2. Threats to the safety of journalists and media freedom, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day (debate)
Commission statement: Threats to the safety of journalists and media freedom, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day (2022/2645(RSP))
The President opened the debate with an address marking World Press Freedom Day.
Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Vladimír Bilčík, on behalf of the PPE Group, Tiemo Wölken, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona Strugariu, on behalf of the Renew Group, Daniel Freund, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nicolaus Fest, on behalf of the ID Group, Dace Melbārde, on behalf of the ECR Group, Konstantinos Arvanitis, on behalf of The Left Group, and Miroslav Radačovský, non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President
3. Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)
Report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age [2020/2266(INI)] - Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age. Rapporteur: Axel Voss (A9-0088/2022)
Axel Voss introduced the report.
The following spoke: Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Eva Maydell, on behalf of the PPE Group, Brando Benifei, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrus Ansip, on behalf of the Renew Group, Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alessandra Basso, on behalf of the ID Group, Kosma Złotowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Pernando Barrena Arza, on behalf of The Left Group, Geoffroy Didier, Ibán García Del Blanco, Dragoş Tudorache, Alexandra Geese, Gilles Lebreton, Assita Kanko, Deirdre Clune, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and Svenja Hahn.
IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER Vice-President
The following spoke: Kim Van Sparrentak, Riho Terras, Alex Agius Saliba, Susana Solís Pérez, Angelika Niebler, Christel Schaldemose, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Radosław Sikorski and Ernő Schaller-Baross.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eugen Tomac, Karlo Ressler, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Clare Daly and Sandra Pereira.
The following spoke: Margrethe Vestager and Axel Voss.
5. This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi (debate)
This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi (2022/2646(RSP))
The President opened the debate with an address.
The following spoke: Mario Draghi (Prime Minister of Italy)
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, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of The Left Group, and Tiziana Beghin, non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Mario Draghi.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Eva KAILI Vice-President
6. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)
Commission statement: Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (2022/2647(RSP))
Didier Reynders (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group, Katarina Barley, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michal Šimečka, on behalf of the Renew Group, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Susanna Ceccardi, on behalf of the ID Group, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of The Left Group, and Balázs Hidvéghi, non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Didier Reynders.
Motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 132(2) would be announced at a later time.
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.
8.1. Transitional rules for the packaging and labelling of veterinary medicinal products ***I (Rule 163)(vote)
Transitional rules for the packaging and labelling of veterinary medicinal products (COM(2022)0076 - C9-0054/2022 - 2022/0053(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
REQUEST FOR URGENT PROCEDURE
Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure.
Vote: 5 May 2022.
The following deadlines had been set - amendments: Tuesday 3 May 2022 at 19.00. - requests for separate votes and for split votes: Wednesday 4 May 2022 at 16.00.
8.2. Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (vote)
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)
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0129) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 1)
8.3. Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants [COM(2021)0656 - C9-0396/2021 - 2021/0340(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Martin Hojsík (A9-0092/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS
Approved(P9_TA(2022)0130) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2)
REQUEST FOR REFERRAL BACK TO COMMITTEE
Adopted
The following had spoken:
Following the vote on the Commission’s proposal, Martin Hojsík (rapporteur), to ask for the matter to be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, in accordance with Rule 59(4).
