Ședințe ordinare

Delegation meeting on Thursday 18 January 2024 in Strasbourg

The European Parliament met on 18 January in Strasbourg to elect the new Bureau Members for the DAFR - Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly; the DCAB - Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly and the DPAC - Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly and the DACP - Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Following the signing of the Samoa agreement, three new regional parliamentary assemblies (PA) will now complement the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly - an Africa-EU PA, a Caribbean-EU PA and a Pacific-EU PA.

The new Bureau Members elected for the DACP are:

Carlos Zorrinho, S&D, Chair

Max Orville, Renew, 1st VC

Jadwiga Wisniewska, ECR, 2nd VC

Dan Nica, S&D, 3rd VC

Michael Gahler, EPP, 4th VC

Idoia Villanueva, GUE, 5th VC

Christophe Clergeau, S&D, 6th VC

Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Greens, 7th VC

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Renew, 8th VC

Marian Marinescu, EPP, 9th VC

Karol Karski, ECR, 10th VC

Inese Vaidere, EPP, as its 11th VC

Delegation meeting on Thursday 18 January 2024 in Strasbourg

The European Parliament met on 18 January in Strasbourg to elect the new Bureau Members for the DAFR - Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly; the DCAB - Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly and the DPAC - Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly and the DACP - Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Following the signing of the Samoa agreement, three new regional parliamentary assemblies (PA) will now complement the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly - an Africa-EU PA, a Caribbean-EU PA and a Pacific-EU PA.

The new Bureau Members elected for the DACP are:

Carlos Zorrinho, S&D, Chair

Max Orville, Renew, 1st VC

Jadwiga Wisniewska, ECR, 2nd VC

Dan Nica, S&D, 3rd VC

Michael Gahler, EPP, 4th VC

Idoia Villanueva, GUE, 5th VC

Christophe Clergeau, S&D, 6th VC

Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Greens, 7th VC

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Renew, 8th VC

Marian Marinescu, EPP, 9th VC

Karol Karski, ECR, 10th VC

Inese Vaidere, EPP, as its 11th VC

Delegation meeting on Thursday 14 December 2023 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met on Thursday 14 December 2023 in Strasbourg. The meeting focused on two main points: the 19th Regional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in the Solomon Islands and the Preparation of four constitutive meetings of the three regional assemblies and of the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly under the new Samoa Agreement in Angola.

Delegation meeting on Thursday 30 November 2023 in Brussels

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met on Thursday 30 November (14h00-16h30) in Brussels (room SPINELLI 1G2). The meeting aimed to bring together Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission's Youth Sounding Board - a group of young people who advise the Commissioner and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) on youth participation and empowerment in EU external action. The main topic was on "Youth political and civic participation in ACP countries and beyond: Challenges and opportunities". On the second part of the meeting, DG COMM´s Youth Outreach unit, made a presentation on "How to bring out the Youth vote".

Delegation meeting on Wednesday, 22 November 2023 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met in Strasbourg on Wednesday 22 November. The main point was the follow-up and the state of play after the signing of the Samoa Agreement.

Delegation meeting Thursday, 13 July 2023 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met in Strasbourg on Thursday 13 July to elect the 6th Vice-President, replacing Eric Andrieu (S&D), to evaluate the Joint Parliamentary Assembly plenary meeting that took place in Brussels, 24-28 June 2023 and the Post-Cotonou and activities in the second half of 2023.

Christophe Clergeau was elected 6th Vice-Chair of the DACP.

Link to the meeting documents.

Link to the video recording.

Bureau and DACP meetings on Thursday, 15 June 2023 in Strasbourg

The DACP Bureau will discuss, in camera, the preparations for the meeting of the Bureau of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on 25 June 2023 and the nomination to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) Mainstreaming Network.

Link to the meeting documents.

The DACP Bureau will be followed by the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Strasbourg to discuss mainly the preparation of the 43rd Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, in Brussels, 24 -28 June 2023 and the Post-Cotonou and activities in second half of 2023

Link to the meeting documents.

Link to the webstreaming.


Delegation meeting Thursday, 16 February 2023 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meet in Strasbourg on Thursday 16 February to discuss mainly the preparation of the meetings of the standing committees and the Bureau of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, 1-2 March 2023 in Brussels (Belgium).

Link to the meeting documents.

Link to the recorded meeting.

Delegation meeting Thursday, 15 December 2022 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met in Strasbourg on Thursday 15 December to discuss mainly :

  • the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the parliamentary elections in Lesotho (7 October 2022) and
  • the evaluation and follow-up of the 42nd Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and of the meetings of the standing committees, in Maputo (Mozambique), 29 October -2 November 2022.


Link to the meeting documents.

Link to the recorded meeting.


Delegation meeting Thursday, 6 October 2022 in Strasbourg

The Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly met in Strasbourg on Thursday6 October and elected Max Oetjen (Renew) as new 1st Vice-Chair of the Committee on Political Affairs to replace Catherine Bearder (Renew), who left the European Parliament after the Brexit.

Furthermore, Members discussed the preparations of the 42nd JPA plenary session, which will take place in Maputo in Mozambique from 29 October to 2 November 2022.

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