What Pedro spoke about.

Madam President, thank you for giving me the floor one last time as a Member and as Vice-President of this Parliament, because that gives me the opportunity to thank you for the excellent collaboration I had with you and also to recall the excellent collaboration with our dear President David Sassoli. I must also thank everyone for the trust they have placed in me and, above all, for the friendshi

Madam President, my last speech as a Member of this European Parliament comes on the day when the Portuguese and all democrats commemorate the 50th anniversary of the wonderful Carnation Revolution which, on 25 April 1974, overthrew the dictatorship and restored freedom, democracy and hope to a people weary of war, repression and misery. It was Mário Soares, hero of Portuguese democracy and former

Madam President, the creation of an ethics body common to all the European institutions is an old demand of this Parliament. Finally, an agreement has been reached between the various institutions of the European Union to do what has never been done. And that's positive. The proposal before us represents an important milestone in establishing common ethical rules, strengthening the integrity and t

I would ask you all to stick to the allocated time. Otherwise, we will have a substantial delay in our voting session. I will not be able to allow blue-cards for this debate and now consider closed the requests for catch-the-eye.

The next item on the agenda is the joint debate on anti-money laundering: - the report by Mr Niedermayer and Mr Tang on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015

The joint debate is closed. The vote, as you know, will still take place today.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great honour and I confess that I am also taking over the presidency of the plenary of this European Parliament for the last time today with some emotion. Let me take this opportunity to thank you deeply for your confidence, well reflected in the election and then the re-election as Vice-President of the European Parliament, with the highest position in the hierarc

Mr President, there is no strategic autonomy of the European Union with external energy dependency and there can be no just society if the most vulnerable households and consumers are not protected from energy inflation and energy poverty. These are the lessons of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the energy crisis it has provoked, including the inflationary spiral. Add to that the ur

The next item on the agenda is: Joint debate on the ten reports related to the migration and asylum package. Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a screening of third-country nationals at the external borders and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/817 [COM(2020)0612 - C9-0307/2020 - 2020/0

The point is that blue cards are allowed but not in the first round of political speakers. After that, it will be possible.

The next item is the debate on the question for oral answer to the Commission on the promise to revise EU animal welfare legislation and European citizens' initiatives related to animal welfare, tabled by Niels Fuglsang, Thomas Waitz, Günther Sidl, Sarah Wiener, Emil Radev, Michaela Šojdrová, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Heidi Hautala, Annika Bruna, Caroline Roose, Pascal Durand, Pierre Larrouturou, Martin

The debate is closed. The vote will take place at the next part-session.

Thank you very much. We are now in fact prolonging the debate with a point of order that was not appropriate, of course.

You are entitled not to accept the blue-card question. Catch-the-eye procedure

Ms Vautmans, do you agree to take a blue-card question from Ms de la Pisa Carrión?

The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2024/2655(RSP)).

With regard to the joint decision of the AFET and BUDG Committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 71(1) of the Rules of Procedure, announced at the opening of the daily sitting on Tuesday 12 March, no request for a vote in Parliament has been received by Members or by one or more political groups reaching at least the so-called medium threshold. Therefore, committees

The next item is the debate on the report by Monika Hohlmeier and Nils Ušakovs, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) (COM(2022)0223 - C9-0179/2022 - 2022/0162(COD)) (A9-0180/2023).

The voting session is closed. (The sitting adjourned at 17.47.)

Yes, thank you very much. The same request has already been made by our colleague Bernd Lange. In fact, it was already voted as well.

We now come to the vote.

Madam President, I would like to thank everyone for their contribution to this debate, and also the European Commission, and I think it is worth remembering at this point that a few years ago, on the occasion of Brexit, some anticipated a domino effect that could implode the European Union. The story was different, today there is no country wanting to leave and, on the contrary, we have many wanti

Mr President, the report on deepening European integration with a view to enlargement, which I am presenting here with my fellow rapporteur Petras Auštrevičius, is certainly one of the most important and sensitive on the European Parliament's agenda at the end of this term of office. I am therefore grateful for the excellent cooperation with my co-rapporteur and the contribution of all the shadow

Do you want to use your speaking time? If not, I would kindly ask you to leave the podium so the next speaker can intervene.

As you all know, there are allocated times. People have to respect the allocated times so that our debate can continue normally.