European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs

Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET, after the French name Affaires étrangères), previously called Political Affairs, is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for the common foreign, security, and defence policy of the European Union, as well as relations with other European and international institutions, strengthening relations with third countries, the accession of new member states, and human rights. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 79 members and is chaired by David McAllister from Germany.

The committee has two subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).

Members

As of 12 April 2022, the 79 members of the committee are:

Chairpersons

Chairperson		Term start	Term end	Group		State
File:Emilio Colombo crop.jpg	Emilio Colombo	July 1979	April 1980	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Mariano Rumor daticamera.jpg	Mariano Rumor	April 1980	July 1984	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Roberto Formigoni 1994.jpg	Roberto Formigoni	July 1984	January 1987	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
	Template:Ill	January 1987	July 1989	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Giovanni Goria 2.jpg	Giovanni Goria	July 1989	February 1991	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago.jpg	Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago	February 1991	January 1992	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Enrique Barón (cropped).jpg	Enrique Barón	January 1992	July 1994	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	SOC	Spain
File:Abel Matutes 1996 (cropped).jpg	Abel Matutes	July 1994	January 1997	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Spain
	Tom Spencer	January 1997	July 1999	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	United Kingdom
File:Elmar Brok Press conference Strasbourg European Parliament 2014-02-03 02.jpg	Elmar Brok	July 1999	February 2007	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Germany
File:Members of the Presidency (9293429132) (cropped).jpg	Jacek Saryusz-Wolski	February 2007	July 2009	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Poland
File:Gabriele Albertini datisenato 2013.jpg	Gabriele Albertini	July 2009	December 2012	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Italy
File:Elmar Brok Press conference Strasbourg European Parliament 2014-02-03 02.jpg	Elmar Brok	December 2012	18 January 2017	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Germany
File:2016-12-06 David McAllister CDU Parteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-14.jpg	David McAllister	24 January 2017	Incumbent	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	EPP	Germany
Source (1979–2007):

Relations with Central Asia

The Committee on Foreign Affairs has established strong cooperation with Kazakhstan, Central Asia's most prosperous country, through regular visits and meetings. The European Parliament and Kazakhstan hold annual meetings of Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

External links

• Official webpage