European Parliament		
2019 - 2024		

 Committee on Foreign Affairs

AFET(2020)0420_1

DRAFT AGENDA
Meeting
Monday 20 April 2020, 9.00 – 9.30 and 13.30 – 14.00 and 15.00 – 17.00
Brussels
20 April 2020, 9.00 – 9.30
1.	Adoption of agenda
2.	Approval of minutes of meetings
•	9 January 2020	PV – PE646.881v01-00
•	19-20 February 2020	PV – PE648.379v01-00
3.	Chair’s announcements concerning coordinators’ decisions
4.	Chair’s announcements
Opening of the remote voting procedure

Voting will be opened at 9.30 and will be closed at 10.30
20 April 2020, 9.30
*** Voting time ***
All Members taking part in the vote - either present in committee meeting room or via remote participation - will vote by e-mail using printed ballot paper-voting lists
5.	Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III
	AFET/9/02137
		2019/2213(BUD)	
Rapporteur for the opinion:	
	Nikos Androulakis (S&D)	PA – PE646.992v01-00
AM – PE648.365v01-00	
Responsible:	
	BUDG – 	Pierre Larrouturou (S&D)	PR – PE647.107v01-00
AM – PE648.461v01-00	
•	Adoption of draft opinion
•	Deadline for tabling amendments:21 February 2020, 11.00
6.	European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Western Balkans, in the run-up to the 2020 summit
	AFET/9/02113
		2019/2210(INI)	
Rapporteur:	
	Tonino Picula (S&D)	PR – PE646.913v01-00
AM – PE648.421v01-00	
Responsible:	
	AFET	
Opinions:	
	INTA – 	Decision: no opinion		
•	Adoption of draft report
•	Deadline for tabling amendments:2 March 2020, 11.00
*** End of vote ***
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20 April 2020, 13.30 – 14.00
7.	Chair’s announcements
Announcement of the result of the votes

Opening of the remote voting procedure on the final vote on the recommendation and opinion as amended

Voting will be opened at 14.00 and will be closed at 15.00
20 April 2020, 15.00
In association with the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence
8.	Exchange of views with Josep Borrell, Vice-President of the European Commission/ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the implications of COVID-19 for the external action of the EU
(Remote participation)
20 April 2020, 15.50
Jointly with the Subcommittee on Human Rights
9.	Exchange of views with Josep Borrell, Vice-President of the European Commission/ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the Joint Communication and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020-2024
(Remote participation)
20 April 2020, 16.50
10.	Chair’s announcements
Result of the remote voting procedure
11.	Any other business
12.	Next meetings