Ordinary meetings

During the meeting of the EP's Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM) held on 30 January in Brussels, the following items were debated:

• Political and social situation in El Salvador and Honduras, with the participation of Katja Afheldt, Head of Division for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in the European External Action Service;

• State of play on the ratification of the Association Agreement EU-Central America.
  

During the DCAM ordinary meeting of 25 June 2020, the following items were debated:

• Debriefing on the III EU-Central America Joint Committee meeting of 28 May 2020;
• EU response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Central America;
• Inclusion of Panama and Nicaragua on the EU list of third countries that have strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regimes;
• Devastations caused by tropical storm Amanda and the EU response.

During the preparatory meeting for the DCAM visit to El Salvador and Honduras (from 23 to 28 February 2020), the following items were discussed:

• Exchange of view on the constitutional crisis in El Salvador, with the participation of H.E. Mr Hugo Nelson Ortiz Dubón, Designate-Ambassador of El Salvador to the EU and François Roudie, Deputy Head of Division for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in the European External Action Service;
• Content of the programme of the visit.
  

A summary of ordinary meetings held during the European Parliament's 8th term (2014-2019) can be found in the delegation's archives.

At its constitutive meeting which took place on 26 September 2019, the Members of the EP's Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM), elected the Bureau of this Delegation by acclamation, as follows:
Ms Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA, LU): Chair; Mr Javier NART (Renew, ES): first Vice-chair; Mr Jens Gieseke (PPE, DE): second Vice-chair.