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3 Apr

2025

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Verification of credentials

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Thank you very much. Your amendments were declared inadmissible according to Rule 188(1)(a) of the Rules of Procedure, as they did not directly relate to the text that they sought to amend. In fact, your amendments were aiming at repealing the directives, while the Commission proposal is only proposing to postpone the date from which the Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability …

3 Apr

2025

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Verification of credentials

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On the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Parliament verifies the credentials of Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andi Cristea and Liudas Mažylis with effect from 1 December, 2 December and 5 December 2024, respectively. I would like to announce that I will take three requests for points of order, and then we will go to the vote. So a little patience from your side, but it will not be too long, I hope.…

3 Apr

2025

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Request for waiver of immunity

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Dear colleagues, since we have a long vote, I hope that you will take your seats, and let's begin. The President has received a request from the competent authorities in Germany for the parliamentary immunity of Petr Bystron to be waived. This request is referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.…

2 Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

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Thank you very much, Vice-President Séjourné. I knew that you understood the importance of sticking to the speaking time. Thank you very much – and also to you colleagues, for your cooperation. It has been a pleasure. To wind up the debate, I have received one motion for a resolution tabled in accordance with Rule 136(2). The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow.…

2 Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

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The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on energy-intensive industries (2025/2536(RSP)). I would like to remind you that we will continue with the test of the new format for this debate and there will be no speaker list. After the first round of speakers on behalf of the groups, Members who received speaking time from the political group or non-attached secretariat will be called t…

2 Apr

2025

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European Steel and Metals Action Plan (debate)

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The debate is closed.

1 Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

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Madam President! War in Europe is no longer something we read about in history books. It's reality. Ukraine is fighting in the fourth year for their freedom, for ours. Denmark takes responsibility. The front states are taking responsibility, and now the rest of Europe must come along. We have to make up our minds whether or not we are going to defend our continent. We cannot defend our values with…

31 Mar

2025

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Need to ensure democratic pluralism, strengthen integrity, transparency and anti-corruption policies in the EU (debate)

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The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the need to ensure democratic pluralism, strengthen integrity, transparency and anti-corruption policies in the EU (2025/2650(RSP)).

31 Mar

2025

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Situation of European academics and researchers in the US and the impact on academic freedom (debate)

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Thank you very much, Commissioner. The debate is closed.

31 Mar

2025

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Situation of European academics and researchers in the US and the impact on academic freedom (debate)

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The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the situation of European academics and researchers in the US and the impact on academic freedom (2025/2632(RSP)).

31 Mar

2025

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European Cultural Compass as a driving force for economic competitiveness and resilience (debate)

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The debate is closed.

31 Mar

2025

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European Cultural Compass as a driving force for economic competitiveness and resilience (debate)

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The next item is the debate on the European Cultural Compass as a driving force for economic competitiveness and resilience (2025/2600(RSP)).

31 Mar

2025

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Composition of committees and delegations

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31 Mar

2025

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Savings and Investments Union (debate)

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The debate is closed.

12 Mar

2025

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EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

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Mr. President! Commissioner! Europe is the world's best place to be a consumer. This is due to decades of struggle for strong rights and good protection. But we must not rest on our laurels. Although there is much to be proud of, we must never take our results for granted. Consumer protection is a constant struggle and every day new threats arise that need to be addressed. And right now, we are fa…

11 Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

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Colleagues, please calm down. Please. No, I have closed the microphone. I will ask my colleagues to remember that you have the blue-card option very soon, so you have a chance to ask questions for your colleagues. And when you don't have the blue card, please let people speak quietly. Please, colleagues. Thank you. So now we are here where I open up for the blue-card option. We always do that afte…

11 Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

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The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the white paper on the future of European defence (2025/2565(RSP)).

11 Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

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The debate is closed.

11 Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

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Thank you very much, colleagues. Just to be very transparent: there are a couple of groups who did not get speaking time, but that was because I had no indications of people wanting to take the floor during the catch-the-eye procedure.…

11 Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

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Madam President! The world has changed. It's a less secure planet we have today than just a few weeks ago. That is why the EU must also change. The EU must take responsibility for its own security. We've been too slow to do that. Ukraine is our litmus test of whether we want to and if we can. Unfortunately, the trend is clear: The longer an EU country is from Ukraine, the less support is given. It…

13 Feb

2025

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Adjournment of the session

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The session of the European Parliament is adjourned.

13 Feb

2025

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Dates of forthcoming sittings

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The next part‑session will take place from 10 to 13 March 2025, in Strasbourg.

13 Feb

2025

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Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted

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The minutes of this sitting will be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting. If there are no objections, I will forward the resolutions adopted at today's sitting to the persons and bodies named in the resolutions.…

13 Feb

2025

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Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (RC-B10-0102/2025)

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The last explanation of vote is on the motion for a resolution on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

13 Feb

2025

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Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia (RC-B10-0106/2025)

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We will begin with the explanations of vote on the motion for resolution on the further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia.