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2019 - 2020
MINUTES
of the sitting of
Wednesday
15 January 2020
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EN United in diversity ENKEYS TO SYMBOLS USED
* Consultation procedure
*** Consent procedure
***I Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading
***II Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading
***III Ordinary legislative procedure: third reading
(The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed in the draft act.)
ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs
DEVE Committee on Development
INTA Committee on Trade
BUDG Committee on Budgets
CONT Committee on Budgetary Control
ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism
REGI Committee on Regional Development
AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
PECH Committee on Fisheries
CULT Committee on Culture and Education
JURI Committee on Legal Affairs
LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs
FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
PETI Committee on Petitions
DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights
SEDE Subcommittee on Security and Defence
ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR POLITICAL GROUPS
PPE Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
S&D Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Renew Renew Europe Group
Verts/ALE Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance
ID Identity and Democracy Group
ECR European Conservatives and Reformists Group
GUE/NGL Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left
NI Non-attached MembersContents
1. Opening of the sitting....................................................................................................................... 3
2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of
motions for resolutions tabled)............................................................................................................. 3
3. Implementing measures (Rule 112).................................................................................................. 4
4. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))............................................................................................................ 5
5. Documents received......................................................................................................................... 8
6. European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate) .................... 8
7. Resumption of the sitting................................................................................................................10
8. Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan................................................................................................................................................. 10
9. Resumption of the sitting................................................................................................................10
10. Voting time....................................................................................................................................10
10.1. Numerical strength of committees (vote)............................................................................. 10
10.2. Protocol to the Agreement between the EU, Iceland and Norway concerning the criteria and
mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a
Member State or in Iceland or Norway regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement
purposes *** (vote)........................................................................................................................ 11
10.3. EU-China Agreement on certain aspects of air services *** (vote)......................................11
10.4. Common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises *
(vote) ............................................................................................................................................. 11
10.5. The European Green Deal (vote).......................................................................................... 12
10.6. Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal
Agreement (vote)........................................................................................................................... 13
10.7. Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European
Union's policy on the matter (vote) ...............................................................................................14
10.8. Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy (vote) .. 14
10.9. Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (vote)... 14
10.10. European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (vote)...........14
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EN11. Explanations of vote..................................................................................................................... 15
12. Corrections to votes and voting intentions................................................................................... 15
13. Resumption of the sitting..............................................................................................................16
14. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting........................................................................... 16
15. Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second World War (topical debate).....16
16. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary (debate) ..................................... 17
17. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland (debate) ........................................ 17
18. The reopening of the prosecution against the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on the
misuse of EU funds and potential conflicts of interest (debate).........................................................18
19. COP15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kunming 2020) (debate) ............................19
20. Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (debate)............................................................20
21. Reform of the general principles of comitology (debate) ............................................................20
22. Approval of minutes of the sitting................................................................................................ 21
23. Agenda of the next sitting............................................................................................................. 21
24. Closure of the sitting.....................................................................................................................21
ATTENDANCE REGISTER..............................................................................................................23
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ENMINUTES
WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY 2020
IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI
President
1. Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 9.08.
2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the
rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)
In accordance with Rule 144, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a
debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:
I. Burundi, notably the freedom of expression (2020/2502(RSP))
— Ellie Chowns, Caroline Roose, Hannah Neumann, Michèle Rivasi, Katrin Langensiepen and
Henrike Hahn, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on Burundi,
notably the freedom of expression (B9-0054/2020);
— Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Assita Kanko, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Joanna Kopcińska, Ryszard
Czarnecki, Bogdan Rzońca, Angel Dzhambazki, Andrey Slabakov, Adam Bielan, Evžen
Tošenovský, Veronika Vrecionová, Alexandr Vondra, Raffaele Fitto, Emmanouil Fragkos,
Ruža Tomašić, Carlo Fidanza and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Burundi,
notably the freedom of expression (B9-0055/2020);
— Kati Piri and Maria Arena, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Burundi, notably the freedom of
expression (B9-0057/2020);
— Marisa Matias, José Gusmão, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Idoia
Villanueva Ruiz, Pernando Barrena Arza, Sira Rego, Manu Pineda, Konstantinos Arvanitis,
Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Manuel Bompard and Stelios Kouloglou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL
Group, on Burundi, notably the freedom of expression (B9-0058/2020);
— Michael Gahler, Arba Kokalari, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Sandra Kalniete, Antonio
López-Istúriz White, Krzysztof Hetman, Tomáš Zdechovský, Milan Zver, Roberta Metsola,
Lefteris Christoforou, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Loucas Fourlas,
Loránt Vincze, David Lega, Rasa Juknevičienė, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Karlo Ressler, Romana
Tomc, Michaela Šojdrová, Inese Vaidere, Vladimír Bilčík, Tomislav Sokol, Luděk
Niedermayer, Cindy Franssen, Sunčana Glavak and Ivan Štefanec, on behalf of the PPE
Group, on Burundi, notably the freedom of expression (B9-0061/2020);
— Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Andrus Ansip, Malik Azmani, Phil Bennion, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun
Bilbao Barandica, Gilles Boyer, Sylvie Brunet, Catherine Chabaud, Dita Charanzová, Olivier
Chastel, Engin Eroglu, Fredrick Federley, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler, Bernard
Guetta, Antony Hook, Ivars Ijabs, Irena Joveva, Ondřej Kovařík, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Karen
Melchior, Shaffaq Mohammed, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez
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ENRamos, Susana Solís Pérez, Ramona Strugariu, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne and Chrysoula
Zacharopoulou, on behalf of the Renew Group, on Burundi, notably the freedom of expression
(B9-0066/2020).
II. Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks (2020/2503(RSP))
— Anna Fotyga, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Joanna Kopcińska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Bogdan Rzońca,
Angel Dzhambazki, Andrey Slabakov, Charlie Weimers, Adam Bielan, Bert Jan Ruissen,
Assita Kanko, Emmanouil Fragkos, Evžen Tošenovský, Veronika Vrecionová, Alexandr
Vondra, Raffaele Fitto, Ruža Tomašić, Carlo Fidanza, Jan Zahradil, Beata Kempa and Patryk
Jaki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks (B9-
0056/2020);
— Caroline Roose, Katrin Langensiepen, Erik Marquardt, Hannah Neumann, Michèle Rivasi and
Henrike Hahn, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on Nigeria,
notably the recent terrorist attacks (B9-0059/2020);
— Lars Patrick Berg and Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ID Group, on Nigeria, notably the
recent terrorist attacks (B9-0060/2020);
— Kati Piri and Carlos Zorrinho, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Nigeria, notably the recent
terrorist attacks (B9-0062/2020);
— Miguel Urbán Crespo, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Pernando Barrena
Arza, Sira Rego, Manu Pineda, Giorgos Georgiou and Manuel Bompard, on behalf of the
GUE/NGL Group, on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks (B9-0063/2020);
— Michael Gahler, Tomáš Zdechovský, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Sandra Kalniete,
Antonio López-Istúriz White, Milan Zver, Roberta Metsola, Lefteris Christoforou, Stelios
Kympouropoulos, Krzysztof Hetman, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Arba Kokalari, Loucas Fourlas,
Loránt Vincze, David Lega, Peter van Dalen, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Karlo Ressler, Romana
Tomc, Michaela Šojdrová, Vladimír Bilčík, Tomislav Sokol, Vangelis Meimarakis, Luděk
Niedermayer, Cindy Franssen, Sunčana Glavak, Inese Vaidere and Ivan Štefanec, on behalf of
the PPE Group, on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks (B9-0064/2020);
— Phil Bennion, Andrus Ansip, Malik Azmani, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica,
Gilles Boyer, Sylvie Brunet, Catherine Chabaud, Dita Charanzová, Olivier Chastel, Engin
Eroglu, Fredrick Federley, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler, Bernard Guetta, Antony
Hook, Ivars Ijabs, Irena Joveva, Ondřej Kovařík, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Karen Melchior, Shaffaq
Mohammed, Javier Nart, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Samira Rafaela, Frédérique Ries,
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Susana Solís Pérez, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ramona Strugariu,
Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne and Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, on behalf of the
Renew Group, on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks (B9-0065/2020).
Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 171.
3. Implementing measures (Rule 112)
The following draft implementing measure falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had
been forwarded to Parliament:
- Commission Directive amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the
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ENCouncil on driving licences (D065262/01 - 2020/2514(RPS) - deadline: 9 April 2020)
referred to committee responsible: TRAN
4. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))
The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the
traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products
of certain kept terrestrial animals (C(2019)04055 - 2019/3006(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: AGRI, ENVI (Rule 57)
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and
disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases (C(2019)04056 - 2019/3000(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: AGRI, ENVI (Rule 57)
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases
(C(2019)04057 - 2019/3001(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: AGRI, ENVI (Rule 57)
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the
Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (C(2019)04058 - 2019/3003(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: AGRI, ENVI (Rule 57)
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European
Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning (C(2019)08807 -
2019/2997(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 16 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: EMPL
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 as regards the
specification of the treatment of OTC derivatives in connection with certain simple, transparent and
standardised securitisations for hedging purposes (C(2019)08950 - 2019/3011(DEA))
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ENDeadline for raising objections: 1 month from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ECON
- Commission Delegated Regulation correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 supplementing
Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit
of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (C(2019)08951 - 2019/3010(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ECON
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the administration of import and
export tariff quotas subject to licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging of securities in the administration of
tariff quotas (C(2019)08956 - 2019/3005(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: AGRI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards the exemption for hexavalent
chromium as anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators in
motor caravans (C(2019)08996 - 2019/3002(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and
technical progress, Annex IV to Directive2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards an exemption for lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for certain
conductivity measurements (C(2019)09061 - 2019/3017(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 19 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and
technical progress, Annex III to Directive2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders and termination finishes used in certain hand-
held combustion engines (C(2019)09066 - 2019/3009(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
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EN- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council with regard to the alternative standardised approach for market risk
(C(2019)09068 - 2019/3007(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ECON
- Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and
technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards an exemption for lead as a thermal stabiliser in polyvinyl chloride used in certain
in-vitro diagnostic medical devices for the analysis of blood and other body fluids and body gases
(C(2019)09069 - 2019/2999(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and
technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards an exemption for the use of cadmium in certain radiation tolerant video camera
tubes (C(2019)09071 - 2019/3004(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and
technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon
steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators (C(2019)09099 - 2019/3012(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles as regards certain exemptions for lead and
lead compounds in components (C(2019)09121 - 2019/3008(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2019
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
Draft delegated acts for which the period for raising objections has been extended:
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 of the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing as part of the Internal Security Fund, the
instrument for financial support for external borders and visa (C(2019)07314 – 2019/2873(DEA))
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ENDeadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 October 2019
Extension of the deadline for raising objections: 2 months
referred to committee responsible: LIBE
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
(C(2019)07329 – 2019/2874(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 October 2019
Extension of the deadline for raising objections: 2 months
referred to committee responsible: LIBE
Draft delegated act for which the deadline has been amended from 1 to 3 months at the
request of the committee responsible:
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European
Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the specification of
criteria for establishing the arrangements to adequately mitigate counterparty credit risk associated
with covered bonds and securitisations, and amending Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2205 and
(EU) 2016/1178 – (C(2019)8886 - 2019/2994 (DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 16 December 2019 at the
request of the committee responsible.
referred to committee responsible: ECON
5. Documents received
The following document had been received:
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 27/2019 - Section III – Commission (N9-0001/2020 -
C9-0002/2020 - 2020/2000(GBD))
referred to responsible : BUDG
6. European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of
Europe (debate)
European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (2019/2990(RSP))
Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President of the
Commission) made statements.
The President made a short speech to introduce the debate.
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of
the S&D Group, Dacian Cioloş, on behalf of the Renew Group, Daniel Freund, on behalf of the
Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of
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ENthe ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-
attached Member, and Paulo Rangel.
IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President
The following spoke: Gabriele Bischoff, Guy Verhofstadt, who also replied to two blue-card
questions by Robert Rowland and Niklas Nienaß, Christian Allard, Gunnar Beck, Zdzisław
Krasnodębski, Helmut Scholz, Kostas Papadakis, Esteban González Pons, who also replied to a
blue-card question by Patrick Breyer, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, who also replied to two blue-card
questions by Bogdan Rzońca and Lara Wolters, Pascal Durand, who also replied to a blue-card
question by Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Gerolf Annemans, Geert
Bourgeois, João Ferreira, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, who also replied to a blue-card question
by Dolors Montserrat, Antonio Tajani, Pedro Silva Pereira, Svenja Hahn, Damian Boeselager, who
also replied to a blue-card question by Katalin Cseh, Harald Vilimsky, who also replied to a blue-
card question by Claudia Gamon, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, who also replied to a blue-card question by
Sven Simon, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Danuta Maria Hübner, who also declined
to take a blue-card question, Maria Grapini, Charles Goerens, Patrick Breyer, Jordan Bardella, who
also replied to a blue-card question by Ben Habib, Roberts Zīle, Nikolaj Villumsen, Richard Tice,
Othmar Karas, Giuliano Pisapia, Dita Charanzová, who also replied to a blue-card question by
Damian Boeselager, Scott Ainslie, Niklas Nienaß on the conduct of the debate (the President gave
explanations), Laura Huhtasaari, Derk Jan Eppink, Claire Fox, Vladimír Bilčík, Simona Bonafè,
Claudia Gamon, Niklas Nienaß, Mara Bizzotto, June Alison Mummery, Elissavet Vozemberg-
Vrionidi, Katarina Barley, Caroline Voaden, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg, Ann Widdecombe,
Angelika Niebler, Klára Dobrev, Cristian Ghinea, Tomas Tobé, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Maite
Pagazaurtundúa, Sven Simon, Brando Benifei, Gilles Boyer, Karlo Ressler, Heléne Fritzon, László
Trócsányi, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Eva Maydell, Raphaël Glucksmann, Daniel Buda, Miapetra
Kumpula-Natri and Geoffroy Didier.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Radan Kanev, Juan Fernando López
Aguilar, Valter Flego, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński and Marc Botenga.
The following spoke: Dubravka Šuica and Nikolina Brnjac.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
— Dacian Cioloş, Guy Verhofstadt and Pascal Durand, on behalf of the Renew Group, Manfred
Weber, Paulo Rangel, Antonio Tajani and Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe
García Pérez, Gabriele Bischoff and Domènec Ruiz Devesa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ska
Keller, Philippe Lamberts and Daniel Freund, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin
Schirdewan and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the European Parliament’s
position on the Conference on the Future of Europe (2019/2990(RSP)) (B9-0036/2020);
— Gunnar Beck, Marco Zanni, Nicolas Bay, Gerolf Annemans, Peter Kofod and Gilles Lebreton,
on behalf of the ID Group, on the European Parliament’s position on the Conference on the Future
of Europe (2019/2990(RSP)) (B9-0037/2020);
— Zdzisław Krasnodębski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the Conference on the Future of
Europe (2019/2990(RSP)) (B9-0038/2020).
The debate closed.
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ENVote: minutes of 15.1.2020, item 10.10.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.58.)
IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI
President
7. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 12.06.
8. Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II, King of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
From 12.06 to 12.19, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of an address by His
Majesty King Abdullah II, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
(The sitting was suspended at 12.20.)
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President
9. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 12.30.
10. Voting time
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes
annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and
can be accessed via Parliament's website.
10.1. Numerical strength of committees (vote)
Proposal for a decision tabled under Rule 206 on the numerical strength of the standing committees
(2020/2512(RSO)) (B9-0039/2020)
(Simple majority needed)
PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0001)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
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EN10.2. Protocol to the Agreement between the EU, Iceland and Norway
concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State
responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or
in Iceland or Norway regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement
purposes *** (vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol between the
European Union, Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway to the Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the criteria and
mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a
Member State or in Iceland or Norway regarding access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes
[15791/2018 - C9-0155/2019- 2018/0419(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home
Affairs. Rapporteur: Jadwiga Wiśniewska (A9-0053/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Adopted by single vote (P9_TA(2020)0002)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the protocol.
