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Press release – Committees elect Chairs and Vice-Chairs
All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees are holding their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and Vice-Chairs.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on Agriculture and Rural …
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Press release – MEPs consent to the EU withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty
Parliament’s approval is needed for the EU to exit from the Energy Charter Treaty.Committee on International TradeCommittee on Industry, Research and Energy Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – MEPs approve trade support measures for Ukraine with protection for EU farmers
On Tuesday, Parliament endorsed the extension of temporary trade liberalisation measures for Ukraine, while protecting EU farmers.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Products made with forced labour to be banned from EU single market
Parliament has given its final approval to a new regulation enabling the EU to prohibit the sale, import, and export of goods made using forced labour.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionCommittee on International Trade Source : © E…
Press release – Forced labour regulation: press conference with lead MEPs on Tuesday at 14.00
Following a final plenary vote, rapporteurs Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (S&D, PT) and Samira Rafaela (Renew, NL) will discuss new rules banning products made with force labour.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Deal on trade support for Ukraine with more protection for EU farmers
On Monday, Parliament and Council reached a new provisional agreement on extending temporary trade measures for Ukraine.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Deal to extend trade support for Ukraine with safeguards for EU farmers
On Wednesday, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on extending trade liberalisation measures for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Deal on making firearms import and export more transparent to fight trafficking
On Thursday, negotiators from Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on updating rules to trace import and export of civilian firearms more effectively.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – MEPs agree to extend trade support for Moldova, continue work on Ukraine
On Wednesday, MEPs endorsed the renewal of trade liberalisation measures for Moldova and amended the proposal on Ukraine to reinforce safeguards for EU farmers.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – First go-ahead to renewing trade support for Ukraine and Moldova
MEPs on the International Trade Committee endorsed the extension of trade liberalisation measures to support Ukraine and Moldova in the face of Russia’s war.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Deal on EU ban on products made with forced labour
Early Tuesday, negotiators from Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new rules that ban products made with forced labour from the EU market.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionCommittee on International Trade So…
Press release – Parliament backs deeper political and economic ties with Chile
On Thursday, MEPs approved the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement and its complementing deal on trade and investment liberalisation.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Belgium Presidency debriefs EP committees on priorities
Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the Council.Committee on Culture and EducationCommittee on DevelopmentCommittee on Economic and Monetary AffairsCommittee on E…
Press release – Parliament approves EU-New Zealand free trade agreement
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will remove 100% of New Zealand tariffs on EU exports on its entry into force and will lift 98.5% of EU tariffs on New Zealand trade after seven years.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2023 – EP
Germany aims to be Europe’s ‘backbone of deterrence’
SNEAK PEEK — Germany overhauls its military doctrine in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; it aims to be Europe’s “backbone of deterrence.” — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in Berlin today to take part in the alliance’s cyberdefense summit. — Ukraine could hold its next defense industry forum in the U.S. as it looks […]
MEPs propose to give seized weapons to Ukraine
SNEAK PEEK — Parliamentarians want to dispatch military hardware that was impounded near Libya to Ukraine. — Germany will send military equipment worth €1.4 billion to Kyiv. — A maritime lobby group has laid out the principal trends in naval defense to inform future EU financing programs. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. Tips to jposaner@politico.eu, lkayali@politico.eu and clarson@politico.eu or […]
Press release – Parliament to hold its fourth European Gender Equality Week
EP committees and delegations will hold a series of discussions and public hearings on the theme of ‘Gender Equality: What’s next?’ from 23 to 29 October.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Economic and Monetary AffairsCommittee on Women’s …
Press release – Towards an EU ban on products made with forced labour
On Monday, the Internal Market and International Trade committees adopted their position on keeping products made using forced labour out of the EU market.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionCommittee on International Trade Source :…
Analyzing the legality of the EU Commission’s proposed withdrawal of preferential tariffs for third countries when cooperation on migrant returns ‘fails’–an unholy alliance of trade and migration?
Marion Panizzon, Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern*
*Privat-Docent, Dr.
iur., LL.M., Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern
and Legal Consultant, World Trade Advisors, …
Press release – MEPs adopt new trade tool to defend EU from economic blackmail
The new trade instrument is primarily meant as a deterrent, but it will allow the EU to fight economic coercion and respond with its own countermeasures.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2023 – EP