Speeches

For the sake of transparency, we have very many catch-the-eye requests. So if you request a blue card now, it might be that you might not be given a catch-the-eye afterwards. You don't know exactly if you will have it anyway, so it's up to you to make a choice. But I just want to be very transparent that we cannot have more than a dozen catch-the-eyes.

Excuse me, could you please be quiet up there? Okay, the group is leaving. This room has very good acoustics, so if you're loud up there, we can hear it very well downstairs. Excuse me, Commissioner. And if you leave, could you leave quietly, please? Thank you.

The next meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 26 November at 9 a.m. The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament's website.

Six motions for resolutions were tabled at the end of the debate. The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Thursday 27 November 2025.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the political situation in Myanmar, including the Rohingya humanitarian crisis (2025/2986(RSP)).

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Urmas Paet, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on a recommendation from the European Parliament to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the EU diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic (2025/2116(INI) – A10-0229/2025).

Madam President, Each parent tells their child: "Don't go with strangers." And then at some point we give them cell phones or tablets, where an infinite number of strangers enter their world. No parent can control this. There are a few nice ones, but there are many that don't care about the best interests of the child at best: Click here. Buy this. You're too fat. That's how you build a bomb. Only extreme right-wing boys can find a girlfriend. This is what a 50-year-old looks like naked. The result: Among minors today, concentration and sleep disorders, depression and suicide are many times higher than in previous generations – and we need to do something about it. What we need is education and media literacy of minors, adults and schools. We need the duty of platforms to refrain from addictive and harmful practices, for all: for children and adults. We need a minimum age. All addictive substances are subject to a minimum age. That's why social networks have to do the same. And we need the implementation of existing rights and we need the Digital Fairness ActTo make the Internet a safe place for our children and young people.

There's still a Blue Card, but we don't take Blue Cards anymore when the Blue Card process is already underway. And for those who are interested: The demand option is in Rule 78(10) of our Rules of Procedure. The floor will now be given to Mr Mandl.

It looks as if our colleague Mr Sieper has a follow-up question. Is that the case, or is it a point of order? (Interjection: 'There's no such thing as a follow-up question.') Sure there is!

The next item on the agenda is the statements by the Council and the Commission on the first Annual European Asylum and Migration Report and the establishment of the Annual Solidarity Pool (2025/2916(RSP)). On behalf of the Council, the floor was first given to Minister Bjerre.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on. – the oral question to the Council on the UN Climate Change Conference 2025 (COP 30) in Belém (Brazil) by Antonio Decaro, Lídia Pereira, Annalisa Corrado, Emma Wiesner, Pär Holmgren, Catarina Martins, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (O-000028/2025 – B10-0011/2025) (2025/2666(RSP)) and. – Oral question to the Commission on the UN Climate Change Conference 2025 (COP 30) in Belém (Brazil) by Antonio Decaro, Lídia Pereira, Annalisa Corrado, Emma Wiesner, Catarina Martins, Pär Holmgren, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (O-000029/2025 – B10-0012/2025) (2025/2666(RSP)).