10.3. EU-China Agreement on certain aspects of air services *** (vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the
Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on
certain aspects of air services [11033/2019 - C9-0049/2019- 2018/0147(NLE)] - Committee on
Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Tomasz Piotr Poręba (A9-0041/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
Adopted by single vote (P9_TA(2020)0003)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
10.4. Common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for
small enterprises * (vote)
Report on the draft Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of
value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises and Regulation (EU) No
904/2010 as regards the administrative cooperation and exchange of information for the purpose of
monitoring the correct application of the special scheme for small enterprises [13952/2019 - C9-
0166/2019- 2018/0006(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Inese
Vaidere (A9-0055/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
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ENCOUNCIL DRAFT
Adopted by single vote (P9_TA(2020)0004)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
10.5. The European Green Deal (vote)
The debate had taken place on 11 December 2019 (minutes of 11.12.2019, item 7)
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
— Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the European Green Deal (2019/2956
(RSP)) (B9-0040/2020);
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EN— Alexandr Vondra and Anna Zalewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the European Green
Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) (B9-0041/2020);
— Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP))
(B9-0042/2020);
— Fredrick Federley, on behalf of the Renew Group, on the European Green Deal (2019/2956
(RSP)) (B9-0043/2020);
— Manon Aubry, Marisa Matias, Giorgos Georgiou, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Clare Daly, Cornelia
Ernst, Mick Wallace, Martin Buschmann, Anja Hazekamp, Pernando Barrena Arza, Martina
Michels, Helmut Scholz, Özlem Demirel, Sira Rego, Manuel Bompard, Manu Pineda, Leila
Chaibi, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Nikolaj Villumsen, Malin Björk, Miguel Urbán Crespo and
Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the European Green Deal
(2019/2956(RSP)) (B9-0044/2020);
— Iratxe García Pérez and Miriam Dalli, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the European Green
Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) (B9-0045/2020);
— Marco Zanni and Tom Vandendriessche, on behalf of the ID Group, on the European Green
Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) (B9-0046/2020).
(Simple majority needed)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B9-0040/2020
(replacing B9-0040/2020, B9-0042/2020, B9-0043/2020 and B9-0045/2020):
tabled by the following Members:
— Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group;
— Miriam Dalli, on behalf of the S&D Group;
— Fredrick Federley, on behalf of the Renew Group;
— Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0005)
(Motions for resolutions B9-0041/2020, B9-0044/2020 and B9-0046/2020 fell.)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
10.6. Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the
Withdrawal Agreement (vote)
Motion for a resolution B9-0031/2020
(Simple majority needed)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0006)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
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EN10.7. Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and
the European Union's policy on the matter (vote)
Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
– annual report 2018 [2019/2125(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Isabel Wiseler-
Lima (A9-0051/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0007)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)
10.8. Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and
security policy (vote)
Report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report
[2019/2136(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: David McAllister (A9-0054/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (ID Group)
Rejected
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0008)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)
10.9. Annual report on the implementation of the common security and
defence policy (vote)
Report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report
[2019/2135(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Arnaud Danjean (A9-0052/2019)
(Simple majority needed)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2020)0009)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)
10.10. European Parliament's position on the Conference on the Future of
Europe (vote)
Motions for resolutions B9-0036/2020, B9-0037/2020 and B9-0038/2020
(Simple majority needed)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B9-0036/2020
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ENAdopted (P9_TA(2020)0010)
(Motions for resolutions B9-0037/2020 and B9-0038/2020 fell.)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)
The following had spoken:
Daniel Freund, to move an oral amendment to amendment 76. Parliament refused to put the oral
amendment to the vote as more than 40 Members had opposed it.
IN THE CHAIR: Lívia JÁRÓKA
Vice-President
11. Explanations of vote
Written explanations of vote:
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members' pages on
Parliament's website.
Oral explanations of vote:
The European Green Deal - RC-B9-0040/2020, B9-0040/2020, B9-0041/2020, B9-0042/2020,
B9-0043/2020, B9-0044/2020, B9-0045/2020, B9-0046/2020
Billy Kelleher, Antony Hook, Jackie Jones, Manuel Bompard, Jessica Stegrud, Michaela Šojdrová,
Irena Joveva, Stanislav Polčák, Veronika Vrecionová, Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips, Mick
Wallace, Clare Daly, Andreas Glück, Milan Brglez, Joëlle Mélin, Daniel Hannan, Alexandr Vondra,
Angel Dzhambazki and Neena Gill
Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement
- B9-0031/2020
Jackie Jones, Antony Hook, Judith Bunting, John Howarth, Jane Brophy, Barbara Ann Gibson,
Claire Fox, Stanislav Polčák, Martina Anderson, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Juan
Fernando López Aguilar, Daniel Hannan, Martin Horwood, Jiří Pospíšil, Matthew Patten and Neena
Gill
Report: Isabel Wiseler-Lima - A9-0051/2019
Younous Omarjee, Michaela Šojdrová, Clare Daly, Tatjana Ždanoka and Jiří Pospíšil
Report: David McAllister - A9-0054/2019
Michaela Šojdrová, Veronika Vrecionová and Guido Reil.
Explanations of vote would continue at the following day's sitting, on Thursday, 16 January 2020.
12. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Parliament's website under 'Results of roll-call
votes' as an annex to the minutes of the sitting.
The electronic version will be regularly updated for a period of two weeks following the last day of
the part-session concerned.
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ENAfter 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.
(The sitting was suspended at 14.45.)
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA
Vice-President
13. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 15.03.
14. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
15. Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second
World War (topical debate)
Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second World War (2019/3016(RSP))
The following spoke: Manfred Weber to open the debate proposed by the PPE Group.
The following spoke: Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-
President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Sandra Kalniete, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jens Geier, on behalf of the
S&D Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the Renew Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the
Verts/ALE Group, Alessandro Panza, on behalf of the ID Group, Anna Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR
Group, Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, non-
attached Member, Andrzej Halicki, Leszek Miller, Nicola Beer, Nicolaus Fest, Dace Melbārde,
Özlem Demirel, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, Esteban González Pons, Brando Benifei, Michal
Šimečka, Angelo Ciocca, Reinhard Bütikofer on the preceding speech, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Sandra
Pereira, Andrius Kubilius, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Cristian Ghinea, Gilles Lebreton, Angel
Dzhambazki, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Radosław Sikorski, Juozas Olekas, Ivars Ijabs, Teuvo Hakkarainen,
Kosma Złotowski, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Petar Vitanov, Urmas Paet, Marco Dreosto,
Raffaele Stancanelli, Eugen Tomac, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Petras Auštrevičius, Zbigniew
Kuźmiuk, Peter Pollák, Ruža Tomašić, Rasa Juknevičienė, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Michaela
Šojdrová and Javier Zarzalejos.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS
Vice-President
The following spoke: Nikolina Brnjac.
The debate closed.
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EN16. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary
(2019/2986(RSP))
Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the
Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylwia Spurek, on behalf of the
S&D Group, Ramona Strugariu, on behalf of the Renew Group, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, on
behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jérôme Rivière, on behalf of the ID Group, Nicola Procaccini, on
behalf of the ECR Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Laura Ferrara, non-
attached Member, Lívia Járóka, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sophia in 't Veld,
Katarina Barley, Anna Júlia Donáth, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sven Simon, Alice
Kuhnke, Tom Vandendriessche, Peter Lundgren, Claire Fox, Paulo Rangel, Csaba Molnár, Romeo
Franz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lívia Járóka, Angel Dzhambazki, who also
replied to a blue-card question by Katarina Barley, François-Xavier Bellamy, who also replied to a
blue-card question by Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Birgit Sippel, Molly Scott Cato, Jeroen Lenaers,
who also replied to a blue-card question by Robert Biedroń, Evin Incir, Loránt Vincze, Kati Piri,
Balázs Hidvéghi, who also replied to a blue-card question by Katalin Cseh, Raphaël Glucksmann,
Christophe Hansen and Bettina Vollath.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Enikő Győri, Juan Fernando López Aguilar,
Ruža Tomašić and Milan Zver.
The following spoke: Didier Reynders (Member of the Commission) and Nikolina Brnjac.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
— Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylwia Spurek, Claude Moraes, Birgit Sippel,
Katarina Barley and Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona
Strugariu, Michal Šimečka, Anna Júlia Donáth, Sophia in ’t Veld, Moritz Körner and Katalin
Cseh, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alice Kuhnke, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Romeo
Franz, Yannick Jadot, Damien Carême, Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Roose, Mounir Satouri,
Saskia Bricmont, Tineke Strik, Ernest Urtasun and Tilly Metz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE
Group, Pernando Barrena Arza, Malin Björk and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the
GUE/NGL Group, on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and
Hungary (2020/2513(RSP)) (B9-0032/2020).
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 16.1.2020, item 6.4.
17. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland
(2019/2510(RSP))
Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the
Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group.
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ENIN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President
The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michal Šimečka,
on behalf of the Renew Group, Terry Reintke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaak Madison, on
behalf of the ID Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Mikuláš Peksa, Beata Szydło,
on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Radosław Sikorski,
Konstantinos Arvanitis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andrzej Halicki, Sylwia Spurek, Sophia
in 't Veld, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anna Zalewska, Tineke Strik, who also replied
to a blue-card question by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Maximilian Krah, Jadwiga Wiśniewska,
who also replied to a blue-card question by Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Sira Rego, Esteban
González Pons, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ryszard Czarnecki, Katarina Barley,
Patryk Jaki, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anna Júlia Donáth, Jeroen Lenaers, Birgit
Sippel, Frances Fitzgerald, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Jiří Pospíšil, Robert Biedroń, Siegfried
Mureşan, who also replied to a blue-card question by Róża Thun und Hohenstein, and Bartosz
Arłukowicz.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Tomáš Zdechovský, Ben Habib and Beata
Kempa.
