European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Member states (27)

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

* * *

Candidate countries

* Albania
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Georgia
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Ukraine

* * *

Countries with suspended accession negotiations

* Turkey

* * *

Applicant countries

* Kosovo

* * *

* Special territories
* Belgium–Germany relations
* France–Germany relations
* Germany–Netherlands relations
* EU 3
* Withdrawal from the European Union

* * *

Treaties and Declarations

* Schuman Declaration (1950)
* Treaty of Paris (1951)
* Europe Declaration (1951)
* Spaak Report (1956)
* Treaty of Rome (1957)
* Euratom Treaty (1957)
* Merger Treaty (1965)
* Solemn Declaration (1983)
* Single European Act (1986)
* Maastricht Treaty (1992)
* Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
* Treaty of Nice (2001)
* Berlin Declaration (2007)
* Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
* Article 7
* Article 50

* * *

Opt-outs

* * *

Treaties of accession

1972, 1979, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2011

* * *

Treaties of succession

1984, 2020

* * *

Other treaties

* Schengen Agreement (1985)
* European Economic Area Agreement (1992)

* * *

Abandoned treaties and agreements

* European Constitution (2004)
* UK membership renegotiation (2015–2016)

Executive institutions

European Council

* President: Michel (ALDE)
* Parties
* List of meetings

* * *

European Commission

* Von der Leyen Commission
* President: Von der Leyen (EPP)
* Vice Presidents
* College of Commissioners
* Civil Service
* Secretary-General:  Juhansone

Legislative institutions

* Legislative procedure

* * *

Council of the EU

Presidency

Hungary

(July–December 2024)

* * *

Configurations

* GAC
* FAC
* ECOFIN
* Eurogroup
* AGRIFISH
* EPSCO
* COMPET
* TTE
* ENVI
* JHA
* EYC

* * *

* Voting
* Secretariat
* Secretary-General: Thérèse Blanchet
* Directorates-general
* Council preparatory bodies
* COREPER
* Council Working Parties

* * *

European Parliament
(Members)

* President: Metsola
* Largest groups
* EPP (Manfred Weber)
* S&D (Iratxe García)
* Member of the European Parliament
* 10th session (2024–2029)
* Bureau
* Vice Presidents
* Quaestor
* Conference

* * *

National parliaments

Judicial institutions

Court of Justice of the EU

* European Court of Justice
* Members
* Advocates General
* Rulings
* General Court

Auditory institutions

European Court of Auditors

* European Court of Auditors

* * *

Other auditory bodies

* Internal Audit Service of the Commission
* Committee on Budgetary Control of the Parliament
* Economic and Financial Affairs configuration of the Council
* Anti-Fraud Office
* Public Prosecutor's Office

European Central Bank

* President Lagarde
* ESCB
* EMU
* Euro banknotes
* Euro coins

Other bodies

European Investment Bank Group

* Investment Bank
* Investment Fund
* EIB Institute

* * *

European Stability Mechanism

* European Stability Mechanism

* * *

European University Institute

* European University Institute

* * *

Unified Patent Court

* Unified Patent Court

* * *

Agencies, decentralised independent bodies and joint undertakings

* Decentralised agencies of the EU
* Single market agencies
* CFSP agencies
* AFSC agencies
* ESFS European Supervisory Authorities
* SRM bodies
* Executive agencies of the EU
* Euratom agencies
* Decentralised independent bodies of the EU
* European Institute of Innovation and Technology
* European Public Prosecutor's Office
* Corporate bodies of the EU
* European Data Protection Board
* Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations
* Joint undertakings
* of the EU
* of the Euratom

* * *

Other independent bodies

* European Data Protection Supervisor
* European Ombudsman

* * *

Advisory bodies

* European Committee of the Regions
* European Economic and Social Committee
* Political and Security Committee
* European Union Military Committee
* EU/ESA Space Council

* * *

Inter-institutional bodies

* Publications Office of the European Union
* European External Action Service
* European Personnel Selection Office
* Anti-Fraud Office
* European Administrative School

