2. Implementation of the Creative Europe programme (debate)
Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) and repealing Decisions No 1718/2006/EC, No 1855/2006/EC and No 1041/2009/EC [2015/2328(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A8-0030/2017)
Silvia Costa introduced the report.
The following spoke: Carlos Moedas (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Clare Moody (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Bogdan Brunon Wenta, on behalf of the PPE Group, Luigi Morgano, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hans-Olaf Henkel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kaja Kallas, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martina Michels, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ENF Group, Lampros Fountoulis, non-attached Member, Sabine Verheyen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Olaf Henkel, Momchil Nekov, Julie Girling, Liadh Ní Riada, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Michaela Šojdrová, Elena Gentile, Notis Marias, Francisco José Millán Mon, Monika Smolková, Kinga Gál, Alex Mayer, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski and Csaba Sógor.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Grapini, Ivana Maletić, Julie Ward, Nicola Caputo, Lefteris Christoforou and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.
The following spoke: Carlos Moedas and Silvia Costa.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 2.3.2017, item 5.7.
3. Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme (debate)
Report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ʻEurope for Citizensʼ programme for the period 2014–2020 [2015/2329(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: María Teresa Giménez Barbat (A8-0017/2017)
María Teresa Giménez Barbat introduced the report.
The following spoke: Julian King (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Lefteris Christoforou (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Ruža Tomašić, on behalf of the ECR Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Curzio Maltese, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rosa D'Amato, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Laurenţiu Rebega, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member, Sabine Verheyen, Krystyna Łybacka, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Nikolaos Chountis, Patrick O'Flynn, Dominique Bilde, Marlene Mizzi, Liadh Ní Riada, Luigi Morgano and Monika Smolková.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Julie Ward, Luke Ming Flanagan, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Maria Grapini and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Julian King and María Teresa Giménez Barbat.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 2.3.2017, item 5.8.
4. Common Commercial Policy in the context of wildlife sustainability imperatives (short presentation)
Report on EU Common Commercial Policy in the context of wildlife sustainability imperatives [2016/2054(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Emma McClarkin (A8-0012/2017)
Emma McClarkin made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Catherine Bearder, Andreas Schwab and Ricardo Serrão Santos.
The following spoke: Julian King (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 2.3.2017, item 5.9.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.10 pending voting time and resumed at 11.35.)
IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS Vice-President
5. Welcome
The following spoke:
— Gianni Pittella, to request that a penalty be imposed on Janusz Korwin-Mikke for statements he had made in a debate the previous day (the President answered that the President of Parliament would be informed of the matter);
— Janusz Korwin-Mikke to request that the vote on the request for waiver of the immunity of Marine Le Pen be postponed (the President outlined the situation);
— Steven Woolfe on the case of Alexander Adamescu.
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The President welcomed the Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, who had taken his seat in the distinguished visitors’ gallery.
6. Voting time
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.
6.1. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Marine Le Pen (vote)
Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Marine Le Pen [2016/2295(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0047/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
6.2. EU-Lebanon Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (accession of Croatia) *** (Rule 150)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union [05748/2016 - C8-0171/2016- 2015/0292(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Ramona Nicole Mănescu (A8-0027/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the protocol.
6.3. EU-Liechtenstein Agreement on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa *** (Rule 150)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa, as part of the Internal Security Fund for the period 2014 to 2020 [12852/2016 - C8-0515/2016 - 2016/0247(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Josef Weidenholzer (A8-0025/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
6.4. Information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments in the field of energy ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU [COM(2016)0053 - C8-0034/2016 - 2016/0031(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Zdzisław Krasnodębski (A8-0305/2016)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
6.5. Obligations in the field of visa reciprocity (vote)
Question for oral answer (O-000142/2016) pursuant to Rule 128(5) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on obligations of the Commission in the field of visa reciprocity in accordance with Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2016/2986(RSP)) (B8-1820/2017)
Motion for a resolution pursuant to Rule 128 (5) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on obligations of the Commission in the field of visa reciprocity in accordance with Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2016/2986(RSP)) (B8-0173/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
6.6. Options for improving access to medicines (vote)
Report on EU options for improving access to medicines [2016/2057(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (A8-0040/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (tabled by the ENF Group)
6.7. Implementation of the Creative Europe programme (vote)
Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) and repealing Decisions No 1718/2006/EC, No 1855/2006/EC and No 1041/2009/EC [2015/2328(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A8-0030/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)
Cristian Dan Preda and Franz Obermayr on the conduct of the votes (the President provided clarification).
Silvia Costa (rapporteur) to say that her voting button had not worked in the final vote and that she would have voted in favour.
6.8. Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme (vote)
Report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ʻEurope for Citizensʼ programme for the period 2014–2020 [2015/2329(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: María Teresa Giménez Barbat (A8-0017/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)
6.9. Common Commercial Policy in the context of wildlife sustainability imperatives (vote)
Report on EU Common Commercial Policy in the context of wildlife sustainability imperatives [2016/2054(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Emma McClarkin (A8-0012/2017)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)
Written explanations of vote within the meaning of Rule 183 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
Oral explanations of vote:
Report: Zdzisław Krasnodębski - A8-0305/2016 Monica Macovei, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Rosa D'Amato, Notis Marias and Stanislav Polčák
Obligations in the field of visa reciprocity - B8-0173/2017 Momchil Nekov, Adam Szejnfeld, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Jan Zahradil, Tomáš Zdechovský, Michaela Šojdrová and Stanislav Polčák
Report: Soledad Cabezón Ruiz - A8-0040/2017 Urszula Krupa, Michela Giuffrida, Rosa D'Amato, Notis Marias, Monica Macovei, Jiří Pospíšil, Michaela Šojdrová, Stanislav Polčák, Anna Záborská and Nicola Caputo
Report: Silvia Costa - A8-0030/2017 Krisztina Morvai, Michela Giuffrida, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Jiří Pospíšil, Tomáš Zdechovský and Stefano Maullu
Report: María Teresa Giménez Barbat - A8-0017/2017 Krisztina Morvai, Adam Szejnfeld, Monica Macovei, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Jan Zahradil, Jiří Pospíšil, Notis Marias, Nicola Caputo, Csaba Sógor and Tomáš Zdechovský
Report: Emma McClarkin - A8-0012/2017 Jadwiga Wiśniewska.
8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the Europarl website under 'Plenary/Votes/Results of Votes (Results of roll-call votes)'. They are published in hard copy in the 'Results of roll-call votes' annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
Flavio Zanonato stated that his voting button had not worked in the final vote on the report by Silvia Costa (A8-0030/2017) and that he would have voted in favour.
9. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from the Council and Commission
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - European Commission (05876/2017 [01] - C8-0037/2017 - 2016/2151(DEC))
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor (05876/2017 [09] - C8-0046/2017 - 2016/2159(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
JURI, LIBE
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - European External Action Service (05876/2017 [10] - C8-0047/2017 - 2016/2160(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
AFCO, DEVE, AFET, INTA
- Discharge 2015: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (05873/2017 [01] - C8-0048/2017 - 2016/2161(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
EMPL, ITRE
- Discharge 2015: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) (05873/2017 [02] - C8-0049/2017 - 2016/2162(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
EMPL
- Discharge 2015: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (05873/2017 [03] - C8-0050/2017 - 2016/2163(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
LIBE
- Discharge 2015: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (05873/2017 [04] - C8-0051/2017 - 2016/2164(DEC))
- Discharge 2015: European Police College (CEPOL) (05873/2017 [17] - C8-0064/2017 - 2016/2178(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
LIBE
- Discharge 2015: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) (05873/2017 [18] - C8-0065/2017 - 2016/2179(DEC))
- Discharge 2015: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (05873/2017 [26] - C8-0073/2017 - 2016/2187(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
EMPL, ECON
- Discharge 2015: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (05873/2017 [27] - C8-0074/2017 - 2016/2188(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
ECON
- Discharge 2015: Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (05873/2017 [28] - C8-0075/2017 - 2016/2189(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
ITRE
- Discharge 2015: Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) (05873/2017 [29] - C8-0076/2017 - 2016/2190(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
ITRE, IMCO
- Discharge 2015: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (05873/2017 [30] - C8-0077/2017 - 2016/2191(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
ITRE
- Discharge 2015: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (05873/2017 [31] - C8-0078/2017 - 2016/2192(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
LIBE
- Discharge 2015: European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU-LISA) (05873/2017 [32] - C8-0079/2017 - 2016/2193(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
LIBE
