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Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank (A10-0038/2026 - Aurore Lalucq)

The following vote concerns the appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank (see point 12.5 of the Protocol).

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Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee (A10-0221/2025 - David McAllister, Charles Goerens)

The following vote concerns the improvement of the efficiency of the External Action Guarantee (see point 12.4 of the Protocol).

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Establishing an EU talent pool (A10-0045/2025 - Abir Al-Sahlani) (vote)

The following vote concerns the establishment of an EU Talent Pool ( see point 12.3 of the Protocol).

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Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (A10-0126/2025 - Emil Radev) (vote)

The following vote concerns the harmonisation of certain aspects of insolvency law (see point 12.2 of the Protocol).

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Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (vote)

The following vote concerns the request for the application of the urgency procedure concerning the calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods from 2025 to 2029 (see point 12.1 of the Protocol).

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Voting time

The next item on the agenda is the voting session.

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2026

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act (debate)

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State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Democracy is precious, and democracy is fragile. The U.S. is one of the mother countries of democracy, and it is precisely there that we see what happens when democracy scorners come to power. No matter what political agenda they have, they all have one thing in common: They are the first to attempt to disempower democratic institutions and destroy the separation of powers. This can be illustrated particularly well in the USA. Why? Because the president makes no secret at all of the fact that he does and wants to do this, because he is passing over the powers of Congress, because he wants to make the independent courts and other institutions his vicarious agents, because he is silencing critical media. Trump and this Project 2025 Hungary in particular, where all this has been going on for 16 years. What is the knowledge for everyone in Europe? No matter where the differences between the anti-democrats lie and what they promise you for blue from the sky: When they come to power, they will do just that: Destroy democracy to prevent it from ever being re-elected. Then they will show their true face. The AfD Bayern is already saying that it wants ICE on German roads – and it is applauded, I ask to take note, it is applauded on the right – i.e. masked, unidentifiable people who arbitrarily arrest others from the streets on the basis of skin color and hold them without trial. Therefore: Democracy is precious, and it is fragile. Not only does it fail at the extremists, it fails at those who remain indifferent to it. We all need to be strong enough against these extremists.

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

I didn't hear much of a question, actually, the blue cards are supposed to ...

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

So the bug is up here, too. There is a rule that there are no blue cards for the same group. I'm sorry we didn't realise that in time. So please do not put blue cards for speakers of the same group. Thank you. You can have your discussion outside, please, because we will continue with colleague Tegethoff. Please, have your discussion outside.

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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Adjournment of the session

I declare the session of the European Parliament adjourned. The session is closed.

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Dates of the next part-session

The next meeting will be held in Brussels on 27 January 2026.

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Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted

The minutes of that meeting shall be submitted to Parliament for approval at the beginning of its next meeting. If there are no objections, I will forward the resolutions adopted at today's sitting to the persons and bodies referred to in those resolutions.

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (RC-B10-0071/2026)

This item is therefore closed.

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (RC-B10-0071/2026)

We now come to the explanations of vote on the brutal crackdown on protesters in Iran.

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Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0063/2026)

We now come to the explanations of vote on the motion of censure against the Commission.

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Oral explanations of vote (Rule 201)

The next item on the agenda is the explanations of vote.

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Joint action addressing the increased use of death penalty (debate)

The debate is closed.

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Joint action addressing the increased use of death penalty (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Commission statement on the common approach to the increased use of the death penalty (2026/2570(RSP)).

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of yesterday's meeting and the texts adopted are available. Are there any objections to the minutes? That is not the case. The minutes have therefore been approved.

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Pending approval of the Hungarian national plan for Security Action for Europe (SAFE) funding in light of persistent concerns around the allocation of public funding (debate)

Madam President, SAFE – this means ‘safe’. It is therefore downright ironic to unconditionally allocate funds to Viktor Orbán from the SAFE programme, which is actually intended to promote defence and security projects in the EU. And this also amounts to an incredible €16 billion, because with Viktor Orbán, these European funds are certainly not safe. We all know, you all know, the people of Hungary also know that Orbán is corrupt and thinks little of transparency and the rule of law. For good reason, other payments are discontinued. However, rule of law and anti-corruption standards must also apply to SAFE. Orbán is also a security risk in other respects. It is he who repeatedly throws himself at Vladimir Putin, who blatantly threatens Europe. He is also the one who is constantly undermining EU support for Ukraine. And it is he, too, who is a buddy with Donald Trump, who is reaching for European territory. This behaviour shows that Orbán is willing to undermine and sacrifice European interests if it serves its own advantage. SAFE funds are intended to strengthen the Union’s defence capacity and not to fund political campaigns or leak into the pockets of school friends – you have to say yes in this case – or family. Any disbursement must be subject to strict conditions – full transparency, independent control and binding guarantees that EU funds will be used exclusively for agreed purposes. It is only under those conditions that the SAFE programme can fulfil its proper purpose.