As a Member of the Delegation of Subcommittee on Security and Defense of the European Parliament, MEP Tonino Picula went to a three-day working visit to Sarajevo

MEP Tonino Picula, as Head of the EP Delegation for Relations with BiH and Kosovo, was in Chair of EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, in Strasbourg.

Kao član Vanjskopolitičkog odbora Europskog parlamenta, zastupnik Tonino Picula posjetio je Niger, drugu na ljestvici najsiromašnijih zemalja na svijetu.

MEP Tonino Picula met today with European Commissioner for Regional Development Corina Creţu on the topic of the European islands in the future cohesion policy. This meeting is the continuation of the co-operation of Picula, Vice-President of the Intergroup for islands on behalf of the European Parliament with representatives of other European institutions in charge of the islands.

The purpose of conference “European Defence Union – between necessity and possibility", which took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on June 22-23 2017, initiated by the Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for B&H and Kosovo Tonino Picula, was to address the main security challenges Europe faces today and actions necessary capabilities for efficiently shifting the European Security and Defence Union from just a possibility to a reality that the EU citizens need and are entitled to.

Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament voted today in Brussels on the proposal of the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between the EU and its Member States on one hand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the other hand, took into consideration Croatia's accession to the European Union with 57 in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention.

President of the EP Delegation for Relations with BiH and Kosovo, MEP Tonino Picula co-chaired the 1. Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting for Stabilisation and Association EU-Kosovo (SAPC), held 16. and 17. May in Pristina, Kosovo.

“I warmly welcome today’s announcement from the European commission recommending visa liberalisation for the citizens of The Republic of Kosovo. This is good news that Kosovo citizens were waiting for a long time. We in the European Parliament were fighting for it regularly”, said MEP Tonino Picula, Head of Delegation for Relations with BiH and Kosovo.

MEP Picula participated on the Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting in Brussels. He is shadow rapporteur on the AFET opinion on changes of Directive of the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders.