Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the CFSP/CSDP in Bucharest 7-8 March 2019

People on a majestic staircase, smiling with the flags of EU Member States in the background — Family photo IPC for the CFSP/CSDP in Bucharest 7-8 March 2019 © ro2019eu.

120 parliamentarians from the national Parliaments from 27 EU Member States and the European Parliament came together in Bucharest on 7 and 8 March 2019 for the 14th Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy.

Just a few months before the European elections, they discussed current foreign and security policy challenges, such as the security of the Black Sea region, the EU's relations with its Eastern neighbours and the future of EU foreign policy after Brexit. The meeting took place in the context of the parliamentary dimension of the Romanian presidency of the Council and was organised jointly by the Romanian Parliament and the European Parliament.

Four workshops, took place on the following topics:

• The future of CFSP/CSDP from a Brexit perspective
• EU Strategy for the Danube Region
• Cyber Security and Hybrid Warfare
• Military mobility, a challenge to develop synergies between NATO and the EU

A "European Women's Deputy Declaration" was adopted by female parliamentarians in the margins of the IPC and presented in the plenary on the occasion of the International Women's Day on 8 March.