The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andrey Novakov, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Krehl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Vlad-Marius Botoş, on behalf of the Renew Group, Caroline Roose, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alessandro Panza, on behalf of the ID Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martina Michels, on behalf of The Left Group, and Chiara Gemma, non-attached Member.
3. The situation of marginalised Roma communities in the EU (debate)
Commission statement: The situation of marginalised Roma communities in the EU (2022/2573(RSP))
Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Peter Pollák, on behalf of the PPE Group, Manuel Pizarro, on behalf of the S&D Group, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, on behalf of the Renew Group, Romeo Franz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Annalisa Tardino, on behalf of the ID Group, Elżbieta Rafalska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, on behalf of The Left Group, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, non-attached Member, Loránt Vincze, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Dragoş Pîslaru, Alice Kuhnke, Silvia Sardone, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Alice Kuhnke and and a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Angel Dzhambazki, Sandra Pereira, Vladimír Bilčík, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Michal Šimečka, Marie Toussaint, Guido Reil, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dragoş Pîslaru and a blue-card speech by Manuel Pizarro, Mick Wallace, Jiří Pospíšil, Evin Incir, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Susanna Ceccardi, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Romeo Franz, Lukas Mandl, Robert Hajšel, Angelo Ciocca (the President reminded the House of the provisions of Rule 10(3)), Stanislav Polčák and Thijs Reuten.
IN THE CHAIR: Nicola BEER Vice-President
The following spoke: Victor Negrescu.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Manuel Pizarro.
The following spoke: Helena Dalli.
The debate closed.
4. Right to repair (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000010/2022 by Anna Cavazzini, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Right to repair (B9-0010/2022)
Anna Cavazzini moved the question.
Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Biljana Borzan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Morten Løkkegaard, on behalf of the Renew Group, David Cormand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, on behalf of The Left Group, Edina Tóth, non-attached Member, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Christel Schaldemose, Dita Charanzová, Kim Van Sparrentak, Beata Mazurek, Krzysztof Hetman, Adriana Maldonado López, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sara Matthieu, Eugen Jurzyca, Arba Kokalari, Alex Agius Saliba, Sandro Gozi, Manuela Ripa, Antonius Manders, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Barbara Thaler, Maria Grapini, Claudia Gamon, Tomislav Sokol and Deirdre Clune.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 136(5):
- Anna Cavazzini, Andreas Schwab, Christel Schaldemose, Biljana Borzan and Anne-Sophie Pelletier, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, on the right to repair (2022/2515(RSP)) (B9-0175/2022).
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to these minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are published as an annex to these minutes and are available on Parliament’s website.
6.1. Medicinal products made available in the UK with respect to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta ***I (vote)
Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2001/20/EC and 2001/83/EC as regards derogations from certain obligations concerning certain medicinal products for human use made available in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, as well as in Cyprus, Ireland and Malta (COM(2021)0997 - C9-0475/2021 - 2021/0431(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Pascal Canfin
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENT
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0116) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 1)
AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
6.2. Investigational medicinal products made available in the UK with respect to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta ***I (vote)
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 as regards a derogation from certain obligations concerning investigational medicinal products made available in the United Kingdom with respect to Northern Ireland as well as in Cyprus, Ireland and Malta (COM(2021)0998 - C9-0476/2021 - 2021/0432(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Pascal Canfin
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENT
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0117) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2)
AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Adopted
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
6.3. Increased pre-financing from REACT-EU ***I (vote)
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards increased pre-financing from REACT-EU resources (COM(2022)0162 - C9-0132/2022 - 2022/0096(COD)) - Committee on Regional Development.
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0118) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 3)
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
6.4. Gas storage ***I (vote)
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks (COM(2022)0135 - C9-0126/2022 - 2022/0090(COD) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi
After the vote on the Commission proposal, Jerzy Buzek, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to request that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 59(4).
6.5. EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (vote)
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0120) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 5)
6.6. 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 (vote)
- 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;
- Iratxe García Pérez, Marek Belka, Pedro Marques and Tonino Picula, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- Luis Garicano, Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Vlad Gheorghe, Bernard Guetta, Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans, Stéphanie Yon Courtin and Ilhan Kyuchyuk, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Viola Von Cramon Taubadel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Dace Melbārde, Roberts Zīle, Alexandr Vondra, Adam Bielan, Angel Dzhambazki, Dominik Tarczyński, Jacek Saryusz Wolski, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Kosma Złotowski, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Charlie Weimers, Elżbieta Rafalska, Bogdan Rzońca, Ryszard Czarnecki, Elżbieta Kruk, Hermann Tertsch and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
- Manon Aubry, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Petros Kokkalis, Silvia Modig, Elena Kountoura, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Jaak Madison and Nikolaj Villumsen.