The following spoke: Didier Reynders (Member of the Commission) and Nikolina Brnjac.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
— Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylwia Spurek, Claude Moraes, Birgit Sippel,
Katarina Barley and Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona
Strugariu, Michal Šimečka, Anna Júlia Donáth, Sophia in ’t Veld, Moritz Körner and Katalin
Cseh, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alice Kuhnke, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Romeo
Franz, Yannick Jadot, Damien Carême, Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Roose, Mounir Satouri,
Saskia Bricmont, Tineke Strik, Ernest Urtasun and Tilly Metz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE
Group, Pernando Barrena Arza, Malin Björk and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the
GUE/NGL Group, on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and
Hungary (2020/2513(RSP)) (B9-0032/2020).
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 16.1.2020, item 6.4.
18. The reopening of the prosecution against the Prime Minister of the
Czech Republic on the misuse of EU funds and potential conflicts of
interest (debate)
Council and Commission statements: The reopening of the prosecution against the Prime Minister
of the Czech Republic on the misuse of EU funds and potential conflicts of interest (2019/2987
(RSP))
Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the
Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the PPE Group, Lara Wolters, on behalf of
the S&D Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the Renew Group, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, on
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ENbehalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ivan David, on behalf of the ID Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf
of the GUE/NGL Group, Monika Hohlmeier, Evin Incir, Ondřej Knotek, Mikuláš Peksa, Hynek
Blaško, Luke Ming Flanagan, Siegfried Mureşan, Bogusław Liberadzki, Joachim Kuhs, Petri
Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Franc Bogovič and Jiří Pospíšil.
IN THE CHAIR: Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Vice-President
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová.
The following spoke: Virginijus Sinkevičius and Nikolina Brnjac.
Motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 132(2) would be announced at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: February 2020 part-session.
19. COP15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kunming 2020)
(debate)
Commission statement: COP15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kunming 2020)
(2019/2824(RSP))
Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Agnès Evren, on behalf of the PPE Group, César Luena, on behalf of the S&D
Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ville Niinistö, on behalf of
the Verts/ALE Group, Aurelia Beigneux, on behalf of the ID Group, Alexandr Vondra, on behalf of
the ECR Group, Silvia Modig, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eleonora Evi, non-attached
Member, Jytte Guteland, Pascal Canfin, Marie Toussaint, Sylvia Limmer, who also declined to take
a blue-card question from Sarah Wiener, Manuel Bompard, June Alison Mummery, Norbert Lins,
Sándor Rónai, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Häusling, Ivan David, Petros Kokkalis, Michal Wiezik,
Eric Andrieu, Irena Joveva, Tilly Metz, Mick Wallace, Daniel Buda, Caroline Voaden, Grace
O'Sullivan, Radan Kanev, Pierre Karleskind, Jutta Paulus, Inese Vaidere, Michèle Rivasi, Pascal
Arimont, Sarah Wiener, Maria Spyraki, Klaus Buchner, Nuno Melo and Peter Liese.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ljudmila Novak.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Robert Hajšel and João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Virginijus Sinkevičius.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):
— Pascal Canfin, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, Agnès Evren, on behalf of the PPE Group,
César Luena, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the
Renew Group, Ville Niinistö, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alexandr Vondra, on behalf
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ENof the ECR Group, and Silvia Modig, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the 15th meeting
of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824
(RSP)) (B9-0035/2020).
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 16.4.2020, item 6.5.
20. Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (debate)
Report on the activities of the European Ombudsman – Annual report 2018 [2019/2134(INI)] -
Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Peter Jahr (A9-0032/2019)
Peter Jahr introduced the report.
The following spoke: Emily O'Reilly (European Ombudsman) and Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President
of the Commission).
The following spoke: Cristian Terheş, on behalf of the S&D Group, Yana Toom, on behalf of the
Renew Group, Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the ID Group, Kosma Złotowski, on behalf of the ECR
Group, Alexis Georgoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Furore, non-attached Member,
Jude Kirton-Darling, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Eleonora Evi, Alex Agius Saliba and Brando Benifei.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil and Juan Fernando López
Aguilar.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.
