Minutes - Results of votes - Thursday, 19 April 2018

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Thursday, 19 April 2018 - Strasbourg

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1. Belarus

2. Philippines

3. Situation in the Gaza Strip

4. Common system of value added tax, with regard to the obligation to respect a minimum standard rate *

5. Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing ***I

6. Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles ***I

7. Organic production and labelling of organic products ***I

8. Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States *

9. Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2019 – Section I – European Parliament

10. Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 and repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics ***I

11. Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová

Motion for a resolution: B8-0186/2018


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
Joint motion for a resolution B8-0186/2018 (PPE, S&D, ECR, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL)
§ 4	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		417, 178, 48
§ 8	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		636, 1, 12
			2/RCV		+		527, 87, 29
After § 13	1	EFDD	EV		+		379, 230, 39
§ 16	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		515, 117, 16
			2/RCV		+		526, 89, 26
§ 17	3	Verts/ALE	EV		+		343, 288, 18
	4	PPE			+
	§	original text	split
			1		↓
			2		↓
§ 20	§	original text	RCV		+		477, 116, 15
Recital G	§	original text	RCV		+		529, 90, 23
Recital L	2	Verts/ALE	EV		+		331, 266, 42
Recital N	§	original text	sep		+
Recital Q	§	original text	sep		+
Recital V	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		402, 206, 35
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				RCV		+		573, 27, 47


Requests for roll-call votes
ECR	§§ 8 (2nd part), 16 (2nd part), 20, recital G, final vote


Requests for separate votes
ECR	§ 20, recital G
S&D:	recitals N, Q


Requests for split votes
ECR
§ 8
First part	‘Points out that whistle-blowers have proved to be a crucial resource for investigative journalism and for an independent press, and that guaranteeing the confidentiality of sources is fundamental to freedom of the press; stresses, therefore, that whistle-blowers contribute to democracy, transparency of politics and the economy, and an informed public; calls on the Slovak authorities, and all the Member States, to ensure the protection of the personal safety and livelihoods of investigative journalists and whistle-blowers;’
Second part	‘asks the Commission to propose an effective, comprehensive and horizontal EU directive on the protection of whistle-blowers, by fully endorsing the Council of Europe’s recommendations and Parliament’s resolutions of 14 February 2017 and 24 October 2017’
§ 16
First part	‘Calls on the Council to work with participating Member States in setting up the European Public Prosecutor’s Office as soon as possible,’
Second part	‘in the interests of coordinated action against fraud in the EU and other crimes affecting the Union’s financial interests;’
S&D:
§ 4
First part	‘Calls on the Slovak Prosecutor-General to look again into the criminal complaint submitted by Jan Kuciak after being threatened,’
Second part	‘and to investigate the reports that personal information was leaked after he filed several freedom of information requests with the Slovak authorities;’
§ 17
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘stating that the selection of top prosecutors is believed to be highly politicised and that there have been a number of allegations of corruption against top officials which did not lead to a proper investigation’
Second part	those words
Recital V
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in addition, the selection of top prosecutors was described as highly politicised and’
Second part	those words

Miscellaneous

Amendments 5-8 had been cancelled.

12. A European values instrument to support civil society organisations which promote democracy, rule of law and fundamental values within the European Union

13. The violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey

14. Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning national Parliaments

Report: Paulo Rangel (A8-0127/2018)


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
§ 1	§	original text	RCV		+		479, 112, 25
§ 6	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 13	4	ALDE			-
§ 14	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		393, 129, 101
§ 16	5	ALDE	EV		-		199, 414, 5
§ 17	6D	ALDE			-
§ 18	7	ALDE	split
			1		-
			2		+
	§	original text	split
			1		↓
			2		↓
			3		↓
§ 22	8	ENF	RCV		-		128, 479, 12
Recital A	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		-
Recital E	§	original text	sep		+
Recital I	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		456, 115, 47
Recital J	§	original text	sep/EV		+		347, 244, 23
Recital K	§	original text	sep		+
Recital N	1	ALDE	EV		-		210, 373, 28
Recital O	2D	ALDE			-
	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Recital P	3	ALDE			+
	§	original text	split
			1		↓
			2		↓
Recital R	§	original text	RCV		+		309, 273, 34
Recital U	§	original text	sep/EV		+		301, 253, 64
Recital Y	§	original text	sep		+
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				RCV		+		518, 50, 46


