3. Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

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Statements by the European Council, the Council and the Commission: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP))

Charles Michel (President of the European Council), Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy), on behalf of the Council, and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, and Tamás Deutsch, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, Simona Bonafè, Luis Garicano, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Jaak Madison, Beata Szydło, Clare Daly, who also replied to a blue-card question by Angel Dzhambazki, Jörg Meuthen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Andrzej Halicki, Marek Belka, Guy Verhofstadt, Piernicola Pedicini, Nicolaus Fest, Anna Fotyga, Silvia Modig, Francesca Donato, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Mohammed Chahim, Petras Auštrevičius, Ernest Urtasun, Harald Vilimsky, Robert Roos, Dolors Montserrat, Tonino Picula, Nathalie Loiseau, Antonio Tajani, Jens Geier, Bernard Guetta, Vangelis Meimarakis, Christel Schaldemose, Andrey Kovatchev, Javier Moreno Sánchez and Angelika Niebler.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Franc Bogovič, Clara Aguilera, Łukasz Kohut, Martin Hojsík, Bogdan Rzońca, Sandra Pereira, Maria Grapini and Billy Kelleher.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Josep Borrell Fontelles.

IN THE CHAIR: Katarina BARLEY
Vice-President

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

- Viola Von Cramon Taubadel, Michèle Rivasi, Mounir Satouri, Ernest Urtasun, Katrin Langensiepen, Ville Niinistö, Alviina Alametsä, Hannah Neumann, Tineke Strik and Sergey Lagodinsky, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0197/2022);

- Michael Gahler, Rasa Juknevičienė, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Paulo Rangel, Siegfried Mureşan, Sandra Kalniete, Jerzy Buzek, Andrius Kubilius, Radosław Sikorski, Vangelis Meimarakis, Traian Băsescu, Andrzej Halicki, Daniel Caspary, Isabel Wiseler Lima, Antonio López Istúriz White, Peter van Dalen, Vladimír Bilčík, Gheorghe Vlad Nistor, Andrey Kovatchev, David Lega, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Miriam Lexmann, Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou, Eugen Tomac, Tomasz Frankowski, Liudas Mažylis, Ewa Kopacz, Janina Ochojska, Michaela Šojdrová, Aušra Maldeikienė, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Milan Zver, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Inese Vaidere, Ioan Rareş Bogdan, Vasile Blaga, Daniel Buda, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Gheorghe Falcă, Mircea Gheorghe Hava, Marian Jean Marinescu, Dan Ştefan Motreanu, Sunčana Glavak and Arba Kokalari, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0200/2022);

- Mick Wallace, on behalf of The Left Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0201/2022);

- Luis Garicano, Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Vlad Gheorghe, Bernard Guetta, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans, Guy Verhofstadt and Stéphanie Yon Courtin, on behalf of the Renew Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0203/2022);

- Iratxe García Pérez, Marek Belka, Pedro Marques and Tonino Picula, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0210/2022);

- Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Angel Dzhambazki, Hermann Tertsch, Veronika Vrecionová, Elżbieta Rafalska, Bogdan Rzońca, Ryszard Czarnecki, Beata Mazurek, Alexandr Vondra, Anna Zalewska, Beata Kempa, Beata Szydło, Dominik Tarczyński, Elżbieta Kruk, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Jacek Saryusz Wolski, Patryk Jaki, Roberts Zīle, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Kosma Złotowski, Valdemar Tomaševski, Joanna Kopcińska, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk and Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0211/2022).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.6.