Speeches

The next item is the debate on five motions for resolutions on the arbitrary detention of EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta in Equatorial Guinea (2025/2904(RSP)).

The next item is the Council and Commission statement: EU strategy on Iran’s nuclear threat and implementation of EU sanctions stemming from the reinstatement clause (2025/2903(RSP)).

At the end of the debate, I received, in accordance with Rule 136 para. 2 Rules of Procedure, one motion for a resolution. I'm closing the debate. The vote will take place on Thursday 9 October 2025.

The next item is the report by Jens Gieseke and Paulius Saudargas, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on the management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC (COM(2023)0451 - C9-0308/2023 - 2023/0284(COD)) (A10-0158/2025).

The next item is the report by Aurore Lalucq, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on facilitating the financing of investments and reforms to improve Europe’s competitiveness and build a Capital Markets Union (Draghi report) (2024/2116(INI)) (A10-0124/2025).

The next meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 9 July 2025 from 9:00 a.m. The agenda has been published. It is available on the website of the European Parliament.

The next item is the report by Rasa Juknevičienė, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Georgia (2025/2024(INI)) (A10-0110/2025).

The next item is the report by Thomas Waits, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on North Macedonia (2025/2021(INI)) (A10-0118/2025).

Madam President, I'm sorry. Sexual violence against children is not a topic that can be talked about calmly. Any such act is a devastated childhood, a lifelong trauma, often without the possibility of a full mental recovery. The data is brutal. Experts estimate that millions of photos and recordings involving children circulate on the Internet every day. Each of these files is a drama of a particular child who has been harmed and humiliated. The problem is growing on a global scale. We can no longer pretend that fighting this violence is a task for law enforcement alone. We need the full mobilization of society as a whole. Firstly: prevention and education. It is the responsibility of the Member States of the European Union to introduce sex and digital education based on facts, not myths and taboos. Second: Early warning system. Thirdly: Comprehensive victim support. Fourthly: Laws that are preventive. And fifth: international responsibility. Uniform standards of prosecution and the inevitability of punishment must become the European norm, not the exception. The protection of children from sexual violence does not require further declarations. It requires immediate, bold decisions, including legislative ones. I am sure that in tomorrow's vote, each and every one of us will make this courageous but very necessary decision.

The next item is the report by Denis Nesci, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development, on Strengthening the EU's rural areas through cohesion policy (2024/2105(INI)) (A10-0092/2025).

The minutes of today's meeting will be submitted to Parliament for approval at the beginning of the next meeting. If no objections are raised, I will forward the resolutions adopted at today's meeting to the persons and bodies mentioned therein.