Requests for roll-call votes
ECR	§§ 1, 14 (2nd part), recitals I (2nd part), R
ENF:	Amendment 8


Requests for separate votes
PPE:	recitals E, J , Y
ECR	§ 1, recitals K, R, U


Requests for split votes
PPE:
Recital A
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘improve and’
Second part	this word
S&D:
amendment 7
First part	Text as a whole without the deletion of the word ‘mainly’
Second part	deletion of the word ‘mainly’
ECR
§ 6
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘the clear delineation between’
Second part	those words
§ 14
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘underlines that the limited use of the ‘yellow card’ procedure could indicate that the principle of subsidiarity is, on balance, respected within the EU; believes, therefore, that the procedural shortcomings of the EWS should not be regarded as conclusive proof of failure to respect subsidiarity;’
Second part	those words
Recital I
First part	Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘as natural representatives of the European demos’ "
Second part	those words
Recital O
First part	‘whereas the EWS can be complemented by the system that currently allows national parliaments to submit constructive proposals for the Commission’s consideration’
Second part	‘and with due regard for its right of initiative;’
recital P
First part	‘whereas several national parliaments have expressed their interest in an instrument to improve political dialogue, which would afford them the opportunity to suggest constructive proposals for the Commission’s consideration’
Second part	‘and with due regard for the Commission’s right of initiative, having first secured Parliament’s support;’
PPE, ECR:
§ 18
First part	‘Suggests, in line with the political dialogue launched by the Commission in 2016, the full use of the system whereby national parliaments can submit constructive proposals to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing the European debate and the Commission’s power of initiative; suggests, in this regard, that the Commission could enjoy the discretion either to take on board such proposals or to issue a formal response underlining its reasons for not doing so;’
Second part	‘points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right of initiative, or the right to withdraw or amend legislation, as it would otherwise subvert ‘the Union method’ and the distribution of competences between national and European level, thus violating the Treaties;’
Third part	‘recommends, meanwhile, that in the event of a future revision of the Treaties, the right of legislative initiative should be mainly accorded to the European Parliament, as the direct representative of EU citizens;’

15. Annual Report on Competition Policy

Report: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (A8-0049/2018)


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
§ 6	§	original text	RCV		-		296, 303, 7
§ 19	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		575, 7, 16
			3		+
§ 28	§	original text	sep		+
§ 36	§	original text	sep		+
§ 38	§	original text	sep		+
§ 50	§	original text	sep/EV		-		288, 293, 8
§ 56	§	original text	sep/EV		+		319, 236, 32
§ 66	§	original text	sep		+
§ 69	§	original text	sep		+
After § 69	1	Verts/ALE	RCV		+		284, 273, 30
§ 70	§	original text	sep/EV		-		230, 328, 28
§ 72	§	original text	sep		+
§ 80	§	original text	sep		-
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				RCV		+		445, 104, 38


Requests for roll-call votes
Verts/ALE:	amendment 1, § 6
GUE/NGL:	§ 19 (2nd part)


Requests for separate votes
PPE:	§§ 28, 56, 66, 69, 72
S&D:	§§ 36, 38, 50, 70, 80
Verts/ALE:	§ 6


Requests for split votes
GUE/NGL
§ 19
First part	‘Believes that the Commission should verify that, in order to be able to perform their work in complete independence, NCAs are adequately equipped in terms of financial, human and technical resources, and that the election or nomination of their directors and senior management is transparent and not politically influenced; stresses that the autonomy of NCAs, including in budgetary terms, is essential to ensure the effective enforcement of EU competition law; calls on the Member States to ensure that NCAs make public annual reports containing statistics and a reasoned synthesis of their activities, and asks that the Commission submits an annual report to Parliament regarding these key points;’
Second part	‘believes that the NCAs must have procedures in place to ensure that their staff and directors, for a reasonable period after leaving their post, refrain from occupations which may give rise to a conflict of interests in relation to a specific case with which they were involved at the NCA;’
Third part	‘stresses the importance of the ECN, which provides a platform for regular exchanges between the Commission and the NCAs in order to ensure effective and consistent application of competition rules; calls on the Commission to take into account the opinion of the NCAs;’

16. Vaccine hesitancy and drop in vaccination rates in Europe

17. Implementation of the European Protection Order Directive

18. Implementation of the Bologna Process – state of play and follow-up

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