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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

Dear colleagues, in this moment, I have to close the blue cards. I love the debate, but otherwise you will not have a chance to have the catch-the-eye, and it would be disrespectful to those who participated in the whole debate.…

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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

Colleagues, I will take as many blue cards as possible, but not when there are several at the same time.

16

Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

The next item is the debate on the European citizens' initiative entitled 'My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion' (2025/3007(RSP)). It is a great honour for me to introduce the following debate. Millions of citizens have fought for us to be able to have this debate and decide on this following point. It is also wonderful to see so many female colleagues, and I wish that male collea…

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

The debate is closed.

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

Mr. Ferber, are you sure it's just a matter of supply? Imagine you are a student or someone who is just starting out in their job and you have very little resources. No bank in the world will give you a loan, no matter what there is in the market for an offer, and no matter how many new buildings are offered for 200,000, for 300,000 or more euros. How can a young man or woman afford it, regardless…

15

Dec

2025

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Approval of the minutes of the sitting

The minutes of this meeting will be submitted to the Parliament for approval tomorrow at the beginning of the afternoon. The session is closed.

15

Dec

2025

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Agenda of the next sitting

The next meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 16 December at 9 a.m. The agenda has been published and is available on the website of the European Parliament.

15

Dec

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Unless I'm mistaken, this was the list for today. Thank you for holding through. We try to do it as equitably as possible. That concludes the item. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you to all the team. I would like to thank the interpreters and everybody ensuring the functioning of the plenary.…

15

Dec

2025

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My daughter is watching, and she believes in Santa Claus.

15

Dec

2025

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We really have a lot of Irish speakers tonight. I'm glad. And now I have another Irish speaker, Lynn Boylan.

15

Dec

2025

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Personally, I wish you a merry Christmas! The institution is secular and the Union per seIt respects all religions and tries to respect them all at the same time.

15

Dec

2025

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We move on to the next item on the agenda, the last one, interventions lasting 1 minute. I would like to inform you that for interventions lasting 1 minute, you are invited to speak from your seats.

15

Dec

2025

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Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia (short presentation)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow.

15

Dec

2025

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Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia (short presentation)

The next item is the summary presentation of the report by Hana Jalloul Muro, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on EU-Saudi Arabia relations (2025/2082(INI)) (A10-0230/2025).

15

Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

The debate is now closed.

15

Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

The next item is the Commission statement, The impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (2025/2995(RSP)).

15

Dec

2025

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Breeders' protests following a lumpy-skin-disease outbreak in France: implications of the EU approach on sanitary and on animal health (debate)

The debate is now closed.

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Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

Commissioner Hoekstra, we would like to thank you for participating in the debate, for your patience and for your concluding words. The debate is now closed.

27

Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

As a citizen who also lived under Communism, this forum provides the liberty to hold a speech like yours. There is an important distinction. (Interruption by Grzegorz Braun off mic) As the Chair, I conduct the service and I ask you to go to your place please. Now we continue the debate. You insulted the room by calling them stupid; I was just commenting on the freedom of speech we do have here.…

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Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

25

Nov

2025

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2026 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we are on a ship that is in the middle of a storm, and yet we use buckets to get the water out. Instead, we need to stabilise the ship, to have a steady ship, to know where we're going. I am using this metaphor because this is the yearly budget. We barely managed to move a few funds around to strengthen our priorities. What we truly need is a systemic solution – somethi…

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Nov

2025

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12

Nov

2025

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Agenda of the next sitting

The next meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 13 November 2025, at 8.30 a.m. The agenda has been published and is available on Parliament’s website. The session is closed.

12

Nov

2025

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I would like to thank Madam Vice-President for your patience, our interpreters, our staff, our security, our huissiers and everybody for making this sitting a good one. That concludes the item.