What Roberta spoke about.

We will therefore have a Commission statement on further repression against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski, to be added as the fifth item on Wednesday afternoon before the oral questions. The statement will be wound up with a resolution, which will be voted on at the March I part-session. The last request for Wednesday is that the Green Group has requested that the resolution on the oral questions on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion be postponed to the March I part-session. I give the floor to Ms Sara Matthieu to move the request on behalf of the Green Group.

Ms Bischoff, would you agree with the proposal from the ID Group, or the proposal from the EPP Group, or the proposal from the Renew Group? If your answer is ‘no’ then we will vote on the proposal from the S&D Group by roll call. (Parliament rejected the S&D Group’s proposal) So now I ask, Mr Garraud, do you maintain your initial proposal? I see that you do, so we vote on the request of the ID Group by roll call. (Parliament rejected the ID Group’s proposal) So now I ask Mr Lenaers, do you maintain your initial proposal? I see that you do, so we put the request of the EPP Group to a vote by roll call. (Parliament rejected the EPP Group’s proposal) So I ask you, Ms in ‘t Veld, do you maintain your initial proposal? I see that you do, so we put the request to a vote. (Parliament agreed to the Renew Group’s proposal) We will therefore have Council and Commission statements on ‘EUCO conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the roadmap’ as the second item on Wednesday afternoon. Still on Wednesday, the ECR Group has requested that a Commission statement on further repression against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski, be added as the fifth item in the afternoon before the oral questions on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion. The debate would be wound up with a resolution to be voted in March I. I give the floor to Anna Fotyga to move the request.

For Wednesday, the S&D Group has requested that the Council and Commission statements on ‘no EU funding for wars in Europe’ be added as the second item in the afternoon, after the topical debate. I give the floor to Ms Gabriele Bischoff to move the request on behalf of her Group.

I will now give the floor to any colleague who wishes to speak against this proposal. I don’t see that to be the case. I will therefore put the request to the vote by roll call. (Parliament agreed to the request) We therefore have the Commission statement on following up on measures taken by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of the European institutions to be added as the fifth point this afternoon. The statement will be wound up with a resolution and the vote will be on Thursday. The deadlines are as follows: motions for resolutions, Tuesday 14 February at noon; amendments to motions for resolutions, and joint motions for resolutions, Wednesday 15 February at noon; amendment to joint motions for resolutions, Wednesday 15 February at 13:00; split and separate votes Wednesday 15 February at 19:00.

We now come to the order of business. The final draft agenda, as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 8 February pursuant to the Rule 157, has been distributed. I would like to inform you that I have received a request for urgent procedure from the ENVI Committee, pursuant to Rule 163, on Transitional provisions for certain medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices. The vote on this request will be taken tomorrow and, if adopted, the vote will be held on Thursday. We now move to changes requested by political groups. For Monday, The Left Group has requested that a Commission statement on following up on measures taken by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of the European institutions be added on Monday, as the fifth point in the afternoon. The debate would be wound up with a resolution to be voted on Thursday, and as a consequence the session would be extended to 11 p.m. I give the floor to Ms Aubry to move the request on behalf of The Left Group.

In relation to the decision by the LIBE Committee to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 71(1), announced at the opening of the session on Wednesday 1 February, I have received no request for a vote in Parliament by Members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold. The committee may therefore start the negotiations.

The S&D Group has 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.

I have received a request from the competent authorities in Poland for the parliamentary immunities of Mr Patryk Jaki, Ms Beata Kempa, Ms Beata Mazurek and Mr Tomasz Poręba to be waived. This request is referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.

We are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the European Parliament. This is an extraordinary moment, in extraordinary times. It has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign Ukraine by Russia. In all that time, Mr President, your leadership has inspired your people and inspired every corner of the globe. When the world thinks of Ukraine they think of heroes fighting the odds, of David beating Goliath. They think of the icons of Snake Island, the warriors of Mariupol, the liberators of so many occupied towns and villages. Their names will be spoken of for generations. Notwithstanding the bombs that fall every day, your grain continues to feed the world. When a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, you stood up and sent rescuers, equipment and expertise. That is real solidarity. (Applause) I am proud to say that this House of European Democracy, its Members, our European Union, have always stood with you. We understand that you are fighting not only for your values, but for ours. For those ideals that bind us as sisters and brothers. They make us all Europeans. Because Ukraine is Europe and your nation’s future is in the European Union. (Applause) We know the sacrifice that your people have endured for Europe and we must honour it not only with words but with action: with the political will to ensure easier trade and with the fastest possible accession process; with funds for your people; with help in reconstruction; with training for your troops; with the military equipment and defence systems you need to win. Now, States must consider, quickly, as a next step, providing long range systems and the jets that you need to protect the liberty too many have taken for granted. Our response must be proportional to the threat – and the threat is existential. I grew up hearing my grandparents’ stories of my country’s last three fighter planes. When all seemed lost, when they had no ammunition, no food and no hope, when all that remained were their three barely functioning planes that they called Faith, Hope and Charity – named after what they were fighting for, after what was at stake. The planes meant one more day of liberty, just long enough for help to arrive. They meant peace. You do not need to convince anyone here of how essential it is to support Ukraine, to back all those giving their lives, to support the values we preach with concrete measures, to ensure victory, real peace – based on your 10-point plan, accountability for those who have committed war crimes and for the protection of freedom for all Ukrainians. I want to repeat the promise I made to you when we met in Kyiv last April: we have your back. We were with you then, we are with you now, we will be with you for as long as it takes. Freedom will prevail. Peace will reign. You will win. Slava Ukraini! (Loud and sustained applause)

We will put to the vote the request to have a resolution to wind up the debate. (Parliament agreed to the request) The debate will therefore be wound up with a resolution at the next part—session. The agenda is adopted and the order of business is thus established.

We will therefore vote on the ECR request. (Parliament rejected the request) We will now vote on the S&D Group’s alternative proposal. (Parliament rejected the alternative proposal) We will now vote on the Green Group’s alternative proposal. (Parliament rejected the alternative proposal) Wednesday’s agenda therefore remains unchanged. We move to Thursday – tomorrow. The ECR Group has requested that the Council and Commission give statements on ‘The situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili’. These would be added as the second item in the morning. I understand this could go with one round of political group speakers and the start of the sitting would be brought forward to 8:30. The debate would then be wound up with a resolution to be voted at the next part-session. I give the floor to Anna Fotyga to move the request on behalf of the ECR Group.

President. – Also for Wednesday – today – the ECR Group has requested that a Commission statement on ‘Public security and the terrorist threat in Europe in the light of the recent knife attacks in Germany and Spain’ be added as the fourth item in the afternoon. I give the floor to Jorge Buxadé Villalba to move the request on behalf of the ECR Group.

Can I ask whether any colleague would like to speak against that proposal? If not, we will go straight to the vote. (Parliament rejected the request) Also for Wednesday, the EPP Group has requested that a Commission statement on ‘Transparency in the funding of NGOs and the protection of EU financial interests’ be added as the third point in the afternoon before the debate on the report by Mr Gozi. As a consequence, the sitting would be extended until 21:00. I give the floor to Monika Hohlmeier to move the request on behalf of the EPP Group.

We now come to the order of business. The final draft agenda as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 18 January pursuant to Rule 157 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. On Thursday, first of all, four reports by Mr Dzhambazki, Mr Halicki and Ms Aubry on the requests for the waiver of the immunity of four Members and one report by Mr García del Blanco on the request for the defence of the immunity of a Member are added to the votes. Then, the vote on the resolution on ‘An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs’ is postponed to the February II part-session. If there are no objections, these changes are approved. We now move to changes requested by political groups, starting with today, Wednesday. The EPP Group has requested that the debate on the Council and Commission statements on ‘Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration’ be wound up with a resolution to be voted at the next part-session. I give the floor to Jeroen Lenaers to move the request on behalf of the EPP Group.

The LIBE Committee has decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 71(1) of the Rules of Procedure. The report which constitutes the mandate for the negotiations is available on the plenary webpage and its title will be published in the minutes of the sitting. Pursuant to Rule 71(2), Members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing by tomorrow, Thursday 2 February at midnight, that the decision be put to the vote. If no request for a vote in Parliament is made before the deadline, the committee may start the negotiations.

The ENVI Committee has transmitted a corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament. Pursuant to Rule 241(4) 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.