Foreign Affairs Council - December 2012

	Story Title Story Description	Foreign Affairs Council - December 2012 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place on 10 December 2012, in Brussels.
	Video Title Video Description	Roundtable Extracts from the roundtable of the Foreign Affairs Council on 10 December 2012, in Brussels.

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Shooting Date	10-12-2012	Country	Belgium	Town	Brussels

Background	The Ministers discuss the situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, in particular in Syria, Egypt and Libya and developments regarding the Middle East Peace Process. The Council is expected to debate the relations with the United States of America during President Obama’s second term, as well as the preparations for the summit with Russia on 21 December. Furthermore, the Council takes stock of recent developments in the Western Balkans and discuss foreign policy aspects of the Commission’s proposals for EU enlargement policy towards the region.

Background

The Ministers discuss the situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, in particular in Syria, Egypt and Libya and developments regarding the Middle East Peace Process.
The Council is expected to debate the relations with the United States of America during
President Obama’s second term, as well as the preparations for the summit with Russia on 21 December. Furthermore, the Council takes stock of recent developments in the Western Balkans and discuss foreign policy aspects of the Commission’s proposals for EU enlargement policy towards the region.

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00:00:03		Arrival of Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium (2 shots) Keywords : Reynders \| Belgium Duration : 00:00:08
00:00:11		Arrival of Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland (2 shots) Keywords : Sikorski \| Poland Duration : 00:00:10
00:00:21		Arrival of Michael SPINDELEGGER, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Keywords : Austria \| Spindelegger Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:26		Arrival of Urmas PAET, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Keywords : Paet \| Estonia Duration : 00:00:06
00:00:32		SPINDELEGGER and PAET Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:37		SPINDELEGGER and PAET and Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Keywords : Westerwelle Duration : 00:00:11
00:00:48		Edgars RINKEVICS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia Keywords : Latvia \| Rinkevcis Duration : 00:00:04
00:00:52		Giulio Maria Terzi di SANT'AGATA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy Keywords : Italy \| Terzi di Sant'agata Duration : 00:00:07
00:00:59		WESTERWELLE, PAET and SPINDELEGGER Duration : 00:00:12
00:01:11		Arrival of Erato KOZAKOU-MARCOULLIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus (3 shots) Keywords : Cyprus \| Kozakou Marcoullis Duration : 00:00:20
00:01:31		Arrival of Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxemburg Keywords : Asselborn \| Luxembourg Duration : 00:00:06
00:01:37		ASSELBORN with WESTERWELLE and SPINDELEGGER Duration : 00:00:06
00:01:43		Nickolay MLADENOV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, with Kristalina GEORGIEVA, European Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Keywords : Mladenov \| Georgieva \| Bulgaria \| European Commission Duration : 00:00:04
00:01:47		Michael SPINDELEGGER, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Keywords : Asselborn Duration : 00:00:05
00:01:52		Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland (2 shots) Keywords : Sikorski Duration : 00:00:10
00:02:02		Karel SCHWARZENBERG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic Keywords : Schwarzenberg Duration : 00:00:04
00:02:06		Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Keywords : Tuomioja Duration : 00:00:06
00:02:12		David LIDINGTON, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom Keywords : Lidington Duration : 00:00:04
00:02:16		Dimitros AVRAMOPOULOS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Keywords : Füle \| Avramopoulos Duration : 00:00:07
00:02:23		Erato KOZAKOU-MARCOULLIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, János MARTONYI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Keywords : Martonyi \| Kozakou Marcoullis Duration : 00:00:03
00:02:26		Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (3 shots) Keywords : Ashton Duration : 00:00:16
00:02:42		Miroslav LAJCAK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Keywords : Lajcak Duration : 00:00:03
00:02:45		José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain (2 shots) Keywords : García-Margallo y Marfil Duration : 00:00:10
00:02:55		Kristalina GEORGIEVA, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:00		Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Duration : 00:00:06
00:03:06		Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:11		Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Duration : 00:00:06
00:03:17		David LIDINGTON, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:22		Eamon GILMORE, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Keywords : Gilmore Duration : 00:00:03
00:03:25		Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Duration : 00:00:06
00:03:31		Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:36		Erato KOZAKOU-MARCOULLIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:41		Nickolay MLADENOV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, with Kristalina GEORGIEVA, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Miroslav LAJCAK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Duration : 00:00:06
00:03:47		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Giulio Maria Terzi di SANT'AGATA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy Keywords : Terzi di Sant'agata Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:52		Urmas PAET, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:57		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Giulio Maria Terzi di SANT'AGATA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy Duration : 00:00:07
00:04:04		Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Duration : 00:00:07
00:04:11		General views of the roundtable Duration : 00:00:11
00:04:22		END Duration : 00:00:03

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Foreign Affairs Council - December 2012

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