°
°°°
The following spoke: Theresa Griffin.
°
°°°
The following spoke: Emily O'Reilly and Peter Jahr.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 16.1.2020, item 6.6.
21. Reform of the general principles of comitology (debate)
Commission statement: Reform of the general principles of comitology (2019/2974(RSP))
Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
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ENThe following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card
question by Richard Corbett, Bettina Vollath, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pascal Durand, on
behalf of the Renew Group, Bronis Ropė, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Pospíšil, Martin
Hojsík and Karen Melchior.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Richard Corbett.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.
The debate closed.
22. Approval of minutes of the sitting
In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be submitted for approval by
Parliament at the start of the following afternoon.
23. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 646.599/OJJE).
24. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 22.22.
Klaus Welle Dita Charanzová
Secretary-General Vice-President
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ENATTENDANCE REGISTER
15.1.2020
Present:
Adamowicz Magdalena, Ademov Asim, Adinolfi Isabella, Adinolfi Matteo, Agius Saliba Alex,
Aguilar Mazaly, Aguilera Clara, Ainslie Scott, Alexandrov Yordanov Alexander, Alfonsi François,
Alieva-Veli Atidzhe, Allard Christian, Amaro Álvaro, Ameriks Andris, Anderson Martina, Andresen
Rasmus, Andrieu Eric, Androuët Mathilde, Androulakis Nikos, Angel Marc, Annemans Gerolf,
Ansip Andrus, Ara-Kovács Attila, Arena Maria, Arias Echeverría Pablo, Arimont Pascal,
Arłukowicz Bartosz, Armand Clotilde, Arvanitis Konstantinos, Asimakopoulou Anna-Michelle,
Aubry Manon, Auken Margrete, Auštrevičius Petras, Avram Carmen, Azmani Malik, Baldassarre
Simona, Balt Marek Paweł, Bardella Jordan, Barley Katarina, Barrena Arza Pernando, Bartolo
Pietro, Băsescu Traian, Basso Alessandra, Bauzá Díaz José Ramón, Bay Nicolas, Bearder Catherine,
Beck Gunnar, Beer Nicola, Beghin Tiziana, Beigneux Aurelia, Belka Marek, Bellamy François-
Xavier, Benea Adrian-Dragoş, Benifei Brando, Benjumea Benjumea Isabel, Bennion Phil, Beňová
Monika, Bentele Hildegard, Berendsen Tom, Berg Lars Patrick, Berger Stefan, Bergkvist Erik,
Bernhuber Alexander, Biedroń Robert, Bielan Adam, Bijoux Stéphane, Bilbao Barandica Izaskun,
Bilčík Vladimír, Bilde Dominique, Bischoff Gabriele, Biteau Benoît, Bizzotto Mara, Björk Malin,
Blaga Vasile, Blaško Hynek, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Bloss Michael, Bocskor Andrea, Boeselager
Damian, Bogdan Ioan-Rareş, Bogovič Franc, Bompard Manuel, Bonafè Simona, Bonfrisco Anna,
Borchia Paolo, Borzan Biljana, Botenga Marc, Botoş Vlad-Marius, Bourgeois Geert, Boyer Gilles,
Breyer Patrick, Brglez Milan, Bricmont Saskia, Brophy Jane, Brudziński Joachim Stanisław, Bruna
Annika, Brunet Sylvie, Buchheit Markus, Buchner Klaus, Buda Daniel, Bull David, Bullmann Udo,
Bullock Jonathan, Bunting Judith, Burkhardt Delara, Buschmann Martin, Buşoi Cristian-Silviu,
Bütikofer Reinhard, Buxadé Villalba Jorge, Buzek Jerzy, Campomenosi Marco, Cañas Jordi, Canfin
Pascal, Carême Damien, Caroppo Andrea, Carvalhais Isabel, Carvalho Maria da Graça, Casa David,
Casanova Massimo, Caspary Daniel, Castaldo Fabio Massimo, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Cavazzini
Anna, Ceccardi Susanna, Cerdas Sara, Chabaud Catherine, Chahim Mohammed, Chaibi Leila,
Charanzová Dita, Chastel Olivier, Chinnici Caterina, Chowns Ellie, Christensen Asger, Christoforou
