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On 22 February 2013, MEPs and MPs from national parliaments discussed with the Swedish and Polish foreign ministers, Carl Bildt and Radosław Sikorski, a "...European global strategy, which should help frame a clearer mandate for the EU foreign policy chief. The initiative, launched by the foreign ministers of Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden, will also feed into the discussion on defence by EU heads of state and government at their December summit". 
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Social Investment Package
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The European Commission adopted a Communication on Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion on 20 February 2013, known as the Commission’s Social Investment Package.
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Limits of personal freedom: civil rights of soldiers under attack?
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On 19 February 2013 EUROMIL organised, in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNS) and the European Security Roundtable (ESRT), a lunchtime debate on “Limits of personal freedom: civil rights of soldiers under attack?”. The meeting was opened by Hans H. Stein, Director - International Political Dialogue at FNS, and moderated by Christoph Raab, Chairman of ESRT. Speeches were delivered by Hellmut Königshaus, German Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Emmanuel Jacob, President of EUROMIL, and Major General Georg Nachtsheim, Deputy Commander - Rapid Reaction Corps France.
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New Cyber Security Strategy
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The High Representative Catherine Ashton and the European Commission released a new Communication on Cyber Security Strategy on 7 February 2013.
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EU Social Dialogue Newsletter
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The second edition of the EU Social Dialogue Newsletter was launched by the European Commission.
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