What Katarina spoke about.

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2025

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Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli (RC-B10-0282/2025, B10-0282/2025, B10-0283/2025, B10-0287/2025, B10-0288/2025, B10-0289/2025, B10-0290/2025, B10-0295/2025) (vote)

The following vote concerns media freedom in Georgia, in particular the case of Msia Amaghlobeli (see point 5.1 of the Protocol).

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Jun

2025

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Voting time

The next item on the agenda is the voting session.

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Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Now, the thing was that the PiS government changed a lot of organisational procedure to elect only judges close to PiS to the Constitutional Court. Now, the Constitutional Court is 100 % loyal to PiS. The current government is trying to change that, but the president can come in with a veto – so there is no possibility for the current government to change this. Now, do you want to punish a governm…

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Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Democracy thrives on people knowing what is going on, both in their country and internationally. Today came the news: 71% of Germans actively avoid news. I see it as a reflex: There are bad headlines every day, you sometimes want to pull the blanket over your head. But then what happens? Switching off often means being on social media. Then ther…

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Mar

2025

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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on a topical issue (Rule 169) on the 100-day mandate of the new Commission – achievements in defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities. I would like to draw Members' attention to the fact that during this debate neither spontaneous interventions nor blue cards accepted.…

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Mar

2025

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Composition of committees and delegations

The EPP Group and the ECR Group have forwarded decisions on changes to appointments in committees to the President. These decisions will be published in the minutes of today's meeting and will enter into force on the day of this announcement.…

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Mar

2025

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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 protocol? That is not the case. The minutes have therefore been approved.

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Mar

2025

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Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

Mr President! Let's look around the world: Who is at the forefront of defending democratic values? Very often it is the women. Whether in Poland, in Ukraine, in Belarus, in Iran, in Afghanistan, also in the USA: It is often women with their courage and civil courage who fearlessly face the autocrats and despots of this world. Are women the better people? No, not necessarily – as we sometimes see a…

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Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

The debate is closed. Thank you very much for this interesting debate and for the time discipline. It's really remarkable. We are perfectly on time, so I will suspend for a very short moment until all colleagues have arrived, and then we will continue.…

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Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

I apologise: apparently there was not interpretation in every language, but at least in German I had it.

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Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

There is a blue card. (Mr Della Valle unfurled a flag) Please, please come on. No blue card then. I might remind you that this is probably against the rules. This is a parliament. It comes from parlare. Yes, I know it's the European flag and we love it.…

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Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

Dear colleague Gražulis, I will explain it again. If I keep giving you blue cards now, with every speaker that comes, I cannot give them to other people. And there will be a point where I have to say no blue cards at all anymore. This is why I decided to give every Member the opportunity to raise a blue card, but only once, because otherwise we cannot finish in time. We are limited in the end. If …

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Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

This concludes the round of Group spokespersons. I will now have to be relatively strict with speaking time, because we have a fixed date afterwards. I also close the catch-the-eye application procedure; We already have more registrations than we can take.…

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Ask a question, please. Hello, could you ask a question, please? Thank you. Okay, another 10 seconds for the question, please.

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Colleagues, the blue card is there to ask questions. So you can elaborate, but then please come to some sort of question.

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

The blue cards are there to ask questions, basically. Do you have a question?

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Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President! But for your new Red Socks campaign, you still have to explain to me why you are working with the BSW, the hardcore communists, in Thuringia. But that may be another question. In the EU, Member States are working together to be stronger together, and the right-wing margin of Parliament wants exactly the opposite. They are divided in themselves, but in one they agree: They are nationa…

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Feb

2025

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US AI chip export restrictions: a challenge to European AI development and economic resilience (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the oral question to the Commission on US export restrictions on AI chips: a challenge for EU AI development and EU economic resilience by Borys Budka, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (O-000001/2025 - B10-0002/25) (2025/2539(RSP)).…

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2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

The debate is closed.

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Feb

2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

I understand you want this symbol of speaking Serbian, but nobody of the colleagues understands because there is no translation. So please stick to the languages that we translate. Thank you.

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Jan

2025

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Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence (topical debate)

Thanks to everyone who was in the room now. It turns out that it is worth it to be in the room for the whole debate. Then you'll be there when the system fails.

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Jan

2025

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Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence (topical debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on a topical issue on the unification of Europe against actors hostile to the EU: Time to strengthen our security and defense. I would like to draw Members' attention to the fact that this debate does not accept spontaneous interventions or blue cards.…

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Jan

2025

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of yesterday's meeting and the texts adopted are available. If there are no objections on your part, the minutes have been approved and we shall now come to the debates.

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Jan

2025

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Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus (RC-B10-0055/2025, B10-0054/2025, B10-0055/2025, B10-0056/2025, B10-0057/2025, B10-0058/2025, B10-0059/2025) (vote)

The following vote concerns the joint motion for a resolution by five political groups on the need for action in view of the ongoing repression and sham elections in Belarus (see point 8.1 of the Protocol).…

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Jan

2025

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Voting time

The next item on the agenda is the voting session. I would like to remind the Members who are on the list of speakers for the first debate in the afternoon to stay right in the Chamber, as the debate starts immediately after the vote.…