8.4. Common system of value added tax (VAT): extension of the application period of the optional reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of certain goods and services susceptible to fraud and of the Quick Reaction Mechanism against VAT fraud * (vote)
Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the extension of the application period of the optional reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of certain goods and services susceptible to fraud and of the Quick Reaction Mechanism against VAT fraud [COM(2022)0039 - C9-0053/2022 - 2022/0027(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A9-0128/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved by single vote (P9_TA(2022)0131) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 3)
8.5. Application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the area of Schengen Information System in Cyprus * (vote)
Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the area of the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Cyprus [COM(2021)0472 - C9-0350/2021 - 2021/0266(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Peter Kofod (A9-0082/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved by single vote (P9_TA(2022)0132) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 4)
8.6. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors - Lefteris Christoforou (vote)
Report on the nomination of Lefteris Christoforou as a Member of the Court of Auditors [05686/2022 - C9-0042/2022 - 2022/0802(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Luke Ming Flanagan (A9-0132/2022)
8.7. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors - George Marius Hyzler (vote)
Report on the nomination of George Marius Hyzler as a Member of the Court of Auditors [05846/2022 - C9-0043/2022 - 2022/0803(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Angelika Winzig (A9-0130/2022)
8.8. A sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of fisheries and aquaculture (vote)
Report on Toward a sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors [2021/2188(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Isabel Carvalhais (A9-0089/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0135) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 7)
8.9. EU action plan for organic agriculture (vote)
Report on an EU action plan for organic agriculture [2021/2239(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Simone Schmiedtbauer (A9-0126/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0136) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 8)
8.10. Persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion (vote)
Report on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion [2021/2055(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Karol Karski (A9-0071/2022)
(Simple majority required)
ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (ID Group)
Rejected
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0137) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 9)
8.11. EU strategy to promote education for children in the world (vote)
Report: Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [2021/2209(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: David Lega (A9-0058/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0138) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 10)
8.12. Reaching women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment (vote)
Report on reaching women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment [2021/2080(INI)] - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Pernille Weiss (A9-0096/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0139) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 11)
8.13. Artificial intelligence in a digital age (vote)
Report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age [2020/2266(INI)] - Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age. Rapporteur: Axel Voss (A9-0088/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0140) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 12)
(The sitting was suspended at 15.19.)
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA Vice-President
9. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 15.23.
10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
11. Question Time (Commission) – Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency
The President briefly went over the arrangements for Question Time to the Commission.
Kadri Simson (Member of the Commission) answered questions put by the following Members:
Radan Kanev, Costas Mavrides, Michael Bloss, Maria Spyraki, Dan Nica, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Thomas Waitz, Krzysztof Hetman, Nicolás González Casares, Georg Mayer, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Robert Roos, Eugen Tomac, Jutta Paulus, Laura Ferrara, Carlos Zorrinho, Jerzy Buzek and Marie Toussaint.
Question Time closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER Vice-President
12. The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)
The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (2022/2648(RSP))
The following spoke: Paulo Rangel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the Renew Group, Daniel Freund, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Hélène Laporte, on behalf of the ID Group, Michiel Hoogeveen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of The Left Group, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, non-attached Member, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Othmar Karas, Gabriele Bischoff, Pascal Durand, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Gerolf Annemans, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Damian Boeselager and a blue-card speech by Niklas Nienaß, and Eugenia Rodríguez Palop.
IN THE CHAIR: Eva KAILI Vice-President
The following spoke: Kinga Gál, Sara Skyttedal, Brando Benifei, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Damian Boeselager, Laurence Farreng, Eleonora Evi, Gunnar Beck, Angel Dzhambazki, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Niklas Nienaß, Damian Boeselager, who withdrew his blue-card speech to Angel Dzhambazki, who replied to a blue-card speech by Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Andrius Kubilius, Pedro Silva Pereira, Alin Mituța, Jordi Solé, Alessandro Panza, Carlo Fidanza, Pernando Barrena Arza, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, Eva Maydell, Katarina Barley, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Niklas Nienaß, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Damian Boeselager, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Michiel Hoogeveen, Mara Bizzotto, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Katarina Barley, Miriam Lexmann, Andreas Schieder, Sandro Gozi, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Damian Boeselager, Monika Vana, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Niklas Nienaß, Daniel Buda, Marc Angel, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Niklas Nienaß, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Tomislav Sokol, Radosław Sikorski, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Bogdan Rzońca, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, who also replied to a blue-card speech by Mara Bizzotto, Claudia Gamon, François Alfonsi, Danuta Maria Hübner, Victor Negrescu, Pascal Arimont and Peter Pollák.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Tomislav Sokol, Sunčana Glavak and Sandra Pereira.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
- Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of The Left Group, and Guy Verhofstadt, on the follow-up to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe (2022/2648(RSP)) (B9-0228/2022);
- Zdzisław Krasnodębski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the follow-up to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe (2022/2648(RSP)) (B9-0229/2022);
- Gerolf Annemans, Gunnar Beck, Hélène Laporte, Christine Anderson, Mara Bizzotto, Susanna Ceccardi, Roman Haider, Peter Kofod, Jaak Madison, Philippe Olivier, Alessandro Panza, Bernhard Zimniok, Thierry Mariani and Laura Huhtasaari, on behalf of the ID Group, on the follow-up to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe (2022/2648(RSP) (B9-0235/2022).