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - 8th EDFs (05376/2017 - C8-0081/2017 - 2016/2202(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
DEVE, BUDG
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - 9th EDFs (05377/2017 - C8-0082/2017 - 2016/2202(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
DEVE, BUDG
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - 10th EDFs (05378/2017 - C8-0083/2017 - 2016/2202(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
DEVE, BUDG
- Discharge 2015: EU general budget - 11th EDFs (05379/2017 - C8-0084/2017 - 2016/2202(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
DEVE, BUDG
- Discharge 2015 - International Fusion Energy Organisation (ITER) (05875/2017 [01] - C8-0085/2017 - 2016/2194(DEC))
- Discharge 2015: Electric Components & Systems for European Leadership Joint Undertaking (ECSEL) (05875/2017 [07] - C8-0091/2017 - 2016/2201(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
ITRE
2) from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 133)
- Mireille D'Ornano. Motion for a resolution on depression (B8-0119/2017)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Dominique Martin. Motion for a resolution on keeping older workers in employment and passing on know-how (B8-0127/2017)
referred to
responsible:
EMPL
- Marie-Christine Arnautu, Dominique Bilde, Mario Borghezio, Marie-Christine Boutonnet, Lorenzo Fontana, Sylvie Goddyn, Philippe Loiseau, Bernard Monot and Mylène Troszczynski. Motion for a resolution on compromises by the European Institutions with radical Islam (B8-0128/2017)
referred to
responsible:
CULT
- Steeve Briois. Motion for a resolution on blocking the accession of Croatia to the Schengen Area (B8-0129/2017)
referred to
responsible:
LIBE
- Isabella Adinolfi. Motion for a resolution on trade in surveillance technologies (B8-0130/2017)
referred to
responsible:
AFET
- Antanas Guoga, Hannu Takkula, Charles Tannock, Marc Tarabella and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells. Motion for a resolution on support for the preservation of the heritage of ethnic minorities in Europe (B8-0131/2017)
referred to
responsible:
LIBE
opinion:
CULT
- Mireille D'Ornano and Sophie Montel. Motion for a resolution on protecting cheetahs (B8-0132/2017)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Aldo Patriciello. Motion for a resolution on conducting a detailed study of the threats to biodiversity in the EU posed by the EU itself (B8-0134/2017)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
INTA
- Nuno Melo. Motion for a resolution on cannabis use (B8-0135/2017)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
LIBE
- Lorenzo Fontana. Motion for a resolution on information campaigns relating to new drugs (B8-0136/2017)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
LIBE
- Mireille D'Ornano and Sophie Montel. Motion for a resolution on the introduction of video surveillance in European abattoirs (B8-0137/2017)
referred to
responsible:
AGRI
- Martina Anderson, Pascal Arimont, Francisco Assis, Margrete Auken, Petras Auštrevičius, Georges Bach, Zigmantas Balčytis, Hugues Bayet, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Michał Boni, Lynn Boylan, Udo Bullmann, Nicola Caputo, Nessa Childers, Lefteris Christoforou, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Seb Dance, Mady Delvaux, Stefan Eck, Ismail Ertug, Jonás Fernández, Luke Ming Flanagan, Eleonora Forenza, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Tania González Peñas, Antanas Guoga, Brian Hayes, Gunnar Hökmark, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Benedek Jávor, Sajjad Karim, Seán Kelly, Jeppe Kofod, Merja Kyllönen, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Dietmar Köster, Jo Leinen, Péter Niedermüller, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Georgi Pirinski, Gabriele Preuß, Bronis Ropė, Alfred Sant, Tokia Saïfi, Marietje Schaake, Christel Schaldemose, Molly Scott Cato, Jasenko Selimovic, Jordi Solé, Catherine Stihler, Tibor Szanyi, Marc Tarabella, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Helga Trüpel, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Hilde Vautmans, Julie Ward, Tiemo Wölken, Sophia in 't Veld, Matthijs van Miltenburg and Ivan Štefanec. Motion for a resolution on fighting discrimination based on race, religion and nationality (B8-0138/2017)
referred to
responsible:
LIBE
opinion:
AFET
10. Decisions concerning certain documents
Modified referrals to committees (Rule 53)
AFET Committee
- Impact of international trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains (2016/2301(INI)) referred to committee responsible: INTA opinion: FEMM, DEVE, AFET, EMPL, ITRE
JURI Committee
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (recast) (COM(2016)0616 - C8-0393/2016 - 2016/0295(COD)) referred to committee responsible: INTA opinion: AFET, JURI (Rule 104)
11. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
In accordance with Rule 192(2), the minutes of that day's sitting and of the previous day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.
With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.
12. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 13 March 2017 to 16 March 2017.
13. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.