What Sabine spoke about.

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2025

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Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate)

(Reacting to the speaker waving a flag) Please take it away. It's not allowed. Sorry, I have to remind you that showing flags in this room is not allowed. You can do everything outside, but not in the room. I have to stop this with everyone, so please also with you. And I find it disrespectful Not in the interest of the cause. Excuse me, it's not like that. I believe that we must all act correctly…

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2025

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Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on a topical issue - Lessons learned from the Budapest Pride Parade, the urgent need for an EU-wide anti-discrimination law and the defence of fundamental rights against extreme right-wing threats. I would like to draw Members' attention to the fact that the debate does not accept spontaneous interventions or ‘blue cards’.…

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2025

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of yesterday's meeting and the texts adopted are available. Are there any objections? That is not the case. The minutes have therefore been approved.

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Ondřej Kolář, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina (2025/2018(INI)) (A10-0108/2025).…

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2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 9 July 2025.

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

The next item is the debate on the report by Andreas Schieder, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania (2025/2017(INI)) (A10-0106/2025).

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Jul

2025

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Situation in Belarus, in particular the release of political prisoners (debate)

The debate is closed.

8

Jul

2025

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State of play of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act in the Member States (debate)

Today, we are discussing the Media Freedom Act, which sets the framework for journalists to write, research and write their articles freely and independently. They discredit media workers here, journalists as liars. What are you justifying this? How can you prove that? Why do you claim that mainstream media professionals are liars? I do not think this is worthy of an unsustainable reproach here in…

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2025

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State of play of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act in the Member States (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, honourable representative of the Danish Presidency of the Council, ladies and gentlemen! The European Media Freedom Act is a big step – a milestone on paper. But one law alone is not enough. We all remember: When the EMFA was presented, the enthusiasm was great. Finally, a European law to protect journalistic independence. A clear signal: The EU stands with the free med…

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Jun

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

The next item on the agenda is the joint debate on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the risk of increasing destabilisation in the Middle East following the military escalation between Israel and Iran (2025/2770(RSP)) and on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative o…

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2025

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Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate)

The debate is closed.

17

Jun

2025

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Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the statements by the Council and the Commission on the latest developments regarding the amendment of the regulations on air passenger rights and air carrier liability (2025/2743(RSP)).…

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2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Ana Catarina Mendes, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, on the Commission report on the rule of law 2024 (2024/2078(INI)) (A10-0100/2025).…

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2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 18 June 2025.

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Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

I just wanted to explain: We have a very tight schedule today, so unfortunately we can only allow one blue card per Member in a debate – only for the information of colleagues who want to ask a question about the blue card procedure. If you have already submitted one, I will not allow it in the further course of the debate.…

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2025

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (debate)

If someone is not sentenced, it is not allowed to call him a criminal. We have to clear that up.

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Apr

2025

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (debate)

The next item is the debate on the report by Isabel Wiseler-Lima, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (2024/2081(INI)) (A10-0012/2025).…

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2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

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

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Apr

2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

I will now give the floor to the Vice-President/High Representative, but before that I want to explain that those who were here during the debate got the floor under catch-the-eye. If you are not here during the debate, there is no right to have the catch-the-eye due to the rules.…

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2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

The next item is the joint debate on: – the report by David McAllister, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 (2024/2080(INI)) (A10-0010/2025); – the report by Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual repor…

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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 are available. Are they any comments? I see that is not the case. The minutes are approved.

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Mar

2025

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Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation (debate)

Before we start the debate, I would like to say that I am closing the Catch the Eye now, because we actually have the rule that those who want to speak under Catch the Eye should be present during the debate, and the debate started more than ten minutes ago with the statements of the rapporteur and the Commission. Due to the fact that we are lagging quite far behind the actual timetable due to the…

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2025

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Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on. – the oral question to the Council on the adoption, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, of the proposal for a regulation on parenthood of Ilhan Kyuchyuk (O-000004/2025 – B10-0003/25) (2025/2545(RSP)) and. – Oral question to the Commission on the adoption, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, of the proposal for a regulation on parentho…

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2025

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Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (debate)

Two motions for resolutions were tabled at the end of the debate. The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow, Thursday 13 March 2025.

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2025

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Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Commission statement on social and employment aspects related to restructuring processes and the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (2024/2829(RSP)).…