Euratom

Euratom members

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

* * *

Associated states

* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

* * *

* Nuclear power in the European Union

Euratom since 1 January 2021

Economic and Monetary Union

Eurozone members

* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain

* * *

Eurogroup

* President
* Paschal Donohoe

* * *

Other currencies in use

* Bulgarian lev
* Czech koruna
* Danish krone
* Hungarian forint
* Polish złoty
* Romanian leu
* Swedish krona

* * *

* ERM II
* Enlargement of the eurozone

* * *

Non Euro countries relationship to Euro

* Bulgaria
* Czechia
* Denmark
* Hungary
* Poland
* Sweden
* Romania

Eurozone since 2015

Schengen Area

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

* * *

Non-EU members

* Iceland
* Liechtenstein
* Norway
* Switzerland

* * *

* Prüm Convention
* Schengen Information System
* Visa Information System
* Visa policy of the Schengen Area

* * *

Non-Schengen area EU member states

* Cyprus
* Ireland (Opt-out)

Schengen Area from January 2023

European Economic Area

EEA members

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia (provisional member)
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

* * *

Non-EU members

* Iceland
* Liechtenstein
* Norway

* * *

Topics

* EEA Joint Committee
* EEA National Identity cards
* Microstates and the European Union

European Economic Area

Elections

* Elections to the European Parliament
* European parties
* European foundations
* Political groups of the European Parliament
* Spitzenkandidat
* Constituencies
* Apportionment
* Referendums related to the EU

* * *

European elections

* 1979
* 1984
* 1989
* 1994
* 1999
* 2004
* 2009
* 2014
* 2019
* 2024 (latest election)

* * *

Elections in EU member states

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

Law

* Acquis
* Primacy (ECJ Case 6/64)
* Subsidiarity
* Regulation
* Directive
* Decision
* Recommendation
* Fundamental Rights

Policies and issues

* Budget
* Customs Union
* Free Trade Agreements
* European Single Market
* Area of FS&J
* Policies
* Agricultural
* Energy
* Fisheries
* Regional
* Citizenship
* Passports of the European Union
* Identity
* Pro-Europeanism
* Euroscepticism
* European banking union
* European Banking Supervision
* Single Resolution Mechanism
* Capital Markets Union
* European System of Financial Supervision
* Integration
* Supranationalism
* European Federation
* Multi-speed Europe
* Enhanced cooperation

Foreign relations

High Representative

* Josep Borrell

* * *

* Ext. Action Service
* Foreign Policy
* Defence Policy

* * *

Foreign relations of EU member states

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden

* * *

* Argentina–European Union relations
* Armenia–European Union relations
* Australia–European Union relations
* Brazil–European Union relations
* Canada–European Union relations
* China–European Union relations
* European Union–NATO relations
* Georgia–European Union relations
* Iceland–European Union relations
* Kazakhstan–European Union relations
* Japan–European Union relations
* Mexico–European Union relations
* Moldova–European Union relations
* Norway–European Union relations
* Russia–European Union relations
* Switzerland–European Union relations
* Turkey–European Union relations
* Ukraine–European Union relations
* United Kingdom–European Union relations (History)
* Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union
* Brexit
* United States–European Union relations

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* Common Travel Area (Ireland)
* Microstates and the European Union
* European Union and the United Nations
* European Union Association Agreement

* * *

* G7
* G20

Defunct bodies

* European Communities (1958–1993)

European Coal and Steel Community
European Economic Community
* European Community
* Western European Union
* Convention on the Future of Europe

European Union portal

* Other countries

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The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET, after the French name ‘Affaires étrangères’), previously called Political Affairs, is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for the common foreign, security, and defence policy of the European Union, as well as relations with other European and international institutions, strengthening relations with third countries, the accession of new member states, and human rights.[1] During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 79 members and is chaired by David McAllister from Germany.[2]

The committee has two subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).

