Council position at first reading announced in accordance with Rule 63(1):
- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures - Adopted by the Council on 17 October 2022 (10521/1/2022 - COM(2022)0534 - C9-0354/2022 - 2012/0299(COD)) referred to committee responsible: JURI, FEMM
The three-month period available to Parliament under Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for it to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 21 October 2022.
3. Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000030/2022 by Sabine Verheyen, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (B9-0026/2022)
Sabine Verheyen moved the question.
Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Tomasz Frankowski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Petra Kammerevert, on behalf of the S&D Group, Laurence Farreng, on behalf of the Renew Group, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Christine Anderson, on behalf of the ID Group, Elżbieta Kruk, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niyazi Kizilyürek, on behalf of The Left Group, Dace Melbārde, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Diana Riba i Giner, Ryszard Czarnecki, Martina Michels, Kostas Papadakis, Seán Kelly, Hannes Heide, Salima Yenbou, Piernicola Pedicini, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Arba Kokalari, Marcos Ros Sempere, Engin Eroglu, Maria Walsh, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Nathalie Loiseau, Jiří Pospíšil, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Liudas Mažylis and Łukasz Kohut.
The PPE Group had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
Delegation for relations with the United States: Luisa Regimenti
Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament: Luisa Regimenti was no longer a member
The decisions took effect as of that day.
5. Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur (debate)
Commission statement: Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur (2022/2879(RSP))
Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
IN THE CHAIR: Nicola BEER Vice-President
The following spoke: Gabriel Mato, on behalf of the PPE Group, Clara Aguilera, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the Renew Group, Caroline Roose, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rosanna Conte, on behalf of the ID Group, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, on behalf of the ECR Group, João Pimenta Lopes, on behalf of The Left Group, Dino Giarrusso, non-attached Member, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Nicolás González Casares, Catherine Chabaud, Ska Keller, France Jamet, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Caroline Roose, Manu Pineda, Francisco José Millán Mon, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Bogdan Rzońca, O'Sullivan, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Nicolás González Casares, Younous Omarjee, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Clara Aguilera, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Ana Miranda and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Catherine Chabaud to address a blue-card speech to Seán Kelly, who responded to it.
The following spoke: Helena Dalli.
The debate closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.35.)
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
6. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 12.02.
7. Composition of committees and delegations
The ID Group had notified the President of the following decision changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Marcel de Graaff was no longer a member
The decision took effect as of that day.
8. Voting 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. Specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes, following programme implementation disruption ***I (vote)
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes supported by the European Neighbourhood Instrument and under the European territorial cooperation goal, following programme implementation disruption [COM(2022)0362 - C9-0289/2022 - 2022/0227(COD)] - AFET Committee
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved(P9_TA(2022)0369) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 1)
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
8.2. Non-recognition of Russian travel documents issued in occupied foreign regions ***I (vote)
Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on non-recognition of Russian travel documents issued in occupied foreign regions[COM(2022)0662 - C9-0302/2022 - 2022/0274(COD)] - LIBE Committee
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0370) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2)
REQUEST FOR REFERRAL BACK TO COMMITTEE
Parliament approved the request by roll-call vote, as submitted by the PPE Group (552 in favour, 10 against, 21 abstentions).
Speakers
After the vote on the Commission proposal, Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Chair of the LIBE Committee), to request that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 59(4).
8.3. The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (vote)
10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
11. European support to the Ukrainian research community (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000044/2022 by Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: EU support to the Ukrainian research community (B9-0029/2022)
Maria da Graça Carvalho moved the question.
Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Seán Kelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Liudas Mažylis and Angel Dzhambazki.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Clare Daly, Juozas Olekas and Mick Wallace.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
The debate closed.
