Mrs Tuija NURMI, Leader of the Finnish Delegation and Mr Robert WALTER MP, President of the Assembly
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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

Robert WALTER MP with Lieutenant General Hans-Lothar DOMRÖSE, the Commanding General of Eurocorps, 25 September 2009

Meeting of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations with the Minister for European Affairs, Mr Egemen BAGIS, chief negotiator in EU accession talks,
Ankara, 15 October 2009

Fact-finding mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7-9 October 2009

Robert WALTER MP, in Istanbul during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, 23-24 October 2009

Joint six-monthly meeting with the WEU Permanent Council / EU Political and Security Committee (PSC), Brussels,
16 September 2009

EU Political and Security Committee and Chairman of EU Military Committee appear before European Security and Defence Assembly for regular exchange of views

Mr Camille GRAND, FRS Director - Political Committee Hearing on nuclear non-proliferation, Brussels,
15 September 2009

Hearing on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament by the Assembly Political Committee
Photo: Iliya DIMOVSKI/Belgian Senate

Meeting with DSACEUR, General Sir John McCOLL, SHAPE, Mons, Belgium,
15 September 2009

Deputy Supreme Commander briefs European Security and Defence Assembly on Afghanistan, Bosnia and other NATO operations
Photo: SHAPE

Mr Robert WALTER, President of the Assembly

Fact-finding mission to Chad (14-15 January 2009)

Fact-finding mission to Chad (14-15 January 2009)

Mr Vaclav KLAUS, President of the Czech Republic, representing the Czech EU Presidency (2 June 2009)

Mr Jaap DE HOOP SCHEFFER, Secretary-General of NATO (2 June 2009)

Mr Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vice-Chancellor, Chairman-in-Office of the German WEU Presidency, represented by Mr Clemens VON GOETZE, Permanent Representative of Germany to the WEU Council/EU Political and Security Committee (2 June 2009)

H.E. Mrs Dora BAKOYIANNI, Minister for Foreign Affairs, represented by Mr Dimitrios KATSOUDAS, Secretary-General for European Affairs, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing the incoming Greek WEU Presidency (3 June 2009)

Mrs Ana TRISIC BABIC, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(3 June 2009)

Mr Carl BILDT, Minister for Foreign Affairs, represented by His Excellency Mr Gunnar LUND, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in France, representing the incoming Swedish EU Presidency (3 June 2009)

“New opportunities for EU-US foreign and security policy cooperation – reply to the annual report of the Council”, Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by Mr Jordi XUCLÀ I COSTA (Spain, Liberal Group)

“ESDP and the future of the western Balkans – reply to the annual report of the Council”, Report tabled on behalf of the Political Committee by Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT (Spain, Federated Group)

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

“The war in Afghanistan: what strategy for Europe?”, Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by Mr Jean-Pierre KUCHEIDA (France, Socialist Group) and Mrs Françoise HOSTALIER (France, Federated Group)

“The role of the European Union in combating piracy”, Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by Mr Kurt BODEWIG (Germany, Socialist Group), Mr Aristotelis PAVLIDIS (Greece, Federated Group) and Mr Tarmo KÕUTS (Estonia, Federated Group)

“European Union military operations – reply to the annual report of the Council”, Report tabled on behalf of the Defence Committee by Mr Andrea RIGONI (Italy, Liberal Group) and Mr René ROUQUET (France, Socialist Group)

“European armoured vehicles: current programmes”, Report tabled on behalf of the Technological and Aerospace Committee by Mr Axel FISCHER, Chairman and Rapporteur (Germany, Federated Group), and Mrs Tuija NURMI (Finland, Federated Group)

“Space Situational Awareness”, Report tabled on behalf of the Technological and Aerospace Committee by Mr Edward O’HARA (United Kingdom, Socialist Group)

“Education and training for ESDP: the military Erasmus initiative”, Report tabled on behalf of the Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations by Mr Yves POZZO DI BORGO (France, Federated Group)

Robert Walter MP, President of the Assembly, and Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy/Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and Secretary-general of WEU, Brussels (26 May 2009)

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Meeting of President Walter with Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament.
Brussels, 12 February 2009

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Fact-finding mission to Afghanistan (12-14 May 2009)

Seminar on "European defence equipment cooperation: challenges and prospects"
Bonn, 5 March 2009

Colloquy on "EU/NATO relations: New ways of doing business - together"
Prague, 11 March 2009

Colloquy on "Civil-military cooperation in crisis management"
Berlin, 2 April 2009

Half-yearly meeting of the members of the Assembly with the WEU Permanent Council/EU Political and Security Committee. Brussels, 23 March 2009

General Henri BENTEGEAT, Chairman of the EU Military Committee. Brussels, 23 mars 2009

Hearings on challenges and opportunities in the European strategic air transport industry. Brussels, 24 March 2009

General Henri BENTEGEAT, Chairman of the EU Military Committee. Brussels, 22 September 2008

Lieutenant General David LEAKEY, Director of the EU Military Staff. Brussels, Justus Lipsius Building, 22 September 2008

Meeting of President Walter with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
Brussels, 19 March 2009

Mr Jean-Marie Bockel, State Secretary for Defence representing the current French WEU (January - December 2008) and EU Presidencies (July - December 2008)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Privy Counsellor, Minister for International Defence and Security of the United Kingdom - December 2008

Ms Elisabeth Walaas, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Norway - December 2008

Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, State Secretary for European Affairs, representing the French WEU Presidency and incoming EU Presidency - July 2008

Mr Dmitri ROGOZIN, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO - June 2008

Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe - June 2008

Mr Stef GORIS, former President of the Assembly, Mr Jaap DE HOOP SCHEFFER, NATO Secretary General, Mr Armand DE DECKER, former President of the Assembly and Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe at the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Assembly

Plenary session of the Assembly

View of the Assembly from the Eiffel Tower