The President said that the recommendation by the AGRI Committee not to raise objection to the delegated act had been announced in plenary on 2 May 2022 (minutes of 2.5.2022, item 7).
No objections to this recommendation had been raised within the 24-hour period laid down in Rule 111(6).
The recommendation was therefore deemed to have been approved and would be published in the Texts adopted (P9_TA(2022)0197).
14. EU preparedness against cyber-attacks following Russia invasion on Ukraine (debate)
Commission statement: EU preparedness against cyber-attacks following Russia invasion on Ukraine (2022/2649(RSP))
Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Eva Maydell, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Loiseau, on behalf of the Renew Group, Rasmus Andresen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Bonfrisco, on behalf of the ID Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Özlem Demirel, on behalf of The Left Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-attached Member, Tom Berendsen, Łukasz Kohut, Morten Løkkegaard, Markéta Gregorová, Marco Dreosto, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Kostas Papadakis, Othmar Karas, Javi López, Ivars Ijabs, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Patryk Jaki, Željana Zovko, Marina Kaljurand, Anna Júlia Donáth, Kosma Złotowski, Seán Kelly, Pina Picierno, Petras Auštrevičius, Tonino Picula, Vlad Gheorghe, Adriana Maldonado López, Andreas Schieder, Isabel Santos and Pierfrancesco Majorino.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eugen Tomac, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Clare Daly and Stanislav Polčák.
The following spoke: Margaritis Schinas.
The debate closed.
15. Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)
Commission statement: Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (2022/2643(RSP))
Ylva Johansson (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Petar Vitanov, on behalf of the S&D Group, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ciarán Cuffe, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Danilo Oscar Lancini, on behalf of the ID Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, Elena Kountoura, on behalf of The Left Group, Mario Furore, non-attached Member, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ismail Ertug, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Karima Delli, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, João Pimenta Lopes, Andor Deli, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar and Marianne Vind.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Valter Flego, Angel Dzhambazki, Andrey Novakov, Sara Cerdas, Nicola Danti, Ladislav Ilčić, Tomasz Frankowski, Milan Brglez, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Elisabetta Gualmini and Victor Negrescu.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eugen Tomac, Clare Daly and Stanislav Polčák.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
- Karima Delli, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, on the impact of the Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (2022/2643(RSP)) (B9-0223/2022).
16. Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role on research and innovation [COM(2020)0796 - C9-0401/2020 - 2020/0349(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Javier Zarzalejos (A9-0290/2021)
An initial vote had been held on 21 October 2021 and the matter had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations under Rule 59(4) (minutes of 21.10.2021, item 10).
Javier Zarzalejos introduced the report.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group, Paul Tang, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dragoş Tudorache, on behalf of the Renew Group, Saskia Bricmont, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rob Rooken, on behalf of the ECR Group, Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, Frances Fitzgerald, Evin Incir and Lena Düpont.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson and Javier Zarzalejos.
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
18. 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.
19. Action taken on Parliament’s resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the November II 2021 and December 2021 part-sessions were available on Parliament's website.
20. Approval of the minutes of the sitting
In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the beginning of the afternoon of the next sitting.
21. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’PE 732.006/OJME).