IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS Vice-President
1.Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 9.01.
2.US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU (motions for resolutions tabled)
Commission statement: US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU ())
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
- Iratxe García Pérez, Heléne Fritzon, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Robert Biedroń, Predrag Fred Matić, Maria Noichl, Tonino Picula and Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Abir Al-Sahlani, Barry Andrews, Sylvie Brunet, Karen Melchior, Samira Rafaela, Monica Semedo, Michal Šimečka, Susana Solís Pérez, Irène Tolleret and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group, Terry Reintke, Alice Kuhnke, Diana Riba i Giner, Kim Van Sparrentak, Anna Cavazzini, Ernest Urtasun, Alviina Alametsä, Monika Vana, Saskia Bricmont, Thomas Waitz, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Hannah Neumann, Piernicola Pedicini, Rasmus Andresen, Sara Matthieu, Marie Toussaint, Francisco Guerreiro, Markéta Gregorová, Rosa D’Amato, Bronis Ropė, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Tilly Metz, Mounir Satouri, Henrike Hahn, Marcel Kolaja, Damien Carême, Mikuláš Peksa, Patrick Breyer and Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sandra Pereira, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Malin Björk, Elena Kountoura and Silvia Modig, on behalf of The Left Group, and Arba Kokalari, on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s heath in the EU () (B9-0365/2022);
- Christine Anderson, Jaak Madison and Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ID Group, on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s health in the EU () (B9-0366/2022);
- Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s health in the EU () (B9-0367/2022).
Commission statement: Recent heat wave and drought in the EU ()
Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani, on behalf of the PPE Group, César Luena, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nicolae Ştefănuță, on behalf of the Renew Group, Benoît Biteau, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angelo Ciocca, on behalf of the ID Group, Martina Michels, on behalf of the The Left Group, Laura Ferrara, non-attached Member, Herbert Dorfmann, Sara Cerdas, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Pär Holmgren, Isabella Tovaglieri, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Álvaro Amaro, Brando Benifei, Martin Häusling, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Petar Vitanov, Anne Sander and Marlene Mortler.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Salvatore De Meo, Marcos Ros Sempere, Pernando Barrena Arza, Franc Bogovič, Maria Grapini, Jutta Paulus, Sandra Pereira, Luisa Regimenti and Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.
Motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 132(2) would be announced at a later time.
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Ϸվ and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport [ - C9-0332/2021 - ] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Søren Gade (A9-0199/2022)
Søren Gade introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nicolás González Casares (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee) and Jutta Paulus (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee).
The following spoke: Kadri Simson (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, on behalf of the PPE Group, Erik Bergkvist, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ciarán Cuffe, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Aurélia Beigneux, on behalf of the ID Group, Kosma Złotowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, Andor Deli, non-attached Member, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Petar Vitanov, Frédérique Ries and Bas Eickhout.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Hildegard Bentele, Ismail Ertug, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Jutta Paulus, Karima Delli, Vera Tax, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marianne Vind, Caroline Nagtegaal and Giuseppe Ferrandino.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Grapini.
Constanze Krehl had given notice in writing of her resignation as a Member of Ϸվ, with effect from 3 October 2022.
In accordance with Rule 4, Ϸվ established the vacancy of her seat as of that date and informed the national authority concerned.
6.Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)
Report on better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws [] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tiemo Wölken (A9-0167/2022)
Tiemo Wölken introduced the report.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Helmut Scholz (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Pernando Barrena Arza (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Luisa Regimenti, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ibán García Del Blanco, on behalf of the S&D Group, Yana Toom, on behalf of the Renew Group, Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the ID Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, non-attached Member, Angelika Niebler, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Alin Mituța, Joachim Kuhs, Kosma Złotowski, Seán Kelly, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Martina Dlabajová, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Antonius Manders, René Repasi and Dorien Rookmaker.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
on the arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong () (RC-B9-0358/2022),
tabled by the following Members:
- Željana Zovko, Miriam Lexmann, Rasa Juknevičienė, David McAllister, Antonio Tajani, José Manuel Fernandes, Sandra Kalniete, Seán Kelly, David Lega, Traian Băsescu, Adam Jarubas, Vladimír Bilčík, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Luděk Niedermayer, Janina Ochojska, Stanislav Polčák, Peter Pollák, Jiří Pospíšil, Paulo Rangel, Christian Sagartz, Sara Skyttedal, Michaela Šojdrová, Ivan Štefanec, Inese Vaidere, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Vangelis Meimarakis, Benoît Lutgen, Radosław Sikorski and Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the PPE Group;
- Pedro Marques, Andrea Cozzolino, Evin Incir, Raphaël Glucksmann, Isabel Santos and René Repasi, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- Bernard Guetta, Abir Al-Sahlani, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicola Beer, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dita Charanzová, Olivier Chastel, Engin Eroglu, Klemen Grošelj, Svenja Hahn, Moritz Körner, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Karen Melchior, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, Michal Šimečka, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Raffaele Fitto, Charlie Weimers, Elżbieta Kruk, Carlo Fidanza, Ladislav Ilčić, Veronika Vrecionová, Alexandr Vondra, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Valdemar Tomaševski, Hermann Tertsch, Adam Bielan, Vincenzo Sofo, Assita Kanko and Witold Jan Waszczykowski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira () (RC-B9-0348/2022),
tabled by the following Members:
- Pedro Marques, Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Javi López and Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicola Beer, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Olivier Chastel, Klemen Grošelj, Bernard Guetta, Svenja Hahn, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Karen Melchior, Frédérique Ries, Michal Šimečka, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Anna Cavazzini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Marisa Matias and Miguel Urbán Crespo, on behalf of The Left Group;
on the situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province () (RC-B9-0350/2022).
