EUU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 680: Referat fra COSAC formandsmødet og Trojka mødet 28-29/7-24 i Budapest

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TROIKA OF COSAC

UDAPEST

, H

UNGARY

, 28 J

ULY

2024

PRESENT AT THE MEETING

CHAIR: Mr Richárd HÖRCSIK, Founding Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs,

Hungarian

Országgyűlés,

Mr Péter BALASSA, Vice Chairman of the Committee on European

Affairs, Hungarian

Országgyűlés,

and Ms Hajnalka JUHÁSZ, Member of the Committee on

European Affairs, Hungarian

Országgyűlés.

Mr Peter DE ROOVER, Speaker of the Belgian

Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers/

Chambre des représentants

and Co-Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on European

affairs;

Mr Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Deputy Chair of the EU Affairs Committee, Polish

Senat,

and Mr

Patryk GABRIEL, Member of the EU Affairs Committee, Polish

Sejm;

Mr Younous OMARJEE, Vice President, European Parliament.

1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Mr HÖRCSIK welcomed the delegations of the Presidential Troika of COSAC (hereinafter

referred to as "the Troika"). He explained that the Chairman of the Committee on European

Affairs, Mr Zoltán TESSELY, would join the Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC the

following day. He then invited the members of the delegations present at the Troika meeting

to briefly introduce themselves. Mr DE ROOVER thanked for the invitation and explained that

the Belgian

Senaat/Sénat

was in the process of constituting itself following elections and

therefore not represented at the meeting. Similarly, Mr OMARJEE, Mr WŁOSOWICZ, and

Mr GABRIEL all thanked the Hungarian Presidency for the invitation and expressed their hope

for fruitful and constructive cooperation. Ms JUHÁSZ and Mr BALASSA concluded the round

of introductions by greeting Troika members.

2. ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT AGENDA OF THE MEETING OF THE

PRESIDENTIAL TROIKA OF COSAC

Before going through the meeting’s agenda Mr HÖRCSIK stressed the need for dialogue

among members of COSAC adding that we should all be able to talk to each other. Mr

EUU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 680: Referat fra COSAC formandsmødet og Trojka mødet 28-29/7-24 i Budapest

HÖRCSIK then referred to the

agenda of the Meeting of the Troika,

previously circulated to

all delegations, which was adopted without amendments.

3. APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING OF THE

CHAIRPERSONS OF COSAC

Mr HÖRCSIK referred to the draft

Programme of the Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC.

The draft programme was approved without amendments.

4. DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR THE LXXII COSAC

PLENARY MEETING

Mr HÖRCSIK referred to the draft

Programme for the LXXII COSAC meeting,

which would

take place between 27-29 October 2024, with the next Troika Meeting on the 27th October. He

introduced the four main topics of the LXXII COSAC: state of play of the Hungarian

Presidency, the ongoing institutional renewal in the EU and 15 years of the Lisbon Treaty,

demography and European security and defence. Mr HÖRCSIK informed Troika members of

the invitation of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr Viktor ORBÁN, the Minister for Foreign

Affairs and Trade, Mr Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Executive Vice President of the European

Commission, Mr

Maroš

ŠEFČOVIČ and Vice President of the European Commission, Ms

Dubravka ŠUICA. He noted that the European Parliament would be invited to provide a

speaker for session III of the programme. Mr OMARJEE welcomed this and reiterated that the

European Parliament is available to identify suitable keynote speakers among its Members for

the programme to provide an institutional balance. Mr HÖRCSIK noted that the topic of

Ukraine could extensively be debated during either or both of the first and the fourth sessions.

5. APPROVAL OF THE OUTLINE OF THE 42ND BI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COSAC

Mr HÖRCSIK referred to the draft

outline of the 42nd Bi-annual Report of COSAC,

and

informed the Troika that the Questionnaire would be sent out later the same week, with a

deadline for replies set to 18 September 2024.

6. LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENCY

Mr HÖRCSIK explained that the Presidency had received requests to attend the Meeting of the

Chairpersons of COSAC from the the

Kuvendi i Kosovës

of Kosovo

, the

Storting

of Norway,

the

Assemblée fédérale

of Switzerland, and the

House of Lords

of the United Kingdom. After

consultation with the Troika, these requests had been replied to favourably. He also brought

the delegations’ attention to a letter from Mr Edmunds CEPURĪTIS, Chairperson of the

European Affairs Committee of the Latvian

Saeima.

In the letter Mr CEPURĪTIS explained

that he withdrew his participation at the Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC, in reference

to the recent trips the Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr Viktor ORBÁN, had undertaken to i.a.

Moscow and Beijing. Mr CEPURĪTIS expressed his concern that the Hungarian

Országgyűlés

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ

opinion on Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

EUU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 680: Referat fra COSAC formandsmødet og Trojka mødet 28-29/7-24 i Budapest

had not held the Prime Minister sufficiently to account for this. Mr HÖRCSIK briefly stated to

the Troika that the Prime Minister had travelled not as a representative of the EU but as

Hungarian Prime Minister, and that he had also informed the European Council of the result of

his trips. He furthermore noted that each Parliament/Chamber decides on the composition of

its delegation to the Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC, and that while we may all have

different political views it is generally better to listen to each other. He noted that four or five

committee chairs had cancelled their participation.

7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

No further points were raised.