MINUTES Meeting of 6 November 2019

MINUTES Meeting of 6 November 2019, 9.00-12.30 and 14.30-18.30, and 7 November 2019, 9.00-12.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.09 on Wednesday, 6 November 2019, with David McAllister (Chair), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (LIBE Chair) and Tomas Tobé (DEVE Chair) presiding. 6 November 2019, 9.00 ** In LIBE meeting room PHS 3C50 *** Jointly with the Committee on Development and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 1. EU-Turkey facility and the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey - Exchange of views with Maciej Popowski, Deputy Director-General, DG NEAR and Michael Koehler, Deputy Director-General, DG ECHO, European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Speakers: Maciej Popowski (EC), Michael Koehler (EC), Michael Gahler, Sophia in 't Veld, Tineke Strik, Thierry Mariani, Beata Kempa, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Birgit Sippel, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Costas Mavrides, Kostas Papadakis, Loucas Fourlas, Evin Incir, Nicola Procaccini, Mick Wallace, Željana Zovko, Bernhard Zimniok, Nicolas Bay. PE643.170v01-00 2/11 PV\1192481EN.docx EN * * * József Antall 2Q2 * * * The meeting resumed at 10.23 with David McAllister presiding. * * * 2. Adoption of agenda Decision: The draft agenda was adopted with the following changes: - New item 16 was added (Debriefing on the Parliamentary elections in Kosovo 6 October 2019) 3. Chair’s announcements - The deadline for amendments to the AFET/ DROI opinions on EU-Viet Nam was extended to 13/11/2019 at noon 4. Approval of minutes of meetings  10 July 2019  24 July 2019  2-3 September 2019  8 October 2019 Decision: The minutes were approved. * * * Witold Jan Waszczykowski (Vice-Chair) took the chair at 10.30. * * * 5. Exchange of views with Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President of the InterParliamentary Union (IPU) Speakers: Gabriela Cuevas Barron (IPU), Michael Gahler, Phil Bennion, Thierry Mariani, Javi López, Assita Kanko * * * David McAllister took the chair at 11.03. * * * PV\1192481EN.docx 3/11 PE643.170v01-00 EN Items 6 and 7: Joint debate with the Subcommittee on Security and Defence 6. Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report AFET/9/01503 2019/2136(INI) Rapporteur: David McAllister (PPE) PR – PE641.442v02-00 Responsible: AFET  Exchange of views  Deadline for tabling amendments: 8 November 2019, 11.00 Speakers: Traian Băsescu, Reinhard Bütikofer, Jérôme Rivière, Hilde Vautmans, Geoffrey Van Orden, Sandra Kalniete, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Michael Gahler, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Radosław Sikorski * * * Nathalie Loiseau (SEDE Chair) took the chair at 11.36. * * * 7. Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2018 AFET/9/01458 2019/2135(INI) Rapporteur: Arnaud Danjean (PPE) PR – PE641.445v02-00 Responsible: AFET Opinions: AFCO – Esteban González Pons (PPE) PA – PE643.103v01-00  Exchange of views  Deadline for tabling amendments: 8 November 2019, 12.00 Speakers: Arnaud Danjean, Attila Ara-Kovács, Hannah Neumann, Jérôme Rivière, Geoffrey Van Orden, Mick Wallace, Michael Gahler, Joachim Schuster, Sandra Kalniete, Bernard Guetta * * * Witold Jan Waszczykowski (Vice-Chair) took the chair at 12.15. * * * 8. Update on the situation in Venezuela and debriefing on the International Conference on the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis PE643.170v01-00 4/11 PV\1192481EN.docx EN - Exchange of views with Veronique Lorenzo, Head of Division, South America, EEAS and Mr Jorge de la Caballeria, Head of the Latin America Unit in the Commission’s DG DEVCO Speakers: Javi López, Veronique Lorenzo (EEAS), Jorge de la Caballeria (EC), Michael Gahler, Maria Arena * * * The meeting adjourned at 12.41 and resumed at 14.38 with David McAllister presiding. * * * 9. EU-Switzerland Institutional Framework Agreement: state of play - Exchange of views with Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS Speakers: Christian Leffler (EEAS), Andreas Schwab, Reinhard Bütikofer, Lars Patrick Berg, Michael Gahler, Christophe Grudler, Željana Zovko, Zdzisław Krasnodębski * * * The meeting adjourned at 15.26 and resumed at 15.34 with David McAllister (Chair of AFET) and Tomas Tobé (Chair of DEVE) presiding. * * * Jointly with the Committee on Development 10. Exchange of views on the latest developments in Afghanistan with Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, EEAS, and Pierre Amilhat, Director Asia and Middle East, DG DEVCO, European Commission Speakers: Gunnar Wiegand (EEAS), Pierre Amilhat (EC), Anna Fotyga, Javier Nart, Dominique Bilde, Michael Gahler, Bernhard Zimniok, Hildegard Bentele, Radosław Sikorski State of play of ongoing interinstitutional negotiations Jointly with the Committee on Development, rule 58 (please see separate draft agenda) 11. Establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument CJ19/9/01257 ***I 2018/0243(COD) COM(2018)0460 – C8-0275/2018 Rapporteurs PV\1192481EN.docx 5/11 PE643.170v01-00 EN Michael Gahler (PPE) Maria Arena (S&D) Charles Goerens (Renew) Rasa Juknevičienė (PPE) Responsible: AFET, DEVE Speakers: Michael Gahler, Maria Arena, Rasa Juknevičienė, Marc Tarabella, Ernest Urtasun, Željana Zovko, Tonino Picula In camera 12. AFET Coordinators' meeting (directly after the AFET Committee meeting) * * * The meeting resumed 7 November 2019 at 9.08 with David McAllister (Chair) presiding. * * * 13. Exchange of views with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Speakers: Johannes Hahn (EC), Sandra Kalniete, Tonino Picula, Nathalie Loiseau, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Thierry Mariani, Michael Gahler, Attila Ara-Kovács, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Tineke Strik, Andrius Kubilius, Isabel Santos, Bernard Guetta, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Maria Arena, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Costas Mavrides In camera 14. Strategic dialogue with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, on the programming of assistance for Morocco under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) for the period 2019-2020 In camera 15. The Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria - recent developments and options for the EU - Exchange of views with Angelina Eichhorst, Acting Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia * * * Witold Jan Waszczykowski (Vice-Chair) took the chair at 11.48. * * * 16. Debriefing on the Parliamentary elections in Kosovo 6 October 2019 PE643.170v01-00 6/11 PV\1192481EN.docx EN Speakers: Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Andrey Kovatchev, Evin Incir, Lukas Mandl, Julie Ward 17. Any other business 18. Next meetings  11 November 2019, 17.00 (Brussels) Extraordinaty AFET/DEVE meeting with the Prime Minister of Sudan  18 November 2019, 15.00 – 18.30 (Brussels)  25 November 2019, 19.00 – 20.30 (Strasbourg) * * * The meeting closed at 12.10.