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Exchange of views with General David LEAKEY, Director General of the EU Military Staff (EUMS), Brussels,
23 March 2010

Joint six-monthly meeting with the WEU Permanent Council / EU Political and Security Committee (PSC), Brussels,
24 March 2010

Seminar on “the transatlantic defence equipment market”, Madrid, 11 March 2010

Transatlantic defence cooperation: both sides stand to gain

Fact-finding mission of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations, Luxembourg,
23-24 February 2010

Implementing the Lisbon Treaty “step by step and in the right direction”

Fact-finding mission of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations, Luxembourg,
23-24 February 2010

President Karzai must conform to the London conference agreement

Fact-finding mission to Airbus Military A400M facility, EADS, Seville,
12 March 2010

CFSP in brief

• Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels,
22 February 2010 (provisional version)

• General Affairs Council meeting, Brussels,
22 February 2010 (provisional version)

• Conclusions of the European Council, Brussels,
10-11 December 2009

• Council conclusions on ESDP, Brussels,
17 November 2009

• Ministerial Declaration: ESDP Ten Years – Challenges and Opportunities, Brussels, 16 November 2009

EU: News on CFSP

• EU Security and Defence news, Issue 1, 11 March 2010

• Address by HR Catherine Ashton, at the Joint Debate on Foreign and Security Policy European Parliament Plenary, Strasbourg, 10 March 2010

• Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Provisions

• BACKGROUND, President of the European Council, November 2009

• INFORMATION NOTE, Treaty of Lisbon, December 2009

• BACKGROUND, The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / The European External Action Service, November 2009

• Spanish EU/WEU Presidency
(1 January - 30 June 2010): www.eu2010.es

The President of the Assembly, Robert WALTER MP, delivered the keynote speech during Session Five on Policy Options: Future directions for security and defence in Europe

Address by the President of the Assembly at the Chatham House conference on “European Security and Defence: New Challenges, New Choices”, London,
26 January 2010

Fact-finding mission on military helicopters,
Bückeburg,
20 January 2010

Simulator training, a vital contribution to European military helicopter capability

Hearing of President Walter by the French Senate, Paris,
20 January 2010

Address by the President of the Assembly, Robert WALTER MP, at the joint session of the European Affairs Committee and the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Committee of the French Senate

Plenary Session (15-17 June 2010): Reports under preparation

• Agenda

• Permanent structured cooperation under the Lisbon Treaty – reply to the annual report of the Council

• European cooperation on military helicopters

• Medical cooperation among European armed forces

• European defence and the Lisbon Treaty – reply to the annual report of the Council

• The EU and the western Balkans

• Frozen conflicts and Europe’s security

• Iran and the Middle East

• Military aspects of space: early warning and ELINT satellites – reply to the annual report of the Council

• The transatlantic defence equipment market

• European security and space debris

• CSDP monitoring by national parliaments and in the European Parliament – reply to the annual report of the Council

• Afghanistan – explaining the reasons for the war to the public

Plenary Session (1-3 December 2009): Reports adopted

• Order of business

• Agenda

• European Union support for UN peacekeeping operations – reply to the annual report of the Council

• The war in Afghanistan: implications for the region

• European maritime surveillance

• Towards a new security architecture for Europe? – reply to the annual report of the Council

• EU and WEU Council information on European security and defence policy

• European security and the Middle East

• Current developments in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament

• Strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) – reply to the annual report of the Council

• Models and structures for interparliamentary cooperation

• European security and enlargement: shifts in public opinion

The President of the Assembly, Robert WALTER MP, delivered the keynote speech during Session Five on Policy Options: Future directions for security and defence in Europe

Address by the President of the Assembly at the Chatham House conference on “European Security and Defence: New Challenges, New Choices”, London,
26 January 2010

Robert WALTER MP
President of the Assembly

Opening address of the 57th session of the Assembly, Paris, 1 December 2009

Assembly President stresses EU defence spending and new dialogue forum with US

View into the conference hall, 46th Munich Security Conference,
5-7 February 2010
Photograph by Kai Moerk

Munich Security Conference highlights EU-NATO deadlock
From Lisbon to Lisbon – President Walter hopes NATO’s new strategic concept will pave the way for better EU-NATO relations

Remarks by HR Catherine Ashton, 6 February 2010

Address by Mr Theodoros PANGALOS, Deputy Prime Minister of the Hellenic
Republic, representing the Greek WEU Presidency,
1 December 2009

