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Inter-parliamentary Conference on CFSP/CSDP in Prague, 4-5 September 2022
The meeting has been organised by the Parliamentary Dimension of the Czech Presidency. It will bring together Members of Parliaments from national Parliaments, the European Parliament, observer and candidate countries as well as officials. This will be the second physical IPC being held after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic (the first one being held in Paris on 24-25 February 2022 under the French Presidency of the Council).
Discussions with high-level speakers (such as Vice-President/High representative Josep Borrell, Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský) will be articulated around four main items: i. CFSP/CSDP priorities and current issues; ii. Ukraine: modes of political support and reconstruction; iii. EU enlargement policy in the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership and iv. Disinformation and hybrid threats, cyber defence.
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The EP Committees FEMM, LIBE and EMPL, together with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments, invited Members of the national Parliaments to attend an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on “The rights of Ukrainian Women fleeing the war”.
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The EP's Development Committee (DEVE), in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate of Relations with National Parliaments, organised on 14 June 2022 an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) with National Parliaments on 'The debt crisis in developing countries'.
The aim of the meeting was to discuss the follow up and the implementation of the proposals of the Conference, including potential treaty changes.
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