## Members

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As of 12 April 2022, the 79 members of the committee are:[3]

Member  | Group (Party)  | State

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David McAllister (Chair)  |  | EPP (CDU)  | Germany
Witold Waszczykowski (Vice-Chair)  |  | ECR (PiS)  | Poland
Urmas Paet (Vice-Chair)  |  | RE (Reform)  | Estonia
Sergei Stanishev (Vice-Chair)  |  | S&D (BSP)  | Bulgaria
Željana Zovko (Vice-Chair)  |  | EPP (HDZ)  | Croatia
Alviina Alametsä |  | G/EFA (VIHR)  | Finland
Alexander Yordanov |  | EPP (SDS)  | Bulgaria
François Alfonsi |  | G/EFA (R&PS)  | France
Marie Arena |  | S&D (PS)  | Belgium
Petras Auštrevičius |  | RE (LRLS)  | Lithuania
Traian Băsescu |  | EPP (PMP)  | Bulgaria
Silvio Berlusconi |  | EPP (FI)  | Italy
Malin Björk |  | GUE/NGL (V)  | Sweden
Anna Cinzia Bonfrisco |  | ID (Lega)  | Italy
Reinhard Bütikofer |  | G/EFA (GRÜNE)  | Germany
Fabio Massimo Castaldo |  | NI (M5S)  | Italy
Susanna Ceccardi |  | ID (Lega)  | Italy
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |  | S&D (UP)  | Poland
Katalin Cseh |  | RE (M)  | Hungary
Tanja Fajon |  | S&D (SD)  | Slovenia
Anna Fotyga |  | ECR (PiS)  | Poland
Michael Gahler |  | EPP (CDU)  | Germany
Kinga Gál |  | NI (Fidesz)  | Hungary
Giorgos Georgiou |  | GUE/NGL (AKEL)  | Cyprus
Sunčana Glavak |  | EPP (HDZ)  | Croatia
Raphaël Glucksmann |  | S&D (PP)  | France
Klemen Grošelj |  | RE (LMŠ)  | Slovenia
Bernard Guetta |  | RE (SE | France
Márton Gyöngyösi |  | NI (Jobbik)  | Hungary
Balázs Hidvéghi |  | NI (Fidesz)  | Hungary
Sandra Kalniete |  | EPP (JV)  | Latvia
Karol Karski |  | ECR (PiS)  | Poland
Peter Kofod |  | ID (DF)  | Denmark
Dietmar Köster |  | S&D (SPD)  | Germany
Stelios Kouloglou |  | GUE/NGL (Syriza)  | Greece
Andrius Kubilius |  | EPP (TS–LKD)  | Lithuania
Ilhan Kyuchyuk |  | RE (DPS)  | Bulgaria
Jean-Lin Lacapelle |  | ID (RN)  | France
David Lega |  | EPP (KD)  | Sweden
Miriam Lexmann |  | EPP (KDH)  | Slovakia
Nathalie Loiseau |  | RE (LREM)  | France
Leopoldo López Gil |  | EPP (PP)  | Spain
Antonio López-Istúriz White |  | EPP (PP)  | Spain
Jaak Madison |  | ID (EKRE)  | Estonia
Claudiu Manda |  | S&D (PSD)  | Romania
Lukas Mandl |  | EPP (ÖVP)  | Austria
Thierry Mariani |  | ID (RN)  | France
Pedro Marques |  | S&D (PS)  | Portugal
Vangelis Meimarakis |  | EPP (ND)  | Greece
Sven Mikser |  | S&D (SKE)  | Estonia
Francisco José Millán Mon |  | EPP (PP)  | Spain
Javier Nart |  | RE (Cs)  | Spain
Vlad Nistor |  | EPP (PNL)  | Romania
Demetris Papadakis |  | S&D (EDEK)  | Cyprus
Konstantinos Papadakis |  | NI (KKE)  | Greece
Tonino Picula |  | S&D (SDP)  | Croatia
Manu Pineda |  | GUE/NGL (IU)  | Spain
Giuliano Pisapia |  | S&D (Ind)  | Italy
Thijs Reuten |  | S&D (PvdA)  | Netherlands
Nacho Sánchez Amor |  | S&D (PSOE)  | Spain
Isabel Santos |  | S&D (PS)  | Portugal
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski |  | ECR (PiS)  | Poland
Mounir Satouri |  | G/EFA (EELV)  | France
Andreas Schieder |  | S&D (SPÖ)  | Austria
Radosław Sikorski |  | EPP (PO)  | Poland
Jordi Solé |  | G/EFA (ERC)  | Spain
Tineke Strik |  | G/EFA (GL)  | Netherlands
Dominik Tarczyński |  | ECR (PiS)  | Poland
Hermann Tertsch |  | ECR (Vox)  | Spain
Dragoș Tudorache |  | RE (PLUS)  | Romania
Hilde Vautmans |  | RE (Open Vld)  | Belgium
Harald Vilimsky |  | ID (FPÖ)  | Austria
Idoia Villanueva Ruiz |  | GUE/NGL (Podemos)  | Spain
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel |  | G/EFA (GRÜNE)  | Germany
Thomas Waitz |  | G/EFA (GRÜNE)  | Austria
Charlie Weimers |  | ECR (SD)  | Sweden
Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima |  | EPP (CSV)  | Luxembourg
Salima Yenbou |  | RE (CE)  | France
Bernhard Zimniok |  | ID (AfD)  | Germany

