IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS Vice-President
1. Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 9.00.
2. Resilience of critical entities ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities [COM(2020)0829 - C9-0421/2020 - 2020/0365(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Michal Šimečka (A9-0289/2021)
Michal Šimečka introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nils Torvalds (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee) and Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee).
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Lukas Mandl (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Angel Dzhambazki (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Salvatore De Meo, on behalf of the PPE Group, Petar Vitanov, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bart Groothuis, on behalf of the Renew Group, Markéta Gregorová, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Silvia Sardone, on behalf of the ID Group, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mislav Kolakušić, non-attached Member, Benoît Lutgen, Maria Grapini, Moritz Körner, Tom Berendsen, Ondřej Kovařík, Henna Virkkunen and Maite Pagazaurtundúa.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Miriam Lexmann, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Juozas Olekas.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson and Michal Šimečka.
3. Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges ***II (debate)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position 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 [10521/1/2022 - C9-0354/2022 - 2012/0299(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteurs: Lara Wolters and Evelyn Regner (A9-0275/2022)
Lara Wolters and Evelyn Regner introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA Vice-President
The following spoke: Maria da Graça Carvalho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Heléne Fritzon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Samira Rafaela, on behalf of the Renew Group, Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Christine Anderson, on behalf of the ID Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, Angelika Niebler, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Karen Melchior, Alice Kuhnke, Alessandra Basso, Dorien Rookmaker, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Lara Wolters, Elena Kountoura, Frances Fitzgerald, Marc Angel, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Sergey Lagodinsky, who also responded to a blue-card speech by Ladislav Ilčić, Annika Bruna, Michiel Hoogeveen, who also responded to blue-card speeches by Evelyn Regner and Samira Rafaela, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Angelika Winzig, Pina Picierno, Barry Andrews, Isabella Tovaglieri, who also responded to blue-card speeches by Maria Grapini, Samira Rafaela and Lara Wolters, Johan Nissinen, who also responded to blue-card speeches by Karen Melchior, Maria Grapini and Samira Rafaela (the President pointed out that no further blue-card speeches would be accepted in the debate), Sandra Pereira, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Gilles Lebreton, Ladislav Ilčić, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, René Repasi, Cindy Franssen and Łukasz Kohut.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Margarida Marques.
The following spoke: Helena Dalli, Lara Wolters and Evelyn Regner.
5. Formal sitting – Ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament
The President opened the formal sitting held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament.
The following spoke: Alexander De Croo (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium), Xavier Bettel (Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), and Elisabeth Borne (Prime Minister of France).
The following spoke: Manfred Weber (Chair of the PPE Group), Iratxe García Pérez (Chair of the S&D Group), Stéphane Séjourné (Chair of the Renew Group), Philippe Lamberts (Co-Chair of the Verts/ALE Group), Marco Zanni (Chair of the ID Group), Ryszard Antoni Legutko (Chair of the ECR Group) and Manon Aubry (Co-Chair of The Left Group).
The choir Les voix de Stras' sang the European anthem a cappella.
(The sitting was suspended at 12.51.)
IN THE CHAIR: Katarina BARLEY Vice-President
6. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 12.56.
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The following spoke: Marco Zanni and Monika Beňová.
7. 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.
7.1. Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 *** (Rule 163)(vote)
Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (COM(2022)0595 - C9-0386/2022- 2022/0369(APP))
REQUEST FOR URGENT PROCEDURE
Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure.
7.2. Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method ***I (Rule 163)(vote)
Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method (COM(2022)0596 - C9-0374/2022- 2022/0370(COD))
REQUEST FOR URGENT PROCEDURE
Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure.
The following deadlines had been set: - amendments: 23 November 2022 at 12.00. - requests for separate votes and split votes: 23 November 2022 at 19.00.
7.3. ‘Macro-Financial Assistance+’ instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 ***I (Rule 163)(vote)
‘Macro-Financial Assistance+’ instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (COM(2022)0597 - C9-0373/2022- 2022/0371(COD))
REQUEST FOR URGENT PROCEDURE
Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure.
