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Banking Union - annual report 2020 (debate)

Thank you very much Mr Nagtegaal. You speak very slowly and clearly. I would like to see more of this peaceful way of speaking followed. The interpreters will appreciate it as well.

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Oct

2021

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Banking Union - annual report 2020 (debate)

The next item is the report by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the 2020 Annual Report on the Banking Union (2020/2122(INI)) (A9-0256/2021).

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2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

The debate is over. Written statements (Rule 171)

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

I think I was a little sloppy here myself, and my colleague got a lot more speaking time than he had. I apologize for my inattentiveness. It wasn't intentional.

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Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

Mr President, we should take a closer look at the role and movements of Russian money throughout the EU, including in Finland. The Pandora Papers feature Putin's closest man, Gennady Timchenko, to whom Finland granted citizenship in 1999. Now, according to the revelations, a billion euros were transferred to Timchenko through anonymous tax haven companies. With this money, Timchenko acquired a sub…

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Oct

2021

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State of EU cyber defence capabilities (debate)

The next item is the report by Urmas Paet, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the state of EU cyber defence capabilities (2020/2256(INI)) (A9-0234/2021).

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Oct

2021

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Corrigenda (Rule 241) (action taken)

Pursuant to Rule 241(4) of the Rules of Procedure, it is hereby announced that no vote has been requested on the corrections announced yesterday at the opening of the part-session by the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Therefore, the corrections are deemed to have been accepted.…

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

The debate is over. The vote will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 6 October 2021.

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Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

We will now continue the debate on the report by Milan Zver, György Hölvényi and Janusz Lewandowski, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets (A9-0255/2021).…

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Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, after the first euphoric reactions to the new opportunities, some realistic opportunities do arise. I’d like to touch on one of them, and that is the worthy fight against modern slavery and forced labour in global value chains. Modern slavery is a part of the lives of 30 to 47 million people in the world today. The United States has had a ban on the importation of forced labour slave…

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2021

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EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

The next item is the debate on the question for oral answer to the Commission by Mr Tomas Tobé, on behalf of the Committee on Development, and Mr Norbert Lins, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (O-000043/2021 - B9-0031/2021) (2021/2750(RSP)).…

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2021

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Second voting session

I repeat that these requests will be put to the vote after the votes on the Commission's proposals. I will open today's second voting session. We will vote on the procedures announced on today's agenda. Voting will be open from 20:00 to 21:15. The voting method is the same as in previous votes. All votes shall be taken by roll call. I now declare the second voting session open. So you can vote unt…

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Sep

2021

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Second voting session

Before today's second votes, I would like to give the floor under Rule 59(4) to Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chair of the LIBE Committee, to refer back the following reports to the Committee for interinstitutional negotiations: firstly, the report by Jeroen Lenaers amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA in order to align it with EU rules on the protection of personal data (A9-0236/2021),…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

The debate is over. The amendments will be voted on today. The final vote will take place tomorrow, Thursday 16 September 2021. Written statements (Rule 171)

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2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, it is my duty to inform you that even t-shirts with text can be interpreted as posters that are not allowed in the Chamber. I'm sorry.

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

We will now continue the debate on the report by Malin Björk and Diana Riba i Giner (A9-0249/2021) (2021/2035(INL)).

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2021

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A new EU-China strategy (debate)

The debate is over. Written statements (Rule 171)

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2021

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A new EU-China strategy (debate)

The next item is the report by Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on a new EU strategy for China (2021/2037(INI)) (A9-0252/2021).

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Direction of EU-Russia political relations (continuation of debate)

The debate is over. The vote will take place on Wednesday 15 September 2021. Written statements (Rule 171)

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2021

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Direction of EU-Russia political relations (continuation of debate)

We will now continue the debate on the Andrius Kubilius report (A9-0259/2021).

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Sep

2021

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Announcement of voting results

Before continuing with the debates, I would like to give the floor, pursuant to Rule 59(4), to Ms Trillet—Lenoir on the referral back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations of the report by Ms Kopcińska on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and her own report on the serious cross—border threats to health. I give the floor to Ms Trillet-Lenoir for one m…

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2021

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Direction of EU-Russia political relations (debate)

Good evening, dear colleagues. Before continuing with the debate, I will now move to the results of today’s voting session.

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2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, we have for over a month now heard that we will judge the Taliban on the grounds of their deeds, not on the grounds of their words. But I think we have seen enough, that the real face is not really new. It’s the old Taliban. However, it’s very important that the channels will somehow be kept open because there’s an urgent and overwhelming need of humanitarian assistance. And I wou…

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2021

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Agenda of the next sitting

The sitting is closed and it will resume tomorrow at 9 a.m. with the announcement of the results of today's second voting session. The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament’s website.…

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Jul

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Visa Information System (VIS): visa processing - Visa Information System (VIS): conditions for accessing other EU information systems for VIS (debate)

The joint debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 7 July 2021.