Mogherini debates recent progress of the EU foreign policy with the Parliament

High Representative Federica Mogherini attended the monthly European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg on Tuesday 12.  She took part in five debates with the Members of Parliament, including on the recent EU-Cuba political and cooperation agreement, on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the implementation and review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy.

"Article. 36 debate"

Art. 36 of the Treaty foresees that the Parliament will hold "twice a year a debate on progress in implementing the common foreign and security policy, including the common security and defence policy." During this first general orientation debate the High Representative highlighted many of the challenges that the EU has been facing in the past year including Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and migration.

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