The following deadlines had been set: - amendments: 23 November 2022 at 12.00. - requests for separate votes and split votes: 23 November 2022 at 19.00.
7.4. Proposal to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice on the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention (vote)
Proposal to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility of an international agreement with the Treaties pursuant to Rule 114(6).
(Simple majority required)
LIBE COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
Rejected (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 1)
7.5. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (vote)
Report on the nomination of Keit Pentus-Rosimannus as a Member of the Court of Auditors [12379/2022 - C9-0316/2022 - 2022/0808(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Mikuláš Peksa (A9-0272/2022)
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0390) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2) The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes.
7.6. Closure of the accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2020 (vote)
Proposal for a decision submitted pursuant to Rule 100 of and Annex V, Article 5(2)(b)(1) to the Rules of Procedure by Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the CONT Committee, on the closure of the accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2020 (2022/2903(RSP)) (B9-0488/2022).
Parliament approved the closure of the accounts (see Annex V, Article 5(2)(b) to the Rules).
7.7. Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement: participation of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in Union programmes *** (vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the general principles for its participation in Union programmes [12669/2019 - C9-0115/2021- 2019/0164(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Manu Pineda (A9-0253/2022)
(Simple majority required)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0392) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 4)
Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.
7.8. Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position 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 [10521/1/2022 - C9-0354/2022 - 2012/0299(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteurs: Lara Wolters and Evelyn Regner (A9-0275/2022)
The President announced that no proposals for rejection and no amendments had been tabled pursuant to Rules 67 and 68 concerning the Council’s position.
The Council position was therefore deemed to have been approved.
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities [COM(2020)0829 - C9-0421/2020 - 2020/0365(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Michal Šimečka (A9-0289/2021)
7.10. Common fisheries policy (CFP): restrictions to the access to Union waters ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013, as regards restrictions to the access to Union waters [COM(2021)0356 - C9-0254/2021- 2021/0176(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Pierre Karleskind (A9-0206/2022)
7.11. Decisions of European standardisation organisations ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 as regards the decisions of European standardisation organisations concerning European standards and European standardisation deliverables [COM(2022)0032 - C9-0033/2022- 2022/0021(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Svenja Hahn (A9-0205/2022)
7.12. Drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers: initial qualification and periodic training (codification) ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers (codification) [COM(2021)0034 - C9-0008/2021- 2021/0018(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A9-0267/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved by single vote(P9_TA(2022)0397) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 9)
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
7.13. EU/New Zealand Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV *** (vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union [07910/2022 - C9-0296/2022 - 2022/0098(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary (A9-0273/2022)
(Simple majority required)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Approved by single vote(P9_TA(2022)0398) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 10)
Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
7.14. Amending Decision (EU) 2015/2169 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea *** (vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/2169 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part [12600/2022 - C9-0343/2022 - 2022/0257(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Catharina Rinzema (A9-0277/2022)
(Simple majority required)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Approved by single vote(P9_TA(2022)0399) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 11)
7.15. Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (vote)
Report on the implementation of the borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU, the Union’s recovery instrument [2021/2076(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: José Manuel Fernandes and Valérie Hayer (A9-0250/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0400) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 12)
7.16. Implementation report on the European Innovation Council (vote)
Report on the implementation of the European Innovation Council [2022/2063(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Christian Ehler (A9-0268/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote(P9_TA(2022)0401) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 13)
(The sitting was suspended for a few moments.)
8. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 13.10.
9. 2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure [12108/2022 - C9-0306/2022 - 2022/0212(BUD)] - European Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteurs: Nicolae Ştefănuță and Niclas Herbst (A9-0278/2022)
The following spoke: Johan Van Overtveldt (Chair of the BUDG Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President
Nicolae Ştefănuță and Niclas Herbst introduced the report.
The following spoke: Mikuláš Bek (President-in-Office of the Council) and Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Victor Negrescu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fabienne Keller, on behalf of the Renew Group, Francisco Guerreiro, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Bogdan Rzońca, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of The Left Group, Andor Deli, non-attached Member, José Manuel Fernandes, Evin Incir, Alexandra Geese, Jörg Meuthen, Siegfried Mureşan and Karlo Ressler.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn, Mikuláš Bek and Johan Van Overtveldt.