Greece calls for a real common foreign and security policy

Rekindling the flame: in memory of all Europeans, men and women, who have given their lives in military operations in 2009

Roll of Honour of the Members of the Armed Forces of European Countries for 2009

Address by H.E. Mr Carlos FERNÁNDEZ ARIAS MINUESA, Permanent Representative of Spain to the WEU Council / EU Political and Security Committee, representing
Mr Miguel Angel MORATINOS, Minister for Foreign Affairs, representing the incoming Spanish EU/WEU Presidency,
2 December 2009

The Spanish EU/WEU Presidency promises to be “historic and challenging”

Address by Mr Håkan JEVRELL, State Secretary for Defence, representing the Swedish EU Presidency,
1 December 2009

The CSDP will be strengthened by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty

Address by Mr Göran LENNMARKER, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament and of the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen (EU Swedish Presidency),
2 December 2009

Sweden’s Lennmarker urges EU to “think European” on security and defence

Robert WALTER MP
President of the Assembly

United Kingdom MP Robert Walter re-elected President of the European Security and Defence Assembly,
2 December 2009

“Towards a new security architecture for Europe? – reply to the annual report of the Council”
Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by
Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA (Spain, Socialist Group) and Mr Gerd HÖFER (Germany, Socialist Group), Rapporteurs

Assembly in favour of deepening cooperation with Russia

Address by H.E.
Mr Vladimir CHIZHOV, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the European Union, 1 December 2009

Russia against “fragmentation” of global security

First meeting of the Joint Working Group between members of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the European Security and Defence Assembly/WEU Assembly,
3 December 2009

“European security and the Middle East”
Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by
Mrs Josette DURRIEU (France, Socialist Group), Rapporteur

Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
a priority for Europe

“The war in Afghanistan: implications for the region”
Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by
Mrs Françoise HOSTALIER (France, Federated Group), Mr Jean-Pierre KUCHEIDA (France, Socialist Group) and Mr Mehmet TEKELIOGLU (Turkey, Federated Group), Rapporteurs

The ESDA calls for a “clear strategy” in Afghanistan

“European maritime surveillance”
Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by
Mr Kurt BODEWIG (Germany, Socialist Group), Mr Tarmo KÕUTS (Estonia, Federated Group) and Mr Konstantinos VRETTOS (Greece, Socialist Group), Rapporteurs

EU should step up cooperation in maritime surveillance

“European Union support for UN peacekeeping operations – reply to the annual report of the Council”
Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by
Mrs Ine AASTED-MADSEN (Netherlands, Federated Group) and Mr René ROUQUET (France, Socialist Group), Rapporteurs

EU/UN cooperation in peacekeeping operations: relations to be defined

“Current developments in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament”
Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by
Mr Michael HANCOCK (United Kingdom, Liberal Group), Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur

UK’s Hancock calls for the UK and France to shed nuclear weapons

“Strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) – reply to the annual report of the Council”
Report tabled on behalf of the Technological and Aerospace Committee by Mrs Claire CURTIS-THOMAS (United Kingdom, Socialist Group) and Mr Edward O’HARA (United Kingdom, Socialist Group), Rapporteurs

Assembly calls for urgent EU measures to boost defence industry cooperation

“EU and WEU Council information on European security and defence policy”
Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by Mr Michael HANCOCK (United Kingdom, Liberal Group), Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur, and Mr Giacomo SANTINI (Italy, Federated Group), Rapporteur

“European security and enlargement: shifts in public opinion”
Report tabled on behalf of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations by
Mr John GREENWAY (United Kingdom, Federated Group) and Mr Alejandro MUÑOZ ALONSO (Spain, Federated Group), Rapporteurs

“Models and structures of interparliamentary cooperation”
Report tabled on behalf of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations by
Mr Hendrik DAEMS (Belgium, Liberal Group), Rapporteur

Assembly agrees to raise its profile among parliaments and governments

Mrs Tuija NURMI, Leader of the Finnish Delegation and Mr Robert WALTER MP, President of the Assembly
© Vesa Lindqvist/Parliament of Finland

Colloquy: “Towards a new security concept for Europe?”, Parliament of Finland, Helsinki,
22 October 2009

“Strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB)”, Stockholm, Sweden,
29-30 October 2009

European defence technological and industrial base: avoid protectionism in the face of the crisis

8th Congress on European Security and Defence, Berlin, 8-9 December 2009

Address by the President of the Assembly, Mr Robert WALTER MP,
9 December 2009