What Roberta spoke about.

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Order of business

We now come to the order of business. The final draft agenda as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 30 April pursuant to Rule 163 has been distributed. For Wednesday, The Left Group has requested that a Commission statement on ‘Reported drone strike against the humanitarian civil vessel Freedom Flotilla and its implications for maritime security and humanitarian activist protection’ be added on Wednesday evening before the debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. As a consequence the sitting would be extended to 23:00. I give the floor first to Özlem Demirel to move the request on behalf of The Left Group.

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Order of business

We will do that right now, in fact, when we adopt the agenda, because there is a proposal along those lines that we will discuss and vote on in a couple of minutes.

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Order of business

I would like to inform you that I have received the following requests for urgent procedure pursuant to Rule 170(6): – from the ECR Group, and jointly from the EPP, S&D and Renew groups, on the following legislative file: CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027; – from the ENVI Committee on the following legislative file: The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus); – from the ECON Committee: amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratio. The vote on these requests will be taken tomorrow. ⁂ Now I would like to inform the House that I have received requests for points of order. I will start by giving the floor to Bas Eickhout. ⁂

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Signature of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 81)

I would like to inform you that, since the adjournment of Parliament's session on 3 April, I have signed, together with the President of the Council, three acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. I would also like to inform you that on Wednesday, I shall sign, together with the President of the Council, another three acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure. The titles of the acts will be published in the minutes of this sitting.

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Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 72)

The LIBE, PECH and – jointly – the SEDE and ITRE committees have decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 72(1) of the Rules of Procedure. The reports, which constitute the mandates for the negotiations, are available on the plenary webpage and their titles 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 tomorrow, Tuesday 6 May at midnight, that the decisions be put to the vote. If no request for a vote in Parliament is made before the expiry of that deadline, the committees may start the negotiations.

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Composition of political groups

Malika Sorel is no longer a member of the PfE Group and sits with the non‑attached Members as of 19 April 2025.

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2025

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Request for waiver of immunity

I have received a request from the competent authorities in Hungary for the parliamentary immunity of Péter Magyar to be waived. The request is referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.

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Announcement by the President (Rule 138(2))

Thank you very much, Mr Kyuchyuk. So I will write, in accordance with your argumentation, to the presidents of the Council and Commission to inform them of the procedure.

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Announcement by the President (Rule 138(2))

I would like to inform you that I have received a letter from the Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee concerning the verification of the legal basis for the SAFE proposal. In accordance with Rule 138, the Legal Affairs Committee verified the Article 122 legal basis at its meeting of 23 April. It voted unanimously that Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union was not the appropriate legal basis, so I will give the floor to the Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, to share the committee's conclusions.

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes and the texts adopted of the sitting of 3 April are available. Are there any comments? I see that is not the case. Therefore they are approved.

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (A10-0012/2025 - Isabel Wiseler-Lima) (vote)

Is there any opposition to the oral amendment? No? Then we vote on it.

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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 (A10-0011/2025 - Nicolás Pascual de la Parte) (vote)

The next vote is on the report by Nicolás Pascual de la Parte on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 (see minutes, item [7.8]).

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Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (A10-0041/2025 - Malik Azmani) (vote)

The next vote is on the report by Malik Azmani on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (see minutes, item [7.6]).

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EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement: cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters (A10-0027/2025 - Jaroslav Bžoch) (vote)

The next vote is on the report by Jaroslav Bžoch on the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement: cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters (see minutes, item [7.5]).

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Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement (A10-0036/2025 - Željana Zovko) (vote)

The next vote is on the report by Željana Zovko on agreements on financial mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway) and additional protocols to the EEC-Norway Agreement and to the EEC-Iceland Agreement (see minutes, item [7.2]).

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Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III (A10-0042/2025 - Andrzej Halicki) (vote)

Is there any opposition to the oral amendment? Thirty-nine members would need to be opposed. There is opposition, so the oral amendment cannot be taken. The original text falls.

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Voting time

The next item is the vote.

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Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine: standing with Ukraine and upholding justice (debate)

The next item is the debate on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine: standing with Ukraine and upholding justice (2025/2635(RSP)). I would like to inform members that there will be only one round of political group speakers for this debate. Therefore, as per usual, there is no catch the eye procedure and no blue cards will be accepted.

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

The debate is closed and will go straight to the next one.

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Order of business

I put the request by The Left Group to a vote by roll call. (Parliament rejected the request) The agenda remains unchanged. Now the agenda is adopted, the order of business is thus established. Have a good afternoon.

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Order of business

We now come to the order of business. The final draft agenda, as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 26 March pursuant to Rule 163 has been distributed. With the agreement of the political groups, I wish to put to the House the following proposals for changes to the final draft agenda. First of all, today's sitting, Monday, is extended to 23:00. For Wednesday, the debate on the 'European Oceans Pact' is moved to the second point in the afternoon after the topical debate. A Commission statement on the 'Threat to freedom of expression in Algeria: the five-year prison sentence of French writer Boualem Sansal', with one round of political group speakers, is added as the seventh point in the afternoon, before the debates under Rule 150. As a consequence, the sitting is extended to 23:00. If there are no objections to this, then the changes are approved and we will move to changes requested by political groups. First of all, for tomorrow – Tuesday. The Greens Group has requested that a Commission statement on the 'Recent judgement by a French court on large-scale misuse of EU funds by former MEPs' be added as the fourth point in the afternoon. As a consequence, the sitting would be extended to 23:00. I give the floor first to Daniel Freund to move the request on behalf of the Greens Group.

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Signature of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 81)

I would like to inform you that, since the adjournment of Parliament's session on 13 March, I have signed, together with the President of the Council, one act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. The title of the act will be published in the minutes of this sitting. ⁂ I would also like to inform the House that I have received two requests for points of order. I start by giving the floor to Villy Søvndal.

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Proposals for Union acts

I would like to announce that, pursuant to Rule 47(2) of the Rules of Procedure, I have declared admissible a proposal for a Union act on amending Directive (EU) 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union and introducing a mechanism of directly linking the cost of ETS allowances for companies to investments in clean technologies. This proposal is referred to the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, as committee responsible, and to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, for opinion.

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Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 72)

The LIBE, AGRI and TRAN Committees have decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 72(1) of the Rules of Procedure. The reports, which constitute the mandates for the negotiations, are available on the plenary webpage and their titles 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 tomorrow, Tuesday 1 April, at midnight that the decisions be put to the vote. If no request for a vote in Parliament is made within the deadline, the committees may start the negotiations.

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Composition of committees and delegations

The PfE and ESN groups have notified me of decisions relating to changes to appointments within committees and delegations. These decisions will be set out in the minutes of today’s sitting and take effect on the date of this announcement.