9. First voting session

Verbatim reports

Parliament took the final vote on:

—   Markets in financial instruments: amending information requirements, product governance requirements and position limits to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ***I
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/65/EU as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic [COM(2020)0280 - C9-0210/2020 - 2020/0152(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A9-0208/2020);

—   Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers
Report towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers [2020/2021(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: David Cormand (A9-0209/2020);

—   Addressing product safety in the single market
Report on addressing product safety in the single market [2019/2190(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Marion Walsmann (A9-0207/2020);

—   Strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms
Report on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms [2020/2009(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Magdalena Adamowicz (A9-0205/2020);

—   A New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Report on a New Industrial Strategy for Europe [2020/2076(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Carlo Calenda (A9-0197/2020);

—   Foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak
Report on the foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak [2020/2111(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (A9-0204/2020);

—   Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid
Report on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid [2019/2184(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Tomas Tobé (A9-0212/2020).

Parliament voted on the amendments to:

—   Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019
Report on the situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018 - 2019 [2019/2199(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Clare Daly (A9-0226/2020).

The ballot would be open until 14.15.

The vote was taken.

The voting results would be announced at 16.45.

The following had spoken:

—   Markus Ferber (rapporteur), before the first voting session opened, to request, under Rule 59(4), that the following matter be referred back to the committee responsible in order for interinstitutional negotiations to take place: Markets in financial instruments: amending information requirements, product governance requirements and position limits to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (2020/0152(COD)) - ECON Committee.

The request would be put to the vote after the final vote on the Commission proposal (minutes of 25.11.2020, item 14).

(The sitting was suspended at 13.02.)