tabled by the following Members:
- Željana Zovko, Christian Sagartz, Andrius Kubilius, Miriam Lexmann, José Manuel Fernandes, Sandra Kalniete, Seán Kelly, David Lega, Traian Băsescu, Adam Jarubas, Vladimír Bilčík, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Vangelis Meimarakis, Luděk Niedermayer, Janina Ochojska, Stanislav Polčák, Peter Pollák, Jiří Pospíšil, Paulo Rangel, Sara Skyttedal, Michaela Šojdrová, Ivan Štefanec, Isabel Wiseler-Lima and Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the PPE Group;
- Pedro Marques, Andrea Cozzolino and Karsten Lucke, on behalf of the S&D Group;
- Engin Eroglu, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Nicola Beer, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dita Charanzová, Olivier Chastel, Klemen Grošelj, Bernard Guetta, Svenja Hahn, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Karen Melchior, Urmas Paet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Frédérique Ries, Michal Šimečka, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group;
- Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
- Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Elżbieta Kruk, Carlo Fidanza, Valdemar Tomaševski, Adam Bielan, Vincenzo Sofo, Assita Kanko, Bogdan Rzońca, Elżbieta Rafalska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Witold Jan Waszczykowski and Ladislav Ilčić, on behalf of the ECR Group;
9.4.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Temporary measures concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine ***I (vote)
Proposal for a regulation of the European Ϸվ and of the Council laying down specific and temporary measures, in view of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine in accordance with its legislation [ - C9-0201/2022 - ] - TRAN Committee
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENT
Approved(P9_TA(2022)0294) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 4)
Ϸվ’s first reading thus closed.
9.5.Identification of the violation of Union restrictive measures as crimes under Article 83(1) of the TFEU *** (vote)
Draft Council decision on adding the violation of Union restrictive measures to the areas of crime laid down in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union [10287/2022 - C9-0219/2022 - ] - LIBE Committee
(Simple majority required)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Approved (P9_TA(2022)0295) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 5)
Speakers
Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Chair of the LIBE Committee).
9.6.Exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine ***I (vote)
Proposal for a decision of the European Ϸվ and of the Council providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine [ - C9-0221/2022 - ] - INTA Committee
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Approved(P9_TA(2022)0296) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 6)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Ϸվ and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport [ - C9-0332/2021 - ] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Søren Gade (A9-0199/2022)
(Simple majority required)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS
Approved(P9_TA(2022)0297) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 7)
After the vote on the Commission proposal, Søren Gade (rapporteur), to request that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 59(4).
9.8.Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 (vote)
Report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 [] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: David Cormand (A9-0165/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0298) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 8)
9.9.Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (vote)
Report on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 [] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Corina Crețu (A9-0173/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0299) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 9)
9.10.Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 (vote)
Report on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 [] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Katalin Cseh (A9-0175/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0300) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 10)
9.11.Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (vote)
Report on better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws [] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tiemo Wölken (A9-0167/2022)
(Simple majority required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0301) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 11)
9.12.US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU (vote)
11.Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
12.Developing an EU Cycling Strategy (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000025/2022 by Karima Delli, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Developing an EU cycling strategy (B9-0017/2022)
Karima Delli moved the question.
Kadri Simson (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Henna Virkkunen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Nicolás González Casares, on behalf of the S&D Group, Vlad Gheorghe, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ciarán Cuffe, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Chris MacManus, on behalf of The Left Group, Liudas Mažylis, Maria Grapini, Valter Flego, Seán Kelly and Marcos Ros Sempere.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Juozas Olekas, Billy Kelleher, Andrey Slabakov, Clare Daly, Angel Dzhambazki and Mick Wallace.
The following spoke: Kadri Simson.
The debate closed.
