What Pina spoke about.

I announce the result of the vote. Number of voters: 699 Blank or blank cards: 76 Votes cast: 623 Absolute majority: 312 The candidates obtained the following votes: Ms Metsola: 562 votes Mr Montero: 61 votes Ms Metsola obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast. President Metsola, I congratulate you on your election and wish you every success in your term of office. I invite you to take over the Presidency.

Did they all vote? Did the scrutineers vote too? Looks like they all voted. The vote is closed. I invite the tellers to come to room R1.1 for the counting of the ballots. The sitting is suspended. The sound of the bell will indicate the resumption of the session, which will also be announced on the screens. (The sitting was adjourned at 11:22 a.m. for the counting of the ballots.)

Let us now move on to the vote. The instructions for the election of the President have been distributed electronically to all Members and you will find additional copies at the entrance of the Chamber if you need them. I would remind you that, under Rule 16, in order to be elected, a candidate must obtain, in the first three ballots, an absolute majority of the votes cast. Blank or void ballots will not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating the votes cast. In the meantime, the clerks are distributing the cards; We therefore ask you for a moment of patience in order to better organize the vote. Ladies and gentlemen, you must remain in your place in order to receive the ballot paper. The clerks will now proceed with the distribution of the ballots, but in order to deliver the ballot you must be in your place. Please stay seated. I invite you to keep quiet, while we explain the voting method and the salesmen distribute the ballots. In the meantime, I invite you to wait until the opening of the vote; We will use this time to explain the manner of the election. The ballot papers and envelopes are being distributed in these minutes. To vote, you will have to tick the box corresponding to the name of the candidate chosen. You can only vote for one candidate. If you want to rectify the vote, you will have to ask a clerk for a new card, who will give it to you in exchange for the wrong card, which will be immediately destroyed. The presence on the card of writings or signs other than those necessary to express the vote will result in its cancellation; The same applies if you vote for more than one candidate. Fold the card in four before inserting it into the envelope. For those who wish, there are voting booths at the entrance to the hemicycle. For the vote, I invite you to use the urn that corresponds to the first letter of your surname: The first urn is for the letters A and B. The second urn is for the letters C to E. The third urn is for the letters F to G. The fourth urn is for the letters H to K. The fifth urn is for the letters L and M. The sixth urn is for the letters N to R. The seventh urn is for the letters S and T. The eighth urn is for the letters U to Z. I will not call Members, but will simply announce the opening and closing of the vote. The names of the Members who took part in the secret ballot are published in the Minutes, which is why I invite you to sign the nominative attendance lists before depositing the ballot paper in the ballot box. I remind you to deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box that corresponds to the first letter of your surname. When voting, I invite you to show the teller an identity document or your badge. The tellers will vote at the end of the ballot. I now invite the tellers to go to their respective polls. Voting is open. (The plenary proceeded to the vote)

Let us now proceed to the drawing of lots for the appointment of the eight tellers. As they are appointed, I will invite the tellers to approach the bench of the Presidency. Mr Millán Mon, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Millán Mon accepts.) Mr Decaro, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Decaro accepts.) Mr Peter-Hansen, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Peter-Hansen accepts.) Mr Turek, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Turek accepts.) Mr Bartulica, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Bartulica accepts.) Mrs Gosiewska, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Gosiewska accepts.) Mr Ušakovs, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Ušakovs accepts.) Mr Bonaccini, do you agree to be a teller? (Mr Bonaccini accepts.) The following Members were appointed as tellers: Mr Millán Mon, Mr Decaro, Mr Peter-Hansen, Mr Turek, Mr Bartulica, Mr Gosiewska, Mr Ušakovs and Mr Bonaccini. The vote will begin in a few minutes.

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.

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)).

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.