10. System of own resources of the European Union * (debate)
Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union [COM(2021)0570 - C9-0034/2022 - 2021/0430(CNS)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Valérie Hayer and José Manuel Fernandes (A9-0266/2022)
Valérie Hayer and José Manuel Fernandes introduced the report.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Rasmus Andresen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Jan Olbrycht, on behalf of the PPE Group, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, on behalf of the S&D Group, Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group, David Cormand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, on behalf of the ID Group, Bogdan Rzońca, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of The Left Group, Marcel de Graaff, non-attached Member, Margarida Marques, Claudia Gamon, France Jamet, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk and Aurore Lalucq.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn, Valérie Hayer and José Manuel Fernandes.
The secretariat of the non-attached Members had notified the President of the following decisions amending the composition of committees and delegations:
BUDG Committee: Hervé Juvin
PETI Committee: Marcel de Graaff
The decisions took effect as of that day.
(The sitting was suspended at 14.43.)
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
12. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 15.03.
13. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
14. Question Time with the Commission – Future legislative reform of the economic governance framework in times of social and economic crisis
The President outlined the arrangements for Question Time with the Commission.
Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) and Paolo Gentiloni (Member of the Commission) replied to questions put by the following Members: Margarida Marques, Eva Maria Poptcheva, Irene Tinagli, Rosa D'Amato, René Repasi, Gunnar Beck, Johan Van Overtveldt, José Gusmão, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Enikő Győri, Agnes Jongerius and Rasmus Andresen.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
Valdis Dombrovskis and Paolo Gentiloni replied to questions put by the following Members: Joachim Schuster, Henrike Hahn, Maria Grapini, Marie Toussaint and Estrella Durá Ferrandis.
Question Time closed.
15. Delegated acts(Rule 111(6)) (action taken)
The President said that the recommendations of the ECON Committee to raise no objections to delegated acts had been announced in plenary on 21 November 2022 (minutes of 21.11.2022, item 10).
Objections had been raised pursuant to Rule 111(6) by:
- the Verts/ALE Group and The Left Group to the recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 18 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 as regards the value of the clearing threshold for positions held in OTC commodity derivative contracts and other OTC derivative contracts (C(2022)7413 - 2022/2899(DEA)) (B9-0490/2022);
- The Left Group to the recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 21 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013 as regards temporary emergency measures on collateral requirements (C(2022)7536 - 2022/2908(DEA)) (B9-0491/2022).
These recommendations would therefore be put to the vote.
The S&D Group had notified the President of the following decision changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: Achille Variati
The decision took effect as of that day.
(The sitting was suspended at 16.35.)
17. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 16.40.
18. Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the ‘Black Sea Grain Initiative’ agreement
The President briefly outlined the arrangements for Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) answered the questions put by Members: Daniel Buda, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Irène Tolleret, Eugen Tomac, Mónica Silvana González, Anna Bonfrisco, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Stéphane Bijoux, Antoni Comín i Oliveres and Barry Andrews.
Question Time closed.
19. EU-China relations (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU-China relations (2022/2900(RSP))
Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.
The following spoke: Radosław Sikorski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pedro Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Bonfrisco, on behalf of the ID Group, Anna Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manu Pineda, on behalf of The Left Group, Milan Uhrík, non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero and Marie-Pierre Vedrenne.
IN THE CHAIR: Dita CHARANZOVÁ Vice-President
The following spoke: Yannick Jadot, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Helmut Scholz, Miroslav Radačovský, David McAllister, Tonino Picula, Dragoş Tudorache, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Maria Arena, Ivars Ijabs, David Lega, René Repasi, Bart Groothuis, Miriam Lexmann, Peter van Dalen and Francisco José Millán Mon.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure:Henna Virkkunen, Georgios Kyrtsos, Silvia Sardone, Mick Wallace, Stanislav Polčák and Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles.
The debate closed.
