16. Order of business

Verbatim reports

The following spoke: Daniele Viotti on the case of Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian scientist resident in Sweden, who had been condemned to death in Iran (the President noted that the abolition of the death penalty was a priority for the European Union and that he would be contacting the Iranian President) and James Carver on the terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, which had left hundreds dead and wounded (the President spoke in support of Mr Carver's speech).

The final draft agenda for the Octobre II 2017 plenary sittings (PE 611.536/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 149a):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

- Request by the Verts/ALE Group for the debate on 'Combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU' (item 67 of the final draft agenda) to be concluded by the submission of motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to move the request.

Parliament approved the request.

- Request by the ALDE Group for the debate scheduled for Wednesday morning (item 36 of the final draft agenda) on the 'Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens' to be swapped with the Commission statement on 'Combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU'.

The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to move the request, and Maria João Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, to oppose the request.

Parliament approved the request.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, Maria João Rodrigues and Edouard Martin on the situation in Parliament.

The President referred to the Bureau decision of 14 April 2014 on the internal rules of the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints between Accredited Parliamentary Assistants and Members of the European Parliament and its prevention at the workplace and referred also to the role of this committee and the procedure to be followed in psychological or sexual harassment cases.

Wednesday

- Request by the Verts/ALE Group for the joint discussion on the Entry-Exit system to be postponed to a later part-session.

The following spoke: Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to move the request and Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, on behalf of the PPE Group, to oppose the request.

Parliament rejected the request.

- Request by the GUE/NGL Group for the statement by the Council and the Commission on 'Response mechanisms to the forest fires in Northern Spain and Portugal' (item 69 of the final draft agenda) to be moved to the first item in the afternoon.

The following spoke: João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to move the request and Marcel de Graaff to oppose the request.

Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (68 for, 208 against, 35 abstentions).

Thursday

No changes.

The order of business was thus established.