What Evelyn spoke about.

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

Mrs Reintke, during the short period of your speech, try to get your sore throat under control even without a scarf.

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

The next person to speak is MEP Terry Reintke, and I would also ask you to drop symbols.

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2022

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

Dear Frances, there is a blue-card, are you willing to accept it? I just look from whom it is coming. It’s from Malin Björk – and sorry, really with a heavy heart I have to ask you to remove scarfs that are symbols, so please follow that. So, are you ready to accept, Frances?…

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the global threats to the right to abortion – possible abolition of the right to abortion in the US by the Supreme Court (2022/2665(RSP)). I would like to remind you that, with the exception of the first two rows, which are reserved for the chairmen of the political groups, there is a free choice of seats. After …

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (debate)

Madam President, there is one message to the Commissioner: when you go out of this plenary room, take this Parliament seriously. This agreement can be really historic. We are representing the citizens of Europe, and this can be a really great moment. Denn was muss denn noch alles passieren, damit endlich wirklich diese riesengroße Vermögensungleichheit weltweit auch echt angegangen und geändert wi…

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

You have hopelessly overdrawn your time. I tried to turn off the microphone, it didn't work out right away. But now I have to be strict. We have a lot of speakers who overwhelm the time.

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Since very, very many of you are exceeding speaking time, I ask you once again to be really disciplined in dealing with speaking time. The debate is delayed. Of course, I fully understand all the objections, because this is such an emotional and important topic. Nevertheless, we want to stick to our schedule on the whole. Therefore, now my request to the next speaker, Mrs Isabel Wiseler-Lima, real…

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

I know the subject is very emotional, the heart goes over, and speaking time passes very quickly. I ask all speakers to really stick to the limited time you have been given.

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

We'll see if it's okay to put a sign like this in the camera. I've been inquiring a little bit now, but we need to check that out.

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2022

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The impact of the war against Ukraine on women (debate)

Mr President! And above all, thank you, Commissioner, for the excellent work you are doing. Women in Ukraine were forced by the war, alone or with their children, often with the children of their neighbours or siblings, to leave their homeland behind from one day to the next. By fleeing, they have lost their homes, their social environment and often their financial autonomy. We need to help women …

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

The next item on the agenda was the debate on the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe (2022/2648(RSP)). I would like to draw your attention to the fact that, with the exception of the first two rows, which are reserved for the chairmen of the political groups, there is a free choice of seats. You can use your voting device to request spontaneous interventions and insert blue cards …

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Tuesday 3 May 2022. Written declarations (Article 171)

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place today, Tuesday 5 April 2022. (The meeting adjourned at 13.55)

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

I can see just now that a ‘blue card’ has been lifted by MEP Francisco Guerreiro. Are you ready to accept this ‘blue card’, Mr Pimenta? The answer is no, and this ‘blue card’ cannot be given either. Accordingly, I would like to ask Mr Francisco Guerreiro if he only wants to make a statement, because a statement is possible for 30 seconds, no question.…

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the report by Nicolae Ştefănuță, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the general guidelines for the preparation of the 2023 budget, Section III – Commission (2021/2226(BUI)) (A9-0062/2022). I would like to remind you that, with the exception of the first two rows, which are reserved for the chairmen of the political groups, there is a free choice …

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place today, Tuesday 5 April 2022. Written declarations (Rule 171)

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Urgent need to adopt the minimum tax directive (debate)

Madam President, dear Vice-President! There is extreme wealth inequality globally and in Europe. The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the high energy prices, the climate crisis exacerbate this wealth inequality even more. The OECD predicts that: Without rapid global agreement, we will incur high costs, which will again have to be borne by the broad mass of employees. The introduction of a minimum glo…

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on "The need for an EU urgent action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine" (2022/2593 (RSP)). As we now want to gradually move back towards normality, at least as far as parliamentary work in plenary is concerned, I would like to draw your attention to the…

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 2022 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy survey 2022 (debate)

Our next rapporteur, Irene Tinagli, is stuck in Strasbourg traffic and will therefore be given the opportunity to present her report later when she arrives.

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 2022 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy survey 2022 (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the joint debate on – the report by Irene Tinagli, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Sustainable Growth Report 2022 (2022/2006(INI)) (A9-0034/2022) and – the report by Helmut Geuking, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the European Semester for ec…

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Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)

On the PECH Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations under Rule 71(1), announced at the opening on Monday 7 March 2021, the President did not receive any requests to vote in Parliament from Members or one or more political groups reaching at least the medium threshold. The Committee can therefore start negotiations.…

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2022

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Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament – annual report 2020 (debate)

Mr President, gender mainstreaming is, at the end of the day, a powerful instrument. It’s about changing society, it’s about changing culture. It’s about changing our way of thinking and doing politics. And we, as the European Parliament, we should lead by example. With the 2020 gender mainstreaming report, we looked into how this principle has been adopted within our institution. Much has been ac…

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

A big thank you goes to the interpreters who translated these very quickly spoken words so brilliantly.

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2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

The next item on the agenda is the debate on the statements by the Council and the Commission on the deteriorating refugee situation following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine (2022/2575(RSP)).

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2022

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Composition of committees and delegations

The EPP Group has sent the President decisions on changes to appointments to committees and delegations. These decisions will be published in the minutes of today's meeting and will enter into force on the day of this announcement.…