Speeches

The next vote is on the report by Bernd Lange on customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA (see minutes, item 6.12).

The next vote is on the report by Céline Imart on macro-financial assistance to Egypt (see minutes, item 6.11). As we did before, before we move to the vote, I would like to give the floor to Commissioner McGrath, because the issue has not been discussed in plenary.

The next vote is on the report by Céline Imart on macro-financial assistance to Jordan (see minutes, item 6.10). Before the vote, as the issue has not been discussed in plenary, I would like to give the floor to Commissioner McGrath.

The next vote is on the report by Dimitris Tsiodras on re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals (see minutes, item 6.9).

The next vote is on the report by Dimitris Tsiodras on re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (see minutes, item 6.8).

The next vote is on the report by Dimitris Tsiodras on the common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals (see minutes, item 6.7).

The next vote is on the report by Tomáš Zdechovský on the partial renewal of a member of the Court of Auditors – Lucian Romașcanu (see minutes, item 6.6).

The request for an urgent decision is adopted. The vote will be on Thursday, 3 April. The deadlines will be as follows: – amendments: Wednesday, 2 April at 13:00; – split and separate votes: Wednesday, 2 April at 19:00.

The first vote is on the request by the EPP Group for the urgent procedure to amend Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (see minutes, item 6.1). I give the floor to Mr Tobé to speak in favour of the request for an urgent decision.

The next item is the joint debate concerning the European Semester on: - the report by Fernando Navarrete Rojas, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 (2024/2112(INI)) (A10-0022/2025); and. - the report by Maravillas Abadía Jover, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 (2024/2084(INI)) (A10-0023-2025).

I would like to inform you that the President has received a request for urgent procedure from the EPP Group, pursuant to Rule 170(5), on the following legislative file: European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products. The vote on this request will be taken tomorrow. If adopted, the vote will be added to the draft agenda of a future part-session.

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (2025/2533(RSP)). In the debate, I will follow the same rules: I'm not going to give any blue cards; I'm not going to open catch‑the‑eye; and I'm going to be very strict with the time of the speakers.

Thank you, Commissioner. I am sorry for being so strict with time, and I insist that this debate should have had much more time. The debate is closed.

Colleagues, I have a 17 requests for catch‑the‑eye. I'm going to attend all of them, because I think it's fair. But in the next debate I will not admit any blue cards, and I will not open the catch‑the‑eye. I have to say, from my side, that I think that this debate should have been much longer, that we've been debating lots of things during the past days, and I think that this issue should have had much more time than we have had. So I'm going to attend all the 17 requests for catch‑the‑eye. I beg all the speakers to respect one minute, because I will cut all of them at the minute mark.

The next item is the debate on eight motions for resolutions on the continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu (2025/2548(RSP)).