2. Effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia (2023/2905(RSP))
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The following spoke: Hilde Vautmans, on the previous day’s terrorist attack in Brussels.
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Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Didier Reynders (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Andrius Kubilius, on behalf of the PPE Group, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bernard Guetta, on behalf of the Renew Group, Sergey Lagodinsky, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thierry Mariani, on behalf of the ID Group, Mick Wallace, on behalf of The Left Group, Milan Uhrík, non-attached Member, Radosław Sikorski, Kathleen Van Brempt, Petras Auštrevičius, Markéta Gregorová, Ryszard Czarnecki, Paolo Borchia, Nikolaj Villumsen, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Tonino Picula, Hilde Vautmans, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, Hermann Tertsch, Gunnar Beck, Kateřina Konečná, Enikő Győri, Andrey Kovatchev, Christel Schaldemose, Elsi Katainen, Saskia Bricmont, Alexandr Vondra, Jaak Madison, Mislav Kolakušić, Riho Terras, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Dita Charanzová, Beata Kempa, Bernhard Zimniok, Francesca Donato, Sandra Kalniete, Raphaël Glucksmann, Nils Torvalds, Harald Vilimsky and Ivan Štefanec.
IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER Vice-President
The following spoke: Sándor Rónai, Sophia in 't Veld, Francisco José Millán Mon, Dietmar Köster, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Łukasz Kohut, Sunčana Glavak, Thijs Reuten, Liudas Mažylis and Frances Fitzgerald.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Georgios Kyrtsos, Clare Daly and Costas Mavrides.
The following spoke: Didier Reynders and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
3. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)
Commission statement: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (2023/2900(RSP))
Nicolas Schmit (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Dennis Radtke, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pedro Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dragoş Pîslaru, on behalf of the Renew Group, Katrin Langensiepen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michiel Hoogeveen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ID Group, José Gusmão, on behalf of The Left Group, and Tiziana Beghin, non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit.
The debate closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.15.)
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA President
4. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 11.42.
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The President informed the House that prior to voting time she would be making a statement on the previous day’s terrorist attack in Brussels, followed by a round of political group speakers.
5. Formal sitting – Address by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
The President opened the formal sitting on the occasion of the visit by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.
Nikol Pashinyan addressed the House.
6. Statement by the President
The President made a statement on the previous evening’s terrorist attack in Brussels, in which two Swedish people had been killed. On behalf of the Parliament, she expressed her condolences to the victims’ families.
The following spoke: Tomas Tobé, on behalf of the PPE Group, Heléne Fritzon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Abir Al-Sahlani, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alice Kuhnke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charlie Weimers, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ID Group and Malin Björk, on behalf of The Left Group.
Parliament observed a minute’s silence.
7. Voting time
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex, and the results of roll-call votes appear in the ‘Results of roll-call votes’ annex. Both annexes are published alongside these minutes and are available on Parliament’s website.
7.1. Farm Sustainability Data Network ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 as regards conversion of the Farm Accountancy Data Network into a Farm Sustainability Data Network [COM(2022)0296 - C9-0206/2022 - 2022/0192(COD)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Jérémy Decerle (A9-0075/2023)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism [COM(2023)0194 - C9-0132/2023 - 2023/0095(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Sara Cerdas (A9-0266/2023)
(Majority of the votes cast)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved by single vote (P9_TA(2023)0360) (‘Results of votes’, item 2)
Parliament’s first reading thus closed.
7.3. Discharge 2021: EU general budget - European Council and Council(vote)
Second report on the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section II – European Council and Council [COM(2022)0323 - C9-0229/2022 - 2022/2083(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Mikuláš Peksa (A9-0274/2023)
7.4. Appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (vote)
Report on the Council recommendation on the appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank [N9-0054/2023 - C9-0346/2023 - 2023/0810(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Irene Tinagli (A9-0289/2023)
(Majority of the votes cast) (Secret ballot (Rule 130(3)))
7.5. Establishing the Ukraine Facility ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Ukraine Facility [COM(2023)0338 - C9-0210/2023 - 2023/0200(COD)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Michael Gahler and Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (A9-0286/2023)
After the vote on the Commission proposal, Michael Gahler (rapporteur), to request, under Rule 59(4), that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.
7.6. Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241 [COM(2023)0335 - C9-0209/2023 - 2023/0199(COD)] - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteurs: José Manuel Fernandes and Christian Ehler (A9-0290/2023)
After the vote on the Commission proposal, José Manuel Fernandes (rapporteur), to request, under Rule 59(4), that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.