12. Explanations of vote
Oral explanations of vote
The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia - B9-0470/2022 Seán Kelly, Vlad Gheorghe, Angel Dzhambazki
Growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia - B9-0477/2022 Seán Kelly, Angel Dzhambazki, Andrey Slabakov
UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) - B9-0461/2022 Seán Kelly, Angel Dzhambazki
Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe - B9-0473/2022 Clare Daly, Mick Wallace
The situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état - RC-B9-0464/2022 Clare Daly
Written explanations of vote
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
13. 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.
14. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held on 9 November 2022 and 10 November 2022.
15. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 15.46.
16. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.
Klaus Welle
Roberta Metsola
Secretary-General
President
LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT
1. Motions for resolutions tabled
The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 132(2):
- David Casa on behalf of the PPE Group Thijs Reuten, Birgit Sippel, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Sylvie Guillaume on behalf of the S&D Group Sophia in ’t Veld, Anna Júlia Donáth, Moritz Körner, Michal Šimečka, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans on behalf of the Renew Group Gwendoline Delbos Corfield on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Patryk Jaki, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Eugen Jurzyca, Assita Kanko, Beata Kempa, Elżbieta Rafalska, Bogdan Rzońca, Dominik Tarczyński, Valdemar Tomaševski, Alexandr Vondra, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Carlo Fidanza, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Vincenzo Sofo on behalf of the ECR Group Konstantinos Arvanitis on behalf of The Left Group on the rule of law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (2022/2866(RSP)) (B9-0470/2022);
- Nicolaus Fest, Annalisa Tardino on behalf of the ID Group on the rule of law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (2022/2866(RSP)) (B9-0471/2022).
Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 136(5):
- Sabine Verheyen on behalf of the CULT Committee on cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (2022/2759(RSP)) (B9-0473/2022).
UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27)
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 136(5):
- Pascal Canfin, Lídia Pereira, Javi López, Nils Torvalds, Pär Holmgren, Petros Kokkalis on behalf of the ENVI Committee on the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (2022/2673(RSP)) (B9-0461/2022).
The situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 132(2):
- Jan Christoph Oetjen, Olivier Chastel, Bernard Guetta, Karen Melchior, Javier Nart, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Hilde Vautmans on behalf of the Renew Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0464/2022);
- Marc Botenga on behalf of The Left Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0465/2022);
- François Alfonsi, Hannah Neumann, Jordi Solé, Ignazio Corrao, Malte Gallée, Mounir Satouri, Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Francisco Guerreiro on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0466/2022);
- Željana Zovko, David McAllister on behalf of the PPE Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0467/2022);
- Pedro Marques, Hannes Heide, Maria Arena on behalf of the S&D Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0468/2022);
- Anna Fotyga, Assita Kanko, Bogdan Rzońca, Elżbieta Rafalska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Valdemar Tomaševski, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Alexandr Vondra, Eugen Jurzyca, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Veronika Vrecionová, Ladislav Ilčić, Patryk Jaki, Angel Dzhambazki, Adam Bielan, Beata Kempa, Carlo Fidanza on behalf of the ECR Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (B9-0469/2022).
Joint motion for a resolution tabled pursuant to Rule 132(2) and (4):
Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Michael Gahler on behalf of the PPE Group Pedro Marques, Hannes Heide, Maria Arena on behalf of the S&D Group Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Olivier Chastel, Bernard Guetta, Moritz Körner, Nathalie Loiseau, Karen Melchior, Javier Nart, Dragoş Pîslaru, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Hilde Vautmans on behalf of the Renew Group François Alfonsi, Malte Gallée on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Anna Fotyga, Assita Kanko, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Bogdan Rzońca, Elżbieta Rafalska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Alexandr Vondra, Adam Bielan, Eugen Jurzyca, Veronika Vrecionová, Valdemar Tomaševski, Angel Dzhambazki, Patryk Jaki, Carlo Fidanza on behalf of the ECR Group on the situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d’état (2022/2865(RSP)) (RC-B9-0464/2022) (replacing B9-0464/2022, B9-0466/2022, B9-0467/2022, B9-0468/2022 and B9-0469/2022).
Growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 132(2):
- Annalisa Tardino on behalf of the ID Group on the growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia (2022/2894(RSP)) (B9-0476/2022);
- Vladimír Bilčík, Frances Fitzgerald on behalf of the PPE Group Cyrus Engerer, Gabriele Bischoff, Birgit Sippel, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Marc Angel, Pina Picierno, Evin Incir, Sylvie Guillaume, Thijs Reuten, Brando Benifei, Katarina Barley, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Theresa Muigg, Matjaž Nemec, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Massimiliano Smeriglio on behalf of the S&D Group Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Malik Azmani, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Anna Júlia Donáth, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Martin Hojsík, Sophia in ’t Veld, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Moritz Körner, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Ramona Strugariu, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans, Michal Wiezik on behalf of the Renew Group Terry Reintke on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Malin Björk on behalf of The Left Group on growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ+ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia (2022/2894(RSP)) (B9-0477/2022).
2. Petitions
Petitions Nos 0832-22 to 0888-22 had been entered in the register on 14 October 2022 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 226(9) and (10).
The President had, on 14 October 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.
3. Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 54)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 29 September 2022)
AFET Committee
- EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward (2022/2145(INI))
CONT Committee
- Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 (2022/2153(INI))
- Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (2022/2152(INI))
CULT Committee
- The System of European Schools: State of play, Challenges and Perspectives (2022/2149(INI)) (opinion: EMPL)
ECON Committee
- European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 (2022/2150(INI)) (opinion: BUDG (Rule 57))
- Further reform of corporate taxation rules (2022/2146(INI)) (opinion: BUDG)
EMPL Committee
- European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (2022/2151(INI))
PECH Committee
- The implications of Chinese fishing operations on EU fisheries and the way forward (2022/2148(INI))
REGI Committee
- Assessment of the new communication of the European Commission on Outermost Regions (2022/2147(INI)) (opinion: BUDG, TRAN, AGRI)
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 118)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 29 September 2022)
AFET Committee
- Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes (2022/2154(INI))
4. Modified referrals to committees (Rule 56)
CONT Committee
- Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (2022/2051(INL)) referred to committee responsible: AFCO opinion: AFET, BUDG, CONT, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, AGRI, CULT, LIBE, FEMM, PETI
5. Associated committees (Rule 57)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 29 September 2022)
AGRI Committee
- 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)) (opinion: INTA, ENVI, IMCO, JURI (Rule 57))
ECON Committee
- European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 (2022/2150(INI)) (opinion: BUDG (Rule 57))
ENVI Committee
- Amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (COM(2022)0156 - C9-0144/2022 - 2022/0104(COD)) (opinion: ITRE (Rule 57), AGRI (Rule 57), JURI)
LIBE Committee
- The status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast) (COM(2022)0650 - C9-0162/2022 - 2022/0134(COD)) (opinion: EMPL (Rule 57), JURI (Rule 110))
- A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast) (COM(2022)0655 - C9-0163/2022 - 2022/0131(COD)) (opinion: EMPL (Rule 57), JURI (Rule 110))
6. Approval procedure (Rule 105)
Reports with a motion for a non-legislative resolution (consent procedure)
(Following notification of the Conference of Committee Chairs 29 September 2022)
INTA Committee
- Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (2022/0142M(NLE) - 2022/0142(NLE)) (opinion: DEVE)
7. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
- Decision of the European Ombudsman adopting Implementing Provisions (N9-0065/2022 - C9-0338/2022 - 2022/0903(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
AFCO
opinion :
PETI
- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Skills 2023 (COM(2022)0526 - C9-0344/2022 - 2022/0326(COD)) In accordance with Rules 145(1) and 146(1), the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal.
referred to
responsible :
EMPL
opinion :
CULT
- Appointment of a Member of the Single Resolution Board (N9-0067/2022 - C9-0351/2022 - 2022/0904(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
ECON
- Appointment of the Chair of the Single Resolution Board (N9-0068/2022 - C9-0352/2022 - 2022/0905(NLE))