The European Union Affairs Committee’s visit to Brussels focuses on security

On Tuesday, the members of the Riigikogu plan to have meetings with Military Representative of the Permanent Representation of Estonia to NATO and EU, Major General Enno Mõts, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Radmila Shekerinska and Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO Jüri Luik. The discussions at the meetings will focus on Europea’s military autonomy, the division of tasks between NATO and the European Union, and transatlantic cooperation.

On Wednesday, the members of the EU Affairs Committee will meet with European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, with whom they will discuss the future of European defence, increasing defence spending, developing defence industry, construction of critical security infrastructure, cooperation between the EU and NATO and hybrid attacks against critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Marko Mihkelson will also participate in this meeting.

The EU Affairs Committee delegation also plans to have meetings on Wednesday with Helen Kaljuläte, Ambassador of Estonia to Belgium, Sanna Laaksonen, Defence Expert of the Cabinet of Commission’s Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, as well as with Indrek Kannik, Julia Luts and Oliver Mõru, members of the Cabinet of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas. They will also meet with Kyllike Sillaste-Elling, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the EU, Marten Kokk, Deputy Permanent Representative Estonia to the EU, and Lauri Kuusing, Estonian Permanent Representative to the EU’s Political and Security Committee.

On Thursday, the members of the EU Affairs Committee will meet with Jüri Laas, Spokesperson of the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, and Matti Maasikas, Managing Director for Political Affairs at the European External Action Service, and Gábor Horváth, Deputy Director General of the European Union Military Staff. They will also have meetings with Estonian Members of the European Parliament Riho Terras and Sven Mikser.

During the first half of the week, Chair of the Finance Committee of the Riigikogu Annely Akkermann and member of the Social Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Hele Everaus will also be in Brussels, where they will attend the Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union held within the framework of the European Parliamentary Week. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Marko Mihkelson will be in Brussels to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the European Parliament and national parliaments.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia