Speeches

We now come to today's second round of voting. The dossiers on which we are voting can be found on the agenda. The voting session will be open from 8 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. The voting procedure is the same as in the previous voting rounds. All votes are roll call votes. I declare the second voting session open. You can vote until 9.15 p.m. The results of the second voting session will be announced tomorrow at 9 a.m.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the Guidelines on State aid for climate, energy and the environment (CEEAG) (2021/2923(RSP)).

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! We are now facing a round with the speakers of the institutions. We have speaking time here for Members of Parliament. It is also not customary for the representatives of the institutions to be interrupted. I was told what was going on this morning. Of course, we have adjusted to a certain length of speaking time. I also understand that such a big debate raises a lot of questions that people are happy to answer. Nevertheless, I would be very grateful if I did not have to interrupt speakers and if we would otherwise stick to the procedures here in the House, so that the speaking times that are generally expected are not overstretched.

We now come to today's first round of voting. The dossiers on which we are voting can be found on the agenda. The voting session will be open from 1 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. The voting procedure is the same as in the previous part-sessions. All votes are roll call votes. Explanations of vote may be submitted in writing. Exceptionally, the explanations of vote may not exceed 400 words. I declare the voting session open. You can vote until 2.15 p.m. The results of the votes will be announced at 7 p.m.

Mrs Donato! Here, too, I reserve the right to issue a call for order. We should really stick to the agenda – a Member of Parliament has enough opportunities. And again: Non-attached Members receive speaking time from the administration. I think it is not unreasonable to expect you to stick to the order of the day and not make such debates the extended workbench of your own disputes.

Mrs Ponsatí Obiols, I have argued on several occasions that if speakers do not stick to the issue, it is up to the political groups. As a non-attached member, you are guaranteed the right to speak by the administration. I'm calling you to order.

We are now continuing our debate on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2021/2881(RSP)).

We now come to today's first round of voting. The dossiers on which we are voting can be found on the agenda. The voting session will be open from now until 2.15 p.m. The voting procedure is the same as in the previous part-sessions. However, I would like to point out that the votes on the extension of the term of office of Julia Laffranque as a member of the Committee established by Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and on the appointment of the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) are held by secret ballot. Members cast their votes in a traditional way, but the ballot paper they need to receive and sign does not show how they voted, only that they voted electronically. All other votes are roll call votes. Explanations of vote may be submitted in writing. Exceptionally, the explanations of vote may not exceed 400 words. I declare the voting session open. You can vote until 2.15 p.m. The results of this vote will be announced at 4.30 p.m.

On the report by Christian Doleschal on the subject "Environment: the Aarhus Regulation’ (2020/0289(COD)) (A9-0152/2021) has been requested by the rapporteur to speak on this report.

Mr Sinčić, it happens occasionally that even speakers from political groups are not following the agenda. This is the business of the political groups but you are non-inscrit, and you get the speaking time from a structure which is delivered by Parliament. I personally believe that with those people who get speaking time on that ticket we need to guarantee that those people stick to the agenda. I think this was not the case in your case, and I am going to inform the President that we have a closer look at such appearances.

The meeting closed and resumed tomorrow, Tuesday 5 October 2021 at 9 a.m. with the exchange of views on the Tonino Picula report on the future of EU-US relations (2021/2038(INI)) (A9-0250/2021). The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament's website.

The next item on the agenda is the brief presentation of the report by Raffaele Stancanelli, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the reconstruction of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea: Evaluation and next steps (2019/2178(INI)) (A9-0225/2021).

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Elena Kountoura, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the EU road safety policy framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations for the next steps towards ‘Vision Zero Road Deaths’ (2021/2014(INI)) (A9-0211/2021).

The minutes of the meeting of 13-16 September will be submitted to Parliament for approval at the beginning of the next meeting. If there are no objections, I will forward the resolutions adopted at these meetings to the persons and bodies referred to in these resolutions.

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the oral question to the Commission on transparency in the EU regarding the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by Dolors Montserrat, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions (O-000046/2021 – B9-0033/21) [2021/2678(RSP)].

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Malin Björk and Diana Riba i Giner, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, on ‘Determination of gender-based violence as a new area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU’ (2021/2035(INL)) (A9-0249/2021).