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0121) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 6)
After the vote, the President stressed the importance of the moment and the significant step forward that this vote represented. She noted that Parliament's clear position sent a strong message of support to those on the front line in Ukraine.
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
6.7. The Schengen evaluation mechanism * (vote)
Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment and operation of an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 [COM(2021)0278 - C9-0349/2021 - 2021/0140(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sara Skyttedal (A9-0054/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved as amended (P9_TA(2022)0122) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 7)
6.8. Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities (vote)
- Pedro Marques, Andrea Cozzolino and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Abir Al Sahlani, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dita Charanzová, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Gheorghe, Klemen Grošelj, Bernard Guetta, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Urmas Paet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Frédérique Ries, Michal Šimečka, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Tilly Metz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Assita Kanko.
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0124) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 9)
- Andrius Kubilius, Michael Gahler, David McAllister, Rasa Juknevičienė, Sandra Kalniete, Isabel Wiseler Lima, Andrzej Halicki, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Arba Kokalari, José Manuel Fernandes, Adam Jarubas, Krzysztof Hetman, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, David Lega, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Miriam Lexmann, Vangelis Meimarakis, Antonio López Istúriz White, Sara Skyttedal, Janina Ochojska, Tomáš Zdechovský, Michaela Šojdrová, Stanislav Polčák, Paulo Rangel, Peter Pollák, Luděk Niedermayer, Vladimír Bilčík, Jiří Pospíšil, Seán Kelly, Loránt Vincze, Ivan Štefanec, Christian Sagartz, Eugen Tomac, Inese Vaidere and Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the PPE Group;
- Pedro Marques, Andrea Cozzolino and Evin Incir, on behalf of the S&D Group;
Bernard Guetta, Abir Al Sahlani, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dita Charanzová, Olivier Chastel, Dacian Cioloş, Vlad Gheorghe, Klemen Grošelj, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Michal Šimečka, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Sergey Lagodinsky, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Adam Bielan, Angel Dzhambazki, Assita Kanko, Beata Kempa, Bogdan Rzońca, Dace Melbārde, Dominik Tarczyński, Elżbieta Kruk, Eugen Jurzyca, Jacek Saryusz Wolski, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Roberts Zīle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Elżbieta Rafalska and Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group;
- Nikolaj Villumsen, Manon Aubry, Malin Björk and Silvia Modig, on behalf of The Left Group;
- Fabio Massimo Castaldo.
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0125) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 10)
The following had spoken:
Petras Auštrevičius, to introduce an oral amendment to add a new paragraph after paragraph 5. Parliament agreed to put the oral amendment to the vote.
Adopted(P9_TA(2022)0126) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 11)
6.12. Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2023 (vote)
Report on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2023 [2021/2227(BUI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Niclas Herbst (A9-0087/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0127) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 12)
6.13. Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights (vote)
- Michael Gahler, Željana Zovko, Rasa Juknevičienė, Frances Fitzgerald, David McAllister, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Agnès Evren, David Lega, Ewa Kopacz, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Aušra Maldeikienė, Radosław Sikorski, Tom Vandenkendelaere and Isabel Wiseler Lima, on behalf of the PPE Group;
- Pedro Marques, Maria Arena, Tonino Picula, Udo Bullmann, Elena Yoncheva, Maria Noichl, Radka Maxová and Mónica Silvana González, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- Petras Auštrevičius, Abir Al Sahlani, Olivier Chastel, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Dragoş Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Tineke Strik and Hannah Neumann, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Adam Bielan, Alexandr Vondra, Angel Dzhambazki, Assita Kanko, Bogdan Rzońca, Dominik Tarczyński, Elżbieta Rafalska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Carlo Fidanza and Elżbieta Kruk, on behalf of the ECR Group;
- Malin Björk, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Cornelia Ernst, Pernando Barrena Arza, Nikolaj Villumsen and Silvia Modig, on behalf of The Left Group;
- Fabio Massimo Castaldo.
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0128) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 13)
(The sitting was suspended at 12.49.)
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
7. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 15.04.
8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Tomislav Sokol, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sara Cerdas, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Dragoş Pîslaru, on behalf of the Renew Group, Tilly Metz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Elżbieta Rafalska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of The Left Group, Sunčana Glavak, Radka Maxová, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Alviina Alametsä, Angel Dzhambazki, José Gusmão, Deirdre Clune, Patrizia Toia, Alin Mituța, João Pimenta Lopes, Domènec Ruiz Devesa and Valter Flego.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Billy Kelleher, Mick Wallace and Maria Walsh.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
The debate closed.
10. Explanations of vote
Oral explanations of vote
Report: Sara Skyttedal - A9-0054/2022 Vlad-Marius Botoş and Angel Dzhambazki
Right to repair - B9-0175/2022 Billy Kelleher, Angel Dzhambazki and Mick Wallace
Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights - RC-B9-0198/2022 Seán Kelly
EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine -B9-0207/2022 Seán Kelly, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Angel Dzhambazki and Mick Wallace
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 - RC-B9-0197/2022 Mick Wallace and Eugen Tomac
Written explanations of vote
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
11. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Parliament’s website under ‘Results of roll-call votes’ as an annex to the minutes of the sitting. They are for information only and have no effect on the result of the vote as announced in plenary.
The document will be regularly updated in the two weeks following the part-session concerned.
After those two weeks, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
12. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from other institutions
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information (COM(2022)0143 - C9-0128/2022 - 2022/0092(COD)) In accordance with Rule 145(1), the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. referred to committee responsible: IMCO opinion: ECON, ENVI, JURI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (COM(2022)0134 - C9-0130/2022 - 2022/0089(COD)) In accordance with Rule 145(1), the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. referred to committee responsible: AGRI opinion: INTA, ENVI, IMCO, JURI
- Draft Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interest of the European Union, the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence (06438/2022 - C9-0146/2022 - 2021/0383(NLE)) referred to committee responsible: LIBE
2) from Members
- Gerolf Annemans, Annika Bruna, Markus Buchheit, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Ivan David, Filip De Man, Francesca Donato, Roman Haider, Ladislav Ilčić, Virginie Joron, Mislav Kolakušić, Maximilian Krah, Joachim Kuhs, Jaak Madison, Guido Reil, Milan Uhrík, Tom Vandendriessche and Bernhard Zimniok. Motion for a resolution on the EU Digital COVID Certificate (B9-0159/2022) referred to committee responsible: LIBE opinion: ENVI, TRAN
- Annika Bruna, Markus Buchheit, Susanna Ceccardi, Gianantonio Da Re, Francesca Donato, Jean-Paul Garraud, Virginie Joron, Mislav Kolakušić, Joachim Kuhs, Hélène Laporte, Julie Lechanteux, Sylvia Limmer, Robert Roos and Ivan Vilibor Sinčić. Motion for a resolution on creating a European compensation fund for victims of the COVID-19 vaccines: – Comirnaty (Pfizer, BioNTech) – Janssen COVID-19 vaccine – Spikevax (Moderna vaccine) – Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca vaccine) (B9-0169/2022) referred to committee responsible: LIBE
13. Petitions
Petitions Nos 0182-22 to 0323-22 had been entered in the register on 1 April 2022 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 226(9) and (10).
The President had, on 1 April 2022, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 226(15), petitions addressed to the European Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State.
14. Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 54)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 31 March 2022)
REGI Committee
- Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report (2022/2032(INI)) (opinion: BUDG, AGRI)
15. Modified referrals to committees (Rule 56)
FEMM Committee
- Combating violence against women and domestic violence (COM(2022)0105 - C9-0058/2022 - 2022/0066(COD)) referred to committee responsible: FEMM opinion: BUDG, EMPL, IMCO, JURI (Rule 56), LIBE
committees BUDG/ECON
- Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (2021/2251(INI)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG, ECON opinion: INTA, CONT, CULT, EMPL (Rule 57), ENVI (Rule 57), AFCO (Rule 56)
ENVI Committee
- Making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (COM(2021)0706 - C9-0430/2021 - 2021/0366(COD)) referred to committee responsible: ENVI opinion: DEVE (Rule 56), AGRI, INTA (Rule 57), IMCO (Rule 57)
16. Associated committees (Rule 57)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 31 March 2022)
TRAN Committee
- Measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants in relation to illegal entry into the territory of the European Union (COM(2021)0753 - C9-0431/2021 - 2021/0387(COD)) (opinion: LIBE (Rule 57))
ENVI Committee
- Making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (COM(2021)0706 - C9-0430/2021 - 2021/0366(COD)) (opinion: DEVE, INTA (Rule 57), IMCO (Rule 57), AGRI)
17. Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted
In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be submitted for approval by Parliament at the start of the next sitting.
With Parliament’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay.
18. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 2 May 2022 to 5 May 2022.
19. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 16.14.
20. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.