Speeches

Ladies and gentlemen, the next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the state of play and follow-up actions two years after the recommendations of the PEGA Committee of Inquiry and the illegal use of spyware (2025/2741(RSP)). I welcome, on behalf of Parliament, the Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Council, Adam Szłapka, to whom I give the floor immediately.

The next meeting will take place tomorrow, 22 May 2025 at 9 a.m. The agenda has been published and will be available on the European Parliament's website.

The next item is the one-minute speeches under Rule 169 of the Rules of Procedure. I would remind you that you are invited to speak from your seat.

Before giving you the floor, Mr Szłapka, I have an unexpected additional request from Mr Halicki: I will give you the floor, Mr Halicki, because I am a very generous person. You have the floor for a minute.

I don't have a speaker on my list anymore. Before concluding this debate definitively, I give the floor to the Commission and to Commissioner Dan Jørgensen.

The next meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 7 May, at 9 a.m. The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament's website.

The next item is the debate on the report by Riho Terras, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo (A10-0075/2025).

The next item is the debate on the report by Tonino Picula, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia (A10-0072/2025)

Before continuing our discussions, I would like to welcome the young people from Serbia who are following our discussions tonight from the rostrum. Thank you for being with us today.

The next item is the debate on the report by Mr Mureşan and Mrme Tavares, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on a renewed long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (A10‐0076/2025). I am pleased to welcome Commissioner Piotr Serafin, and I give the floor immediately to the rapporteurs.

The minutes of yesterday's sitting and the texts adopted are available. Are there any observations? There aren't any. The minutes were approved.

The following vote concerns the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023 (see para. [6.13] of the minutes).

The following vote concerns the protection of the financial interests of the European Union – fight against fraud – annual report 2023 (see para. [6.12] of the minutes).

The following vote concerns the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – Belgium (see para. [6.11] of the minutes).

The following vote concerns the amendments to the International Health Regulations set out in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1er June 2024 (see point [6.10] of the minutes).

The following vote concerns European labour market statistics on enterprises: (see para. [6.9] of the minutes). There is no amendment or proposal to reject the Council's position. The Council's position is therefore deemed to have been approved and the act is thus adopted.