Speeches

Madam President, thank you for your leadership in the contact group and the recent events. And thank you to both institutions, the Council and the Commission, of course, for this legislative proposal. Is everything now better? Of course definitely it's better for farmers and it's better for regional authorities involved in the processes of NRPPs and also cooperation with the Commission. But on this big part of the budget, which is related to national and regional partnership plans, is everything fine now on the common agricultural policy and on the cohesion part of it? I don't think so. Because even if it's the lower framework that is now set in the NRPPs for common agricultural position, we know that there is already one pillar, the first pillar of the common agricultural policy, with different payments for hectares. At the same time the second pillar, rural development, in some Member States who have bigger envelopes and can reach support for farmers who can compete in a single market of farming products, this could also be a disadvantage, which can discriminate some players in the market. I think it still should be fine‑tuned. And the second part related to cohesion in NRPPs, so some Member States – definitely closer to the eastern flank, let's be honest – have to spend part on defence issues and not concentrate on cohesion policy or the traditional targets of economic and social cohesion. It should be fine-tuned as well in the legal acts coming from this point of view and also in future negotiations.

I understand you, but as you remember, there were several rejections of blue cards because of time constraints; there was nothing political. We are closing catch-the-eye, and I would like to reduce the noise in the room a bit.

Colleagues, we will have a very short catch-the-eye procedure, and I will use as a criterion being present during the entire time of the debate. I will only give the floor to those colleagues.

Colleagues, before we continue, I would just like to announce that I am closing the catch-the-eye procedure. I said that colleagues who had already spoken and those who are not present in the room would be not given the floor. So I will check how many we can take from those already registered for catch-the-eye.

The next item is the debate on the Commission communication on the changing security environment and the role of the police – at the heart of the European Internal Security Strategy (2025/2939(RSP)).

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the decision to impose a fine on Google in defence of press and media freedom in the EU (2025/2909(RSP)).

The next item is the joint debate on: - the report by Dimitris Tsiodras, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, on establishing a common data platform on chemicals, a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals (COM(2023)0779 - C9-0449/2023 - 2023/0453(COD)) (A10-0018/2025); - the report by Dimitris Tsiodras, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, on the reallocation of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (COM(2023)0781 - C9-0448/2023 - 2023/0454(COD)) (A10-0019/2025); - the report by Dimitris Tsiodras, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, on the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improvement of cooperation among Union agencies in the field of chemicals (COM(2023)0783 - C9-0449/2023 - 2023/0455(COD)) (A10-0020/2025).

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (2025/2921(RSP)). I would like to inform Members that there is only one round of interventions by representatives of the political groups during this debate. Therefore, there will be no catch-the-eye procedure and no blue cards will be accepted.

The next item is the debate on the report by Anna-Maja Henriksson, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the rational implementation of EU internal market rules for a stronger single market (2025/2009(INI)) (A10-0151/2025).

The next item is the debate on the Commission communication on summer heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and ensuring adequate housing and health policies in view of the record temperature rise (2025/2856(RSP)).

The first item is the debate on the report by Laurence Farreng, on behalf of the Committee on Culture and Education, on a new perspective for the European Universities Alliance (2025/2036(INI)) (A10-0135/2025).

The President has received the Council's position at first reading on the amending regulation as regards certain reporting requirements in the field of financial services and investment support. The president also received the grounds for its adoption and the Commission's position and opinion. The full title will be published in the minutes of today's sitting. The three-month period within which Parliament can adopt its position starts tomorrow, 12 September.

The next item is the debate on the report by Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to improve the effectiveness of the protection of travellers and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive (COM(2023)0905 - C9-0436/2023 - 2023/0435(COD)) (A10-0140/2025).