## Chairpersons

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Chairperson  | Term start  | Term end  | Group | State

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| Emilio Colombo | July 1979  | April 1980  |  | EPP | Italy
| Mariano Rumor | April 1980  | July 1984  |  | EPP | Italy
| Roberto Formigoni | July 1984  | January 1987  |  | EPP | Italy
| Sergio Ercini [it] | January 1987  | July 1989  |  | EPP | Italy
| Giovanni Goria | July 1989  | February 1991  |  | EPP | Italy
| Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago | February 1991  | January 1992  |  | EPP | Italy
| Enrique Barón | January 1992  | July 1994  |  | SOC | Spain
| Abel Matutes | July 1994  | January 1997  |  | EPP | Spain
| Tom Spencer | January 1997  | July 1999  |  | EPP | United Kingdom
| Elmar Brok | July 1999  | February 2007  |  | EPP | Germany
| Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | February 2007  | July 2009  |  | EPP | Poland
| Gabriele Albertini | July 2009  | December 2012  |  | EPP | Italy
| Elmar Brok | December 2012  | 18 January 2017  |  | EPP | Germany
| David McAllister | 24 January 2017  | Incumbent  |  | EPP | Germany
Source (1979–2007): Corbett, Richard; Jacobs, Francis; Shackleton, Michael (2007), The European Parliament (7th ed.), London: John Harper, p. 151, ISBN 978-0-9551144-7-2

## Relations with Central Asia

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The Committee on Foreign Affairs has established strong cooperation with Kazakhstan, Central Asia's most prosperous country, through regular visits and meetings. The European Parliament and Kazakhstan hold annual meetings of Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)". EU Monitor. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
2. ^ "Welcome words". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
3. ^ "Members". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
4. ^ "Kazakhstan - EU cooperation". mfa.gov.kz.

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* High Representative
* Director General of the Military Staff/Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability
* Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability
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* European Council
* Foreign Affairs Council

Structure|

| External Action Service|

* Command structure on the civilian/military strategic and operational levels (Military Planning and Conduct Capability within the Military Staff, Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, Joint Support Coordination Cell)
* Intelligence and Situation Centre (Club de Berne)
* Crisis Management and Planning Directorate
* Security & Defence College

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Agencies|

* Defence Agency
* Institute for Security Studies
* Satellite Centre

Council preparatory bodies|

* Committee of Permanent Representatives
* Political and Security Committee
* Politico-Military Group
* Military Committee
* Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management

European Commission bodies|

* Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space

Funding|

* Defence Fund

Policies|

* Security Strategy
* Everything but Arms
* Annual Review

Equipment|

* Galileo navigation system
* Secure Software-defined Radio (PESCO)

Decorations|

* Service medal
* Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service
* Monitor mission medal

Related|

* Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
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* Military Erasmus
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* Intelligence School (PESCO)
* Kortenberg building
* NATO relations (Berlin Plus agreement, Joint Declaration)

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