Speeches

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Sandro Gozi, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (COM(2021)0731 – C9‐0433/2021 – 2021/0381(COD)) (A9-0009/2023).

– The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Angelika Tinzig, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – Annual Report 2021 (2022/2153(INI)) (A9-0294/2022).

The next item on the agenda was the debate on a topical topic (Rule 162) on the protection of the rule of law against impunity in Spain (2023/2519(RSP)). I would like to draw Members' attention to the fact that there are no spontaneous interventions in this debate and that blue cards are not accepted.

The minutes of yesterday's meeting and the texts adopted are available. Are there any objections? I don't see that. (The minutes of the previous meeting were approved)

The next item on the agenda is the statements by the Council and the Commission on the defence of the European Union against the abuse of national vetoes (2022/3013(RSP)).

Because we have the Slovenian Prime Minister here at 10:30, I will now close the catch-the-eye list. We have six people on the list and we will not be able to take any more.

I have to say that now I have to be a bit more strict on the speaking time because at 10:30 we are expecting the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Mr Golob.

We are now continuing our debate on the report by Markus Pieper, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (COM(2022)0222 – C9-0184/2022 – 2022/0160(COD)) (A9-0283/2022).

Thank you very much, and as I announced in the beginning, of course these shocking and devastating events of the last days will have their consequences, and have to in a functioning democracy. Therefore, we now interrupt this session for the President to announce the results of the CoP session.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Markus Pieper, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (COM(2022)0222 – C9-0184/2022 – 2022/0160(COD)) (A9-0283/2022).

Good morning, Commissioner, good morning, dear colleagues, first of all I have to apologise: we have been waiting because the meeting of the Conference of Presidents is going on and we were expecting to have a result soon that could be announced. To not interrupt the session after a few minutes, we waited, but apparently they are now discussing further items, and we are starting. I will switch to German, if you don’t mind.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Nicolae Ştefănuță and Niclas Herbst, on behalf of the European Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee on Budgetary Questions, on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 (14783/2022 12108/2022 – C9-0389/2022 C9‐0306/2022 – 2022/0212(BUD)) (A9-0278/2022).

The minutes of this meeting will be submitted to Parliament for approval tomorrow at the beginning of the afternoon session. I would like to thank my colleagues, the Commission and the interpreters.

The next meeting will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 22 November 2022 at 9 a.m. The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament's website.

The next item on the agenda was one minute's speech on important political issues (Rule 172). I would like to draw your attention to the fact that you can take the floor for the one-minute speech from your seat.

The next item on the agenda is the brief presentation of Christian Ehler’s report on the establishment of the European Innovation Council (2022/2063(INI)) (A9-0268/2022).