7.7. Fisheries control ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control [COM(2018)0368 - C8-0238/2018 - 2018/0193(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Clara Aguilera (A9-0016/2021)
(Simple majority required)
PROPOSAL TO REJECT THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Rejected (‘Results of votes’, item 7)
REQUEST FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO BE PUT TO THE VOTE RATHER THAN THE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT (The Left Group)
Parliament rejected the request (163 in favour, 440 against, 24 abstentions) by way of a roll-call vote requested by the ID Group.
After the vote on the rejection of the Commission proposal, João Pimenta Lopes, on behalf of The Left Group, to request that the amendments be put to the vote rather than the provisional agreement, in accordance with Rule 59(3).
7.8. Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward (vote)
Report on the implications of Chinese fishing operations on EU fisheries and the way forward [2022/2148(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Pierre Karleskind (A9-0282/2023)
9. General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 – all sections (debate)
Report on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 [11565/2023 - C9-0336/2023 - 2023/0264(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Siegfried Mureşan and Nils Ušakovs (A9-0288/2023)
Siegfried Mureşan and Nils Ušakovs introduced the report.
The following spoke: Esperanza Samblás (President-in-Office of the Council) and Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Carina Ohlsson (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Ilan De Basso (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Dragoş Pîslaru (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Christian Ehler (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Ciarán Cuffe (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Andreas Schwab (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Juozas Olekas (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Pierre Karleskind (rapporteur for the opinion of the PECH Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Salvatore De Meo (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), José Manuel Fernandes, on behalf of the PPE Group, Victor Negrescu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fabienne Keller, on behalf of the Renew Group, Rasmus Andresen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bogdan Rzońca, on behalf of the ECR Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of The Left Group, Andor Deli, non-attached Member, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Valérie Hayer, Francisco Guerreiro, Johan Van Overtveldt, Eric Minardi, Younous Omarjee and Ivan Vilibor Sinčić.
IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS Vice-President
The following spoke: Karlo Ressler, Margarida Marques, Moritz Körner, Damian Boeselager, Eugen Jurzyca, Jean-Paul Garraud, Sira Rego, Angelika Winzig, Pedro Silva Pereira, Mauri Pekkarinen, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michiel Hoogeveen, João Pimenta Lopes, Monika Hohlmeier, Hannes Heide and Eleni Stavrou.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn, Esperanza Samblás, Siegfried Mureşan and Nils Ušakovs.
10. Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure ***I - Schengen area: amending the Visa Sticker Regulation ***I (Joint debate – Schengen area)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1683/95, (EC) No 333/2002, (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure [COM(2022)0658 - C9-0165/2022 - 2022/0132A(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec (A9-0025/2023)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure [COM(2022)0658 - C9-0307/2023 - 2022/0132B(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec (A9-0268/2023)
Matjaž Nemec introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Emil Radev, on behalf of the PPE Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Morten Petersen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Erik Marquardt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, on behalf of the ID Group, Balázs Hidvéghi, non-attached Member, Paulo Rangel, Łukasz Kohut, Fabienne Keller and Anders Vistisen.
IN THE CHAIR: Katarina BARLEY Vice-President
The following spoke: Ralf Seekatz, Victor Negrescu, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Eugen Tomac and Tomislav Sokol.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Daniel Buda and Vlad Gheorghe.
The following spoke: Margaritis Schinas and Matjaž Nemec.
11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
12. Commission Work Programme 2024 (debate)
Commission statement: Commission Work Programme 2024 (2023/2862(RSP))
Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Siegfried Mureşan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Malik Azmani, on behalf of the Renew Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, on behalf of the ECR Group (the President commented on what the speaker had said), Jean-Paul Garraud, on behalf of the ID Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, Enikő Győri, non-attached Member, Angelika Niebler, Udo Bullmann, Morten Løkkegaard, David Cormand, Anna Zalewska, Gunnar Beck, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Mislav Kolakušić, Benoît Lutgen, Pedro Silva Pereira, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, João Pimenta Lopes, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Ibán García Del Blanco, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Philippe Olivier, Margarida Marques, Georg Mayer, Agnes Jongerius, Domènec Ruiz Devesa and Patrizia Toia.
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
The following spoke: Andreas Schieder.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Martin Hojsík, Francisco Guerreiro, Annika Bruna, Mick Wallace and Fabio Massimo Castaldo.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.
The debate closed.
13. Question Time with Commissioners – European measures to prevent and to fight the rise of organised crime
The President outlined the arrangements for Question Time with Commissioners.
Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the questions put by the following Members: Francisco José Millán Mon, Heléne Fritzon, Barry Andrews, Piernicola Pedicini, Charlie Weimers (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Jeroen Lenaers (the President made some clarifications concerning the conduct of the debate), Kathleen Van Brempt, Tomas Tobé, Thijs Reuten, Caterina Chinnici, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Saskia Bricmont and Balázs Hidvéghi.
Question Time closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA President
14. Composition of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members
In accordance with Article 7 of the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament regarding integrity and transparency, the revised version of which would enter into force on 1 November 2023, the President had, on 17 October 2023, decided to appoint:
Danuta Maria Hübner (PPE)
Giuliano Pisapia (S&D)
Gilles Boyer (Renew)
Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE)
Geert Bourgeois (ECR)
Gerolf Annemans (ID)
Helmut Scholz (The Left)
Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)
as members of the newly established Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members with effect from 1 November 2023.
As no request had been made for a vote pursuant to Rule 241(4), these corrigenda were deemed to have been approved.
16. Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU (2023/2894(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Pernille Weiss, on behalf of the PPE Group, Nora Mebarek, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Bijoux, on behalf of the Renew Group, Benoît Biteau, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Veronika Vrecionová, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mathilde Androuët, on behalf of the ID Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of The Left Group, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, non-attached Member, Peter Pollák, Heléne Fritzon, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Jutta Paulus, Alexandr Vondra, Angelo Ciocca, Maxette Pirbakas, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Clara Aguilera, Max Orville, Ana Miranda, Krzysztof Jurgiel, André Rougé, Maria Angela Danzì, François-Xavier Bellamy, Isabel Carvalhais, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Ádám Kósa, Franc Bogovič, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Günther Sidl, Nuno Melo and Lina Gálvez Muñoz.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Sandra Pereira, Ljudmila Novak, Clare Daly, Milan Brglez and Mick Wallace.
The following spoke: Virginijus Sinkevičius and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
17. Urgent need for a coordinated European response and legislative framework on intrusive spyware, based on the PEGA inquiry committee recommendations (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Urgent need for a coordinated European response and legislative framework on intrusive spyware, based on the PEGA inquiry committee recommendations (2023/2910(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Heide, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the Renew Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Marc ANGEL Vice-President
The following spoke: Hannah Neumann, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the ID Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of The Left Group, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, non-attached Member, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Salima Yenbou, Saskia Bricmont, Stelios Kouloglou, Tatjana Ždanoka, Andrzej Halicki, Katarina Barley, Jordi Cañas, Diana Riba i Giner, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Łukasz Kohut, Ramona Strugariu, Marcel Kolaja, Frances Fitzgerald, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Karleskind and Georgios Kyrtsos.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Barry Andrews, Mick Wallace and Karen Melchior.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
18. Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (2023/2907(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Frances Fitzgerald, on behalf of the PPE Group, Heléne Fritzon, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alice Kuhnke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the ECR Group, Christine Anderson, on behalf of the ID Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of The Left Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-attached Member, Angelika Winzig, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Barry Andrews, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Geoffroy Didier, Predrag Fred Matić, Karen Melchior, Tineke Strik, who also answered a blue-card question from Karen Melchior, Seán Kelly, Carina Ohlsson, Lydie Massard and Maria Walsh.
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA Vice-President
The following spoke: Karen Melchior to put a blue-card question to Maria Walsh, who answered that question, Isabel Santos and Leszek Miller.
The following spoke: Helena Dalli and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
19. 2022 Report on Montenegro (debate)
Report on the 2022 Commission Report on Montenegro [2022/2202(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Tonino Picula (A9-0277/2023)
Tonino Picula introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Vladimír Bilčík, on behalf of the PPE Group, Matjaž Nemec, on behalf of the S&D Group, Klemen Grošelj, on behalf of the Renew Group, Thomas Waitz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Željana Zovko, Nikos Papandreou, Georgios Kyrtsos, Hildegard Bentele, Sunčana Glavak and Tomislav Sokol.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil and Karen Melchior.
The following spoke: Olivér Várhelyi and Tonino Picula.
Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Report: Michael Gahler and Eider Gardiazabal Rubial - A9-0286/2023 Eugen Tomac, Miriam Lexmann
Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) - Report: José Manuel Fernandes and Christian Ehler - A9-0290/2023 Eugen Tomac, Miriam Lexmann
Fisheries control - Report: Clara Aguilera - A9-0016/2021 Eugen Tomac
Written explanations of vote
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
21. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 754.490/OJ).
22. 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.