Speeches

The ECON Committee has transmitted a corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament. Pursuant to Rule 251(1), this corrigendum will be deemed approved unless, no later than 24 hours after its announcement, a request is made by a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold that it be put to the vote. The corrigendum is available on the plenary webpage. Its title will be published in the minutes of this sitting.

The SANT Committee has decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations ahead of Council's first reading, pursuant to Rule 73 of the Rules of Procedure. The position adopted by Parliament at first reading, which constitutes the mandate for those negotiations, is available on the plenary webpage and its title will be published in the minutes of the sitting.

The LIBE Committee has decided to enter interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 72(1) of the Rules of Procedure. The report which constitutes the mandate for the negotiations is available on the plenary webpage and the title will be published in the minutes of the sitting. Pursuant to Rule 72(2), Members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing by midnight tomorrow, Tuesday, 17 June, that the decision be put to the vote. If no request for a vote in Parliament is made within the deadline, the committee may start the negotiations.

The ECR Group has notified me of a decision relating to changes to appointments within delegations. This decision will be set out in the minutes of today's sitting and take effect on the date of this announcement.

The Committee on Legal Affairs has informed me that the request for defence of the parliamentary immunity of Helmut Geuking is inadmissible, so the procedure is therefore closed.

I have received a letter from the competent authorities in Belgium withdrawing the request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of our colleague Giusi Princi. The procedure is therefore closed.

Following the resignation of Ondřej Kovařík, and on the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Parliament takes note of the vacancy of his seat from 31 July 2025, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure, and will inform the national authority concerned thereof.

The minutes and the texts adopted of the sitting of 21 and 22 May 20205 are available. Are there any comments? No? The minutes are therefore approved.

Dear colleagues, welcome back to Strasbourg for our plenary session. I'll start with a sad communication on what happened in Austria. Last week, we learned of the horrific school shooting in Graz, where a former pupil killed 10 students and staff, and severely injured many others. This was a senseless act of violence that has deeply shaken Austria and all of Europe. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the entire school community. We stand with everyone in Austria at this terrible time. That same day, we learned of another brutal attack, as a 31-year-old teaching assistant was stabbed to death outside a school in Nogent in France. La victime et ses proches sont dans nos pensées. Violence and hatred, dear colleagues, have no place in Europe and no place in our schools. Schools must remain safe spaces of learning and growth – never of fear. So I ask you to please join me in observing a minute's silence in honour of the victims and all those affected.

Dear colleagues, I have received requests from the competent authorities in Belgium for the parliamentary immunity of Daniel Attard, Salvatore De Meo, Fulvio Martusciello, Nikola Minchev and Giusi Princi to be waived. These requests are referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.

So, Ms Aubry, you are against. First I will put the request of the PfE Group to the vote by roll call. (Parliament rejected the request) I now put the request of The Left Group to the vote by roll call. (Parliament rejected the request) I now put the request of the Renew Europe Group to the vote. (Parliament rejected the request) Therefore the agenda stays the same. The agenda is adopted. The order of business is thus established. Have a good afternoon.

Your time is up. Let's put the request to a vote. (Parliament approved the request) So the sitting is extended to 23:00. Also for today, the PfE Group has requested that a Commission statement on the ‘ECJ ruling on “Pfizergate” and the urgent need to fast-track the establishment of the parliamentary inquiry committee on transparency and accountability’ be added as a fourth item, after the debate on the Single Market Strategy. I give the floor to Marieke Ehlers to move the request.

Mr Satouri, we are going to debate this in a few minutes, so we have the opportunity to do it in its setting. Thank you very much. Now we come to the order of business. The final draft agenda as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 8 May pursuant to Rule 163 has been distributed. With the agreement of the political groups, I wish to put to the House the following proposal for a change to the final draft agenda: on Wednesday, the sitting is extended to 22:00. If there are no objections, the change is approved. We now move to changes requested by political groups. Also for today, the EPP, S&D and Greens/EFA Groups have requested that Council and Commission statements on ‘The Hungarian Government's drift to Russia-style repression: legislative threats to freedom of expression and democratic participation’ be added as a third item. As a consequence, the sitting would be extended to 23:00. I give the floor to Tineke Strik, as standing rapporteur, to move the request on behalf of the three groups.

The minutes and the texts adopted of the sitting of 8 May are available. Are there any comments? As that is not the case, the minutes are approved.

We move to the vote on the report by Siegfried Mureşan and Carla Tavares on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (see minutes, item 8.16).