilateralism and to discuss challenges and expectations for the future. Speakers will include the UN Assistant Secretaries-General for Development Coordination and for Human Rights, the EU Ambassador to the UN, as well as an alumna of the European Parliament's Young Leaders Programme.
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