20. Composition of committees and delegations
The PPE Group had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
DEVE Committee: Eleni Stavrou
INTA Committee: Alessandra Mussolini to replace Massimiliano Salini
BUDG Committee: Eleni Stavrou
CONT Committee: Eleni Stavrou
IMCO Committee: Lara Comi
Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Eleni Stavrou
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Eleni Stavrou
The decisions took effect as of that day.
21. EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (2022/2958(RSP))
Olivér Várhelyi (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The following spoke: David McAllister, on behalf of the PPE Group, Tonino Picula, on behalf of the S&D Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the Renew Group, Hannah Neumann, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Bonfrisco, on behalf of the ID Group, Charlie Weimers, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of The Left Group, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, non-attached Member, Javier Zarzalejos, Alessandra Moretti, Hilde Vautmans, Alice Kuhnke, Christine Anderson, Veronika Vrecionová, Mick Wallace, Gheorghe-Vlad Nistor, Thijs Reuten, Bernard Guetta, Paulo Rangel, Delara Burkhardt, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ivan Štefanec and Evelyn Regner.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Irena Joveva (the President reminded the House of the rules on conduct), Ana Miranda, Silvia Sardone and Jan Zahradil.
IN THE CHAIR: Eva KAILI Vice-President
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Hermann Tertsch and Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi.
The debate closed.
22. Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region (debate)
Report on promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region [2020/2113(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Manu Pineda (A9-0256/2022)
Manu Pineda introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Antonio López-Istúriz White, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sven Mikser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Salima Yenbou, on behalf of the Renew Group, Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Thierry Mariani, on behalf of the ID Group, Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group, João Pimenta Lopes, on behalf of The Left Group, Kinga Gál, non-attached Member, Andrey Kovatchev, Isabel Santos, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Mounir Satouri, Adam Bielan, Loucas Fourlas, Evin Incir and Lukas Mandl.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Hannah Neumann, Ana Miranda and Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi and Manu Pineda.
Report on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the new EU strategy for enlargement [2022/2064(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Tonino Picula (A9-0251/2022)
Tonino Picula introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andrius Kubilius, on behalf of the PPE Group, Andreas Schieder, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dacian Cioloş, on behalf of the Renew Group, Tineke Strik, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Philippe Olivier, on behalf of the ID Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Stelios Kouloglou, on behalf of The Left Group, Kinga Gál, non-attached Member, Andrey Kovatchev, Marina Kaljurand, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Dominique Bilde, Emmanouil Fragkos, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Vladimír Bilčík, Isabel Santos, Nathalie Loiseau, Cristian Terheş, Andor Deli, Željana Zovko, Alessandra Moretti, Klemen Grošelj, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Hildegard Bentele, Liudas Mažylis and Sunčana Glavak.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Tomislav Sokol and Ladislav Ilčić.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi and Tonino Picula.
Report on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Libya [2021/2064(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Giuliano Pisapia (A9-0252/2022)
Giuliano Pisapia introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, on behalf of the PPE Group, Margarida Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Georgios Kyrtsos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Mounir Satouri, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Susanna Ceccardi, on behalf of the ID Group, Anna Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Özlem Demirel, on behalf of The Left Group, Andrea Cozzolino, Barry Andrews, Rosa D'Amato, Carlo Fidanza, Pietro Bartolo, Bernhard Zimniok and Costas Mavrides.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi and Giuliano Pisapia.
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
26. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 738.125/OJ).
27. 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.
28. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 22.03.
Klaus Welle
Evelyn Regner
Secretary-General
Vice-President
LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT
1. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from committees
- Report on the Council position on draft amending budget No 5/2022 of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – Additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine, Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement, Reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues, Other adjustments and technical updates [14832/2022 – C9-0388/2022 – 2022/0318(BUD)] – Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Karlo Ressler and Damian Boeselager (A9-0280/2022)
2) from the Conciliation Committee
- Joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 (14783/2022 – C9-0389/2022 – 2022/0212(BUD))
3) from Parliament's Delegation to the Conciliation Committee
- Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure [12108/2022 - C9-0306/2022 - 2022/0212(BUD)] - European Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteurs: Nicolae Ştefănuță and Niclas Herbst (A9-0278/2022)