Welcome message from the new Chair

As the elected Chair of the delegation, I preside over the regular meetings of our Delegation and, together with the Co-Chair of the Chilean component, I also preside over the meetings of the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee, which will take place twice a year, alternating between Chile and the European Union.

Chile is a constructive, like-minded partner, with which the EU has excellent relations and shares important values, including the defence of democracy and human rights, open trade and multilateralism. At a time of increasing international instability, we urgently need to update and upgrade our current framework for relations, especially to reaffirm our shared support of the multilateral order and determination to defend it.

At the end of the last parliamentary term (2019-2024), the European Parliament gave its consent to the modernisation of the Association Agreement EU-Chile of 2002. As a result, a new Advanced Framework Agreement will enter into force soon. This includes not only the modernisation of its trade pillar, but also strong cooperation on political areas with a particular focus on economic development, raw materials and common identity.

My objective as D-CL Chair is to boost parliamentary role and influence as citizen's representatives on the international stage, to foster broad-ranging and intensive dialogue between our parliamentary assemblies and to harness parliamentary democracy to make progress together in areas of mutual interest to the EU and Chile.

Stefano Cavedagna

Chair