Speeches

Before we start the vote, I will briefly give the floor to each candidate. Each candidate will have five minutes to speak. We will proceed in alphabetical order. The floor was given to Mr Metsola.

Dear colleagues, let us now proceed to the election of the President of the European Parliament, in accordance with the provisions of our Rules of Procedure. I have received, in accordance with the provisions of our Rules of Procedure, the following nominations for the office of President of the European Parliament: Roberta Metsola and Irene Montero. The candidates have confirmed to me that they accept their respective nominations.

The next item is the recommendation by Anna Cavazzini, Marc Botenga, on behalf of the Committee on International Trade, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the draft Council decision on the withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty (06509/2024 - C9-0059/2024 - 2023/0273(NLE)) (A9-0176/2024).

The next item is the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Haiti (2024/2708(RSP)). I would remind the honourable Members that there will be only one round of speeches for this debate and there is no catch-the-eye procedure.

I have received five motions for resolutions to wind up the debate in accordance with Rule 132(2) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Thursday 25 April 2024.

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I must say with great suffering that I will not vote for this directive because, without a word of mouth, I consider it a huge, gigantic missed opportunity. Once again a downward mediation, done once again on the body of women. A text has been emptied, an important text, a forward-looking, innovative text, which Parliament and the Commission had approved and has been emptied because of the short-sightedness, the arrogance that has been recalled here by governments. But I ask you and I wonder how we will explain to the women out here that a directive has been passed that does not contemplate that without consent it is rape. We have tabled an amendment with colleagues from different political groups to try to reopen the negotiations and include Article 5 once again. I ask you, I wonder with what eyes you, we will look at the women of tomorrow, asking them to denounce whether in this text the reasons of patriarchal culture are stronger than those of feminism. And then I will not vote for this text, because the only answer I can give is to say forcefully and clearly "not in my name".

The next item is the joint debate on: - the report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 (COM(2023)0240 - C9-0150/2023 - 2023/0138(COD)) (A9-0439/2023), - the report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2023)0241 - C9-0172/2023 - 2023/0137(CNS)) (A9-0444/2023), and - the report by Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a Council directive amending Council Directive 2011/85/EU on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States (COM(2023)0242 - C9-0171/2023 - 2023/0136(NLE)) (A9-0440/2023).

The next item is the statements by the European Council and the Commission on the conclusions of recent European Council meetings, in particular on a new European Competitiveness Agreement and the EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029 (2024/2697(RSP)).

The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on attempts to dismantle the rule of law and media freedom in Slovakia (2024/2673(RSP)).

Unfortunately, there is no turning back, Mr Šojdrová. You have arrived late and it is not possible to return to the explanations of vote in previous reports. I am very sorry, but unfortunately these are the rules and must be respected.

Mr Papadakis, as you know, you must stick to the content of the report. It seems to me that your speech was unrelated to the content of the report we are debating.

The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the extradition and judicial proceedings against Julian Assange and the implications for press freedom (2024/2603(RSP)).

The next item is the report by Romana Jerković, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity (COM(2021)0281 - C9-0200/2021 - 2021/0136(COD)) (A9-0038/2023).

The next item is the report by Maria da Graça Carvalho, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1227/2011 and (EU) 2019/942 to improve the Union’s protection against market manipulation in the wholesale energy market (COM(2023)0147 - C9-0050/2023 - 2023/0076(COD)) (A9-0261/2023).