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Highlights - Constitution as full Committee and exchange of views with Polish Presidency and NATO - Committee on Security and Defence
On 27 January, after its constitution as new fully-fledged Committee, SEDE holds exchange of views with Paweł Zalewski, Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, on the Polish Presidency priorities in the area of the EU security and defence. On 28 January, the SEDE Committee - in association with the Delegation for relations with the NATO PA (DNAT) - holds an exchange of views with James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for...Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber on the Baltic Sentry and hybrid threats, to debrief the Members on the recent Summit of Baltic Sea Allies, which took place in Helsinki. Furthermore, the SEDE Coordinators will have an in camera exchange of views with Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space, on the White Paper on Strengthening European Defence.
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Latest news - Meeting of the DEVE Committee 28 January - Committee on Development
The Committee on Development met on Wednesday 4 December to discuss the following files:
Debates:
- Exchange of views with Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management, and Jozef Síkela, Commissioner for International Partnerships on an integrated EU approach to fragility;
- Exchange of views with UNHCR, International Humanitarian Relief, Save the Children and DG ECHO on the humanitarian situation in Syria;
- Exchange of views with WHO on addressing public health emergencies in the Global South: the role of EU aid in enhancing the capacity of national health systems through rapid action to save lives in times of crisis.
Votes:
- Establishing an EU talent pool;
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029);
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)
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Highlights - Exchange with Commissioners Lahbib and Síkela : integrated EU approach to fragility - Committee on Development
Following on from the political guidelines set by the Commission President and the commitments made by the Commissioners during their confirmation hearings, the DEVE Committee will hold an exchange of views on 28 January from 10.45 to 12.15 with Commissioners Lahbib (Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management) and Síkela (International Partnerships) on an integrated EU approach to fragility, which is expected to be proposed by the Commission in 2025.Commissioners are expected to brief Members on the preparations for the upcoming proposal. Members will engage with the Commissioners on ways to enhance coordination between humanitarian aid, development, and peace efforts to address instability and build resilience in fragile states. This exchange of views will provide an opportunity for Members to offer political guidance on the need for greater European joint action in fragile states and to emphasise the importance of partnerships in view of the upcoming proposal for an integrated approach to fragility.
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Highlights - Joint ECON-EMPL Economic Dialogue on the European Semester 2025 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
The next Joint ECON-EMPL Economic Dialogue on the European Semester will take place on 28 January 2025. It will consist of an exchange of views on the recently published 2025 European Semester Autumn Package with Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification.While the European Semester continues to identify socio-economic challenges and provides guidance on the policy action needed to address them, this is a particularly important moment as, together with the usual documents kicking-off the 2025 Semester, the first implementation cycle of the new economic governance framework is launched. At the heart of the discussion will be the assessment of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans that Member States submitted in the course of the autumn and the first analysis of the socio-economic situation in the EU based on renewed analytical tools, including assessing risks to upward social convergence, identifying the relevant structural challenges and providing guidance on reform and investment priorities in each Member State.
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Highlights - EMPL Exchange of Views with Polish Presidency - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On 1 January 2025, Poland took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, starting another Presidency trio consisting of Poland, Denmark and Cyprus. The motto of the Polish Presidency is Security, Europe!In the area of employment and social policy, the Polish Presidency will focus on the following topics:
- The future of work in digital Europe;
- Europe of equality, cohesion and integration;
- Europe responding to the challenges of the silver transformation.
On 28 January, the EMPL committee will hold an exchange of views on these priorities with Polish Ministers: Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk (Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy) and Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz (Minister of Senior Policy).
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