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2025

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Dramatic situation in Gaza and the need for an immediate return to the full implementation of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement (debate)

The next item is the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Dramatic situation in Gaza and the need for an immediate return to full implementation of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement (2025/2644(RSP)).…

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2025

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Crackdown on democracy in Türkiye and the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (debate)

The debate is closed.

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2025

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Crackdown on democracy in Türkiye and the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (debate)

The next item is the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Repression of democracy in Turkey and arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (2025/2642(RSP)).…

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2025

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Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (debate)

The debate is closed.

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2025

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Improving the implementation of cohesion policy through the mid-term review to achieve a robust cohesion policy post 2027 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today is an important day for our territories, for our businesses and for our citizens. An innovative approach to cohesion funds, from flexibility and simplification to place-based action. Today, we are giving Europe's regions and citizens back the main tool for growth: a cohesion policy that does not stand still in the face of crises, but responds…

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2025

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Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the Clean Industry Pact (2025/2588(RSP)).

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Mar

2025

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Corrigenda (Rule 251) (action taken)

Pursuant to Rule 251(4) of the Rules of Procedure, I would like to inform you that no request has been made to put the corrigenda announced in plenary on Monday, 10 March to the vote. They are therefore deemed to have been approved and have been published on the plenary webpage.…

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2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

I have received eight motions for resolutions to wind up the debate. I declare the debate closed. The vote will take place tomorrow.

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, do you know what the first request of those who want to open a business in Europe is? Clear rules, certain times, fewer obstacles, in other words less bureaucracy. The numbers speak for themselves: 80 billion euros a year spent only by small and medium-sized Italian companies to comply with administrative procedures. If we also consider the impact …

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2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement (2025/2558(RSP)).

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Feb

2025

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Proposal for a Union act

I would like to announce that, pursuant to Rule 47(2), the President has declared admissible a proposal for a Union act on the need to amend the Council Regulation on fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas for 2025, and to protect the trawling sector. The proposal is referred to the Committee on Fisheries (P…

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Feb

2025

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Honouring the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová: advancing media freedom, strengthening the rule of law, and protecting journalists across the EU (debate)

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the tribute to the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová: promoting media freedom, strengthening the rule of law and protecting journalists across the EU (2025/2556(RSP)).…

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2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

The debate is closed.

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Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Is there a point of order?

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Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President, here is the compass for competitiveness, which we have been calling for strongly in recent months and which for now contains useful premises for driving a renewed future of growth and innovation. Reducing bureaucracy is the signal that I see as the most meaningful. Simplification is crucial to enable businesses to focus on what really matters:…

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2025

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today, 10 February, in Italy we celebrate Remembrance Day, a day dedicated to the memory of the Italian victims of the foibe and of the hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee the Julian-Dalmatian lands, a wound that is still open, because many of them remain nameless and many families without a truth. But the pain of the missing is not just a memory of t…

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2025

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Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is 2050 and Europe is a continent of silence. Schools are empty, parks are deserted and factories are still. We did not listen to the signals and did not act. What about now? We are an old and tired continent. The birth rate fell below 1.4 children per woman and in some countries the population fell by 20%. For every pensioner there are only two…

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2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the geopolitical and economic implications for transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (2025/2516(RSP)).

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2025

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of yesterday's sitting and the texts adopted have been distributed. If there were no comments, the minutes were approved.

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2025

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EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia (A10-0027/2024 - Karlo Ressler) (vote)

The next vote concerns the agreement between the EU and the Republic of Serbia on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia (see point 5.1 of the Minutes). (This concludes the voting session) (The sitting adjourned at 12:28)…

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2025

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Voting time

The next item is the voting session.

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2025

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Welcome

There is no debate on this point, so let us move on to the second point of order. Please, Mr Nikolaou-Alavanos, for a minute.

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2025

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Welcome

On behalf of the President, I would like to warmly welcome you to the diplomatic gallery, where a delegation of presidents and representatives of the outermost regions of the European Union is present today. I would like to inform the House that I have received three requests for a point of order. So, let's proceed with the first one. Mr Mariani, for one minute.…

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Dec

2024

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Preparation of the EU-Western Balkans Summit (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it was on 1 July 2013 that Croatia became the first of the seven Western Balkan countries to join the European Union: It is a historic event, a symbol of hope and a new beginning for the whole region. A little over ten years have passed and today we are again at an equally crucial crossroads. Since then, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Mace…

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Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

The next item is the Commission statement on Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (2024/2967(RSP)). I give the floor to Commissioner Virkkunen, on behalf of the Commission.…