What Roberta spoke about.

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Voting time

We will now proceed to the vote. (For the results and other details on the vote: see Minutes)

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Resumption of the sitting

President. – I understand there is a point of order to be made by Hynek Blaško. Please state the Rule under which you are making it.

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Thank you very much Ms Langensiepen, you are absolutely right, and we will do our best to make sure this doesn’t happen again with different measures that we can take. I will speak to the relevant services. (The sitting was suspended briefly.)

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President. – On Thursday, the PPE Group has requested that the Commission statement on ‘the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities’ be wound up by a resolution to be voted on Thursday.

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President. – The PPE Group has asked that a Commission statement on the ‘Impact on the rule of law of recent developments in Spain’ be added as the fifth item in the afternoon.

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President. – For Wednesday, the Renew Group has requested that Council and Commission statements on ‘defending the European Union against the abuse of national vetoes’ be added as the second item in the afternoon. As a consequence, the sitting would be extended until 23:00.

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Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

I would like to inform you that, since the adjournment of Parliament’s session on 24 November, I have signed, together with the President of the Council, one act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 79 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, 11 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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Council positions at first reading (Rule 63)

I have received from the Council its position at first reading, as well as the reasons which led to its adoption and the positions and opinions of the Commission. The full title will be listed in the minutes of this sitting. The three—month period available to Parliament to adopt its positions will therefore begin as from tomorrow, 13 December 2022.

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Composition of Parliament

The competent authorities of Italy have notified me of the election of Beatrice Covassi to the European Parliament replacing Simona Bonafè with effect from 6 December 2022. I wish to welcome our new colleague and recall that she takes her seat in Parliament and its bodies in full enjoyment of her rights pending the verification of her credentials.

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Composition of political groups

The S&D Group has communicated to me that Eva Kaili is no longer a member of the Group as of 9 December 2022 and that she sits with the non-attached Members. Pascal Durand is no longer a member of the Renew Europe Group and has joined the S&D Group as of 30 November 2022.

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Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71)

The LIBE Committee has adopted two mandates to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 71(1) of the Rules of Procedure, on third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement – Kuwait and Qatar, and on the European Union Drugs Agency. For the first file on third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement – Kuwait and Qatar, I have decided with the agreement of the political groups to propose a referral back to committee of this file pursuant to Rule 198. I understand that the rapporteur would like to take the floor.

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes and the texts adopted of the sitting of 24 November are available. If there are no comments the minutes are approved.

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Statement by the President

That concludes this round. We shall now go back to our agenda.

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Resumption of the session

I declare resumed the session of the European Parliament adjourned on Thursday 24 November 2022.

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Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar (B9-0539/2022, B9-0541/2022, B9-0542/2022, B9-0543/2022, B9-0537/2022, RC-B9-0538/2022, B9-0538/2022) (vote)

That concludes the vote. (The sitting was suspended at 12.42)

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'Macro-Financial Assistance+' instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (C9-0373/2022) (vote)

President. – That is overwhelmingly adopted. This is significant. Can I also say that this vote is significant not only for the much—needed funding it will make available for the people of Ukraine, but it matters for democracy. Thank you for showing us, once again, that this Parliament is efficient, is effective, can act and can legislate urgently and fast. This is the democracy and legitimacy of European—level decision making.

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Stop killing women. No more excuses. Protect women. We need action now. We need proper protection frameworks. We need more convictions of those who prey on females. And we need to end the remaining institutional blindness to the endemic violence against women. We need the urgent ratification of the Istanbul Convention in all Member States. Bernice should have arrived at work yesterday. She should have been able to go home and play with her children. She should not have been forced to live in fear. She should have been safe. She should have been free from torment. She should not have been killed. None of the horrific examples of violence against women we are forced to endure should take place in our Europe. We are not talking about victims: these are our fallen warriors. Women deserve to live free from fear everywhere. Stop killing women.

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Yesterday in Malta, Bernice Cassar, a 40-year-old woman, a mother of two young children, was shot dead by a windscreen in her car. This is just one example of the abuse and murder of women in Europe, just because they are women. For months, Bernice asked for help, asked for protection, but neither help nor protection, never arrived. It was left alone.

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2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (A9-0278/2022 - Nicolae Ştefănuță, Niclas Herbst) (vote)

Thank you very much, Minister Bek. The joint text agreed by the Conciliation Committee on 14 November 2022 has now been approved by both Parliament and the Council. The budgetary procedure for the financial year 2023 can thus be deemed to have been completed. The Union’s general budget for the financial year 2023 is definitively adopted and we will now sign the budget, as happens every year. (The President of Parliament signed the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023.)

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Voting time

The next item is the vote. (For the results and other details on the vote: see Minutes)

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Formal sitting – Ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament

Ladies and gentlemen, I now invite you to watch a video clip prepared for the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament. (the video clip was broadcast in the Chamber)

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Formal sitting – Ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament

It is in this capacity that the Members of this Parliament, whom I have the honour of presiding over, come together to vote democratically, every month, in Strasbourg. It is for the respect of human rights that this Parliament is fighting for the neighbouring people, who are struggling for democracy. And it is to meet the current needs of our European citizens, severely impacted by inflation and the cost of living, that we will continue to seek, over and over again, solutions to our common challenges.

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Order of business

Mr Séjourné, do you want to come in?

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Moritz, just to be clear, you are proposing the change of title to this: ‘Assessment of Hungary’s compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and the state of play of the Hungarian RRP’. Does anybody want to speak against? I don’t see that to be the case. So we put the request to the vote by roll call. (Parliament agreed to the request) So the title is changed. Also for today, The Left Group has requested that the Commission statement on the ‘Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar’ be wound up with a resolution to be voted on Thursday. I give the floor to Manon Aubry to move the request on behalf of The Left Group.

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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 17 November pursuant to the Rule 157 has been distributed. I would like to inform you that I have received three requests for urgent procedure from BUDG Committee and from the Commission pursuant to Rule 163 on the following legislative files: – amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027; – amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method; and – ‘Macro-Financial Assistance+’, the instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023. The vote on these three requests will be taken tomorrow. If adopted, the vote will be held on Thursday. We now move to changes requested by political groups. For Monday, the Renew Group has asked that the title of the Commission statement entitled ‘State of play of the negotiations between the Commission and the Hungarian Government linked to the Conditionality Regulation and the RRP’ be changed to ‘Freezing of European funds to Hungary under the RRF and the Conditionality Regulation’ with resolution. I give the floor to Moritz Körner to move the request on behalf of the Renew Group.