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2021

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Commission Work Programme 2022 (debate)

I would like to inform Members that, for this debate, one round of political group speakers is foreseen.

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, Madam President, Mr Prime Minister, Europe can never be one of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Poland is us, that has always been our point, and if there is a deficiency in one Member State it affects us all. Poland is a crown jewel of our Union. My generation looked to your country as the embodiment of moral leadership in the struggle against authoritarianism, courage in the face of decades of tot…

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Oct

2021

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Order of business

– First of all, I would like to inform you that the services and the President are aware of these unfortunate incidents, and there will be an investigation and follow—up by the President. That’s a message to all the colleagues here.…

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2021

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Order of business

– I will now give the floor to colleague Nicolaus Fest, also for one minute.

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Order of business

I would now like to inform the House that I have received requests for points of order. I will give the floor to the following colleagues. First of all to colleague Salima Yenbou, for one minute.

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Oct

2021

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

I would like to inform you that on Wednesday, the President, together with the President of the Council, will sign two acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 79 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. The titles of the acts will be published in the minutes of this hearing.…

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Oct

2021

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Composition of committees and delegations

The S&D and ID groups informed the President about decisions related to changes in appointments within committees and delegations. These decisions will be recorded in the minutes of today's sitting and shall enter into force on the date of this announcement.…

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Oct

2021

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Request for waiver of immunity

The Chair received a request from the competent authorities in Greece for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Ioannis Lagos in order to initiate criminal proceedings against him. This request is referred to Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs, as the committee responsible, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.…

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Oct

2021

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Composition of Parliament

The Chair received notice from the competent authorities in Germany of the election of Ms Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold as Member of the European Parliament to replace Mr Sven Schulze with effect from 7 October 2021. The President would like to welcome the new colleague and indicate that she will take up her seat in Parliament and its bodies in order to fully enjoy her rights as foreseen in the Ru…

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Oct

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

The minutes and adopted texts of the sittings of 4, 5, 6 and 7 October were distributed. I understand that there are no comments so I will declare that the minutes have been approved.

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Oct

2021

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Resumption of the session

I declare the resumption of the session of the European Parliament interrupted on Thursday 7 October 2021.

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Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

The debate was closed. The vote will take place at the next part-session. Written statements (Rule 171)

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Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Commission and Council statements on Pandora Papers: implications on efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance (2021/2922(RSP)).…

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2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Commission and Council statements on the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach to future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this regard (2021/2916(RSP)).…

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Oct

2021

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Order of business

Thank you very much, Mr Mato. With that we have concluded the short discussion on the situation on the island of La Palma which, as our colleagues have said, is indeed very difficult and challenging.

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Oct

2021

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Order of business

We now come to the order of business. The revised final draft agenda, as adopted by the Conference of Presidents by written procedure today on 4 October 2021, pursuant to Rule 157, is available. Furthermore, following consultations with the political groups, we wish to report to the House the following proposal for changes to the revised final draft agenda. The debate on the Commission statement o…

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2021

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Resumption of the session

I declare resumed the session of the European Parliament adjourned on Thursday, 16 September 2021.

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Sep

2021

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Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland (debate)

Madam President, we should not have to have these debates. The checks and balances that are expected in every Member State by every citizen should ensure that issues like media freedom and the rule of law, that are so fundamental to the legitimacy of our European project, are not subject to debate. Member States are not all the same. We do not want them to be all the same. Europe is about celebrat…

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2021

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State of the Union (continuation of debate)

We now continue with the debate on the statement by the President of the Commission on the State of the Union (2021/2763(RSP)).

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2021

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State of the Union (debate)

The next item is the debate on the statement by the President of the Commission on the State of the Union (2021/2763(RSP)).

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2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Thank you, Ms Kanko. We will be asking for a transcript of the previous colleague’s intervention for us to see what was said and read it.

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2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on The situation in Afghanistan (2021/2877(RSP)).…

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2021

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

As regards the decision of the TRAN Committee to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 71(1), announced at the opening of the session on Monday 5 July, I did not receive any request for a vote in Parliament from Members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold. The Committee can therefore start negotiations.…

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2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

– The next item on the agenda is the joint debate on: - the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the Connecting Europe Facility (06115/2/2021 – C9-0214/2021 – 2018/0228(COD)) (rapporteurs: Henna Virkkunen, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Dominique Riquet (A9-0219/2021) - the recommendation for second reading of…

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2021

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)

– Thank you, Prime Minister Janša. The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 171)