IN THE CHAIR: Michal ŠIMEČKA
Vice-President

13. Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that decision [2020/2220(INL)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Domènec Ruiz Devesa (A9-0083/2022)

Domènec Ruiz Devesa introduced the report.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sven Simon, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gabriele Bischoff, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the Renew Group, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Paulo Rangel, Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ID Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Leila Chaibi, on behalf of The Left Group, Martin Sonneborn, non-attached Member, Paulo Rangel, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Damian Boeselager and to a blue-card speech by Daniel Freund, Brando Benifei, Pascal Durand, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Paulo Rangel and to a blue-card speech by Maria Grapini, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Gunnar Beck, Beata Mazurek, João Pimenta Lopes, Mislav Kolakušić, Vladimír Bilčík, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Daniel Freund and to a blue-card speech by Damian Boeselager, Pedro Silva Pereira, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Helmut Geuking, Sandro Gozi, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Bogdan Rzońca, a blue-card speech by Paulo Rangel and a blue-card speech by Sara Skyttedal, Manuela Ripa, Laura Huhtasaari, Michiel Hoogeveen, Helmut Scholz, Eero Heinäluoma, Ulrike Müller, Roman Haider, Cyrus Engerer and Margarida Marques.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Sara Skyttedal, Mónica Silvana González, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Daniel Freund, Bogdan Rzońca, Clare Daly, Franc Bogovič, Maria Grapini, Ladislav Ilčić, Mick Wallace and Helmut Geuking.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Domènec Ruiz Devesa.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 3.5.2022, item 8.2.