13.Explanations of vote
Oral explanations of vote
ReportSøren Gade - A9-0199/2022 Billy Kelleher, Seán Kelly, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Maria Grapini, Angel Dzhambazki and Andrey Slabakov
ReportKatalin Cseh - A9-0175/2022 Clare Daly, Vlad Gheorghe, Angel Dzhambazki and Andrey Slabakov
Written explanations of vote
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Ϸվ’s website.
14.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Ϸվ’s website under ‘Results of roll-call votes’ as an annex to the minutes of the sitting. They are for information only and have no effect on the result of the vote as announced in plenary.
The document will be regularly updated in the two weeks following the part-session concerned.
After those two weeks, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
15.Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from other institutions
- Draft Council decision on the full application of the Schengen acquis in Croatia (10624/2022 - C9-0222/2022 - ) referred to committee responsible: LIBE
2) from Members
- Jean-Paul Garraud. Motion for a resolution on combating the surge in anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe and the world (B9-0294/2022) referred to committee responsible: LIBE
- Viktor Uspaskich. Motion for a resolution for a less polarised society in these difficult times (B9-0297/2022) referred to committee responsible: LIBE
- Anna Bonfrisco. Motion for a resolution on ending the illegal online trafficking of animals and plants in the European Union and setting up a European animal register (B9-0330/2022) referred to committee responsible: JURI opinion: ENVI
16.Petitions
Petitions Nos 0502-22 to 0600-22 had been entered in the register on 1 July 2022 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 226(9) and (10).
The President had, on 1 July 2022, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 226(15), petitions addressed to the European Ϸվ by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State.
17.Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 54)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 9 June 2022)
- Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2022 () (opinion: BUDG (Rule 57))
- Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations () (opinion: DEVE, LIBE)
ITRE Committee
- Implementation report on the European Innovation Council ()
- Critical technologies for security and defence: state-of-play and future challenges () (opinion: AFET (Rule 57))
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 118)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 30 June 2022)
AFET Committee
- Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the new EU strategy for enlargement ()
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 207 and Rule 54)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 30 June 2022)
Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (ING2)
- Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation ()
Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (COVI)
- COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future ()
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 208 and Rule 54)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 30 June 2022)
Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
- Investigation of alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware ()
18.Modified referrals to committees (Rule 56)
ENVI Committee
- Proposals of the European Ϸվ for the amendment of the Treaties () referred to committee responsible: AFCO opinion: AFET, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, AGRI, CULT, LIBE, FEMM
committees EMPL, IMCO
- Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges () referred to committee responsible: BUDG opinion: AFET, DEVE, CONT, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, CULT, AFCO
committees AFET, INTA
- Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union ( - C9-0121/2022 - ) referred to committee responsible: LIBE opinion: AFET, INTA, BUDG, ITRE, JURI, AFCO
19.Associated committees (Rule 57)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 9 June 2022)
ITRE Committee
- Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast) ( - C9-0468/2021 - ) (opinion: BUDG, ECON, ENVI, IMCO (Rule 57), AGRI, JURI (Rule 110), LIBE)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 30 June 2022)
ITRE Committee
- Critical technologies for security and defence: state-of-play and future challenges () (opinion: AFET (Rule 57))
- Harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) ( - C9-0051/2022 - ) (opinion: IMCO (Rule 57), JURI (Rule 57), LIBE (Rule 57))
- Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act) ( - C9-0039/2022 - ) (opinion: INTA, BUDG, ECON, IMCO (Rule 57), JURI (Rule 57))
ECON Committee
- Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2022 () (opinion: BUDG (Rule 57))
- Amending certain Regulations as regards the establishment and functioning of the European single access point ( - C9-0436/2021 - ) (opinion: BUDG, ITRE, IMCO, JURI (Rule 57))
- Amending certain Directives as regards the establishment and functioning of the European single access point ( - C9-0437/2021 - ) (opinion: ITRE, IMCO, JURI (Rule 57))
- Establishing a European single access point providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability ( - C9-0434/2021 - ) (opinion: BUDG, ITRE, IMCO, JURI (Rule 57), LIBE)
committees LIBE/FEMM
- Combating violence against women and domestic violence ( - C9-0058/2022 - ) (opinion: BUDG, EMPL (Rule 57), IMCO, JURI)
20.Decisions to apply the joint committee procedure (Rule 58)
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 30 June 2022)
- Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union ( - C9-0154/2022 - ) committees: BUDG, CONT
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Ϸվ and of the Council laying down rules for the exercise of the Union's rights in the implementation and enforcement of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part ( - C9-0059/2022 - ) committees: AFET, INTA, AFCO (opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, AGRI, PECH, JURI)
- Combating violence against women and domestic violence ( - C9-0058/2022 - ) committees: LIBE, FEMM (opinion: BUDG, EMPL (Rule 57), IMCO, JURI)
21.Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted
In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be submitted for approval by Ϸվ at the start of the next sitting.
With Ϸվ’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay.
22.Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 12 September 2022 to 15 September 2022.