11. Order of business

Verbatim reports

The final draft agenda for the October III sittings (PE 570.418/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday and Wednesday

In agreement with the political groups, the President proposed the following two changes:

The statements by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Israel and Palestine (point 105 of the final draft agenda) and on the situation in South Sudan (point 93 of the final draft agenda) would be brought forward from Wednesday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon after the debate on the budget.

The debates on the Commission statement on the 'Perspectives and review of the Europe 2020 strategy' (point 96 of the final draft agenda) and on the report by Renato Soru on 'Transparency of securities financing transactions' (A8-0120/2015) (point 53 of the final draft agenda) would be postponed from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday evening, just before the debate on the Commission statement on 'Access to finance for SMEs' (point 94 of the final draft agenda).

The House agreed to the changes.

The following spoke: Paul Rübig, to ask for voting time on Thursday to be brought forward by half an hour.

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A request was received from the PPE Group for a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Georgia, and in particular the situation of the TV Rustavi 2 broadcaster, with the tabling of motions for resolutions, to be added to the afternoon's agenda.

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, and Heidi Hautala, who spoke against the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (122 in favour, 168 against, 35 abstentions).

A request was received from the GUE/NGL Group for a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on 'The Green March in Western Sahara forty years on' to be added to the afternoon's agenda.

The following spoke: Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, Philippe Lamberts, who proposed that the debate be held when Parliament next convened in Brussels, and Cristian Dan Preda, who spoke against the request.

Lola Sánchez Caldentey agreed with the proposal of Philippe Lamberts. The President called on Gabriele Zimmer, Chair of GUE/NGL, to submit a proposal to this end to the following Conference of Presidents.

Thursday

Parliament noted its agreement with the proposal of Paul Rübig. Voting time on Thursday would be brought forward by one hour and the preceding debates would be correspondingly shorter.

The following spoke: Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Anne Sander.

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The order of business was thus established.