European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for European security and defence policy, including institutions, capabilities and operations, as well as developing relations with strategic partners and third countries. [1] During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 30 members and is chaired by Nathalie Loiseau from France. [2]

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Members

As of 12 April 2022, the 30 members of the subcommittee are: [3]

Member Group (Party) State
Nathalie Loiseau (Chair) RE (LREM) France
Nikos Androulakis (Vice-Chair) S&D (KINAL) Greece
Rasa Juknevičienė (Vice-Chair) EPP (TS–LKD) Lithuania
Özlem Demirel (Vice-Chair) GUE/NGL (LINKE) Germany
Lukas Mandl (Vice-Chair) EPP (ÖVP) Austria
Alviina Alametsä G/EFA (VIHR) Finland
Attila Ara-Kovács S&D (DK) Hungary
Petras Auštrevičius RE (LRLS) Lithuania
Traian Băsescu EPP (PMP) Bulgaria
Hynek Blaško ID (SPD) Czech Republic
Fabio Massimo Castaldo NI (M5S) Italy
Arnaud Danjean EPP (LR) France
Anna Fotyga ECR (PiS) Poland
Hervé Juvin ID (RN) France
Javi López S&D (PSC) Spain
Claudiu Manda S&D (PSD) Romania
Vangelis Meimarakis EPP (ND) Greece
Sven Mikser S&D (SKE) Estonia
Javier Nart RE (Cs) Spain
Hannah Neumann G/EFA (GRÜNE) Germany
Vlad Nistor EPP (PNL) Romania
Urmas Paet RE (Reform) Estonia
Mounir Satouri G/EFA (EELV) France
Radosław Sikorski EPP (PO) Poland
Tom Vandenkendelaere EPP (CD&V) Belgium
Alexandr Vondra ECR (ODS) Czech Republic
Mick Wallace GUE/NGL (I4C) Ireland
Witold Waszczykowski ECR (PiS) Poland
Elena Yoncheva S&D (BSP) Bulgaria
Bernhard Zimniok ID (AfD) Germany

Chairpersons

ChairpersonTerm startTerm end Group State
Pottering, Hans-Gert-9757.jpg Hans-Gert Pöttering 19941999 EPP Germany
Karl von Wogau (1989).jpg Karl von Wogau 199913 July 2009 EPP Germany
Danjean, Arnaud-2589.jpg Arnaud Danjean 20 July 200930 June 2014 EPP France
Anna Fotyga 2019.jpg Anna Fotyga 7 July 20141 July 2019 ECR Poland
Nathalie Loiseau sur un marche durant la campagne des europeennes (cropped).jpg Nathalie Loiseau 10 July 2019Incumbent RE France

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References

  1. "Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)". EU Monitor. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. "Welcome words". European Parliament . Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. "Members". European Parliament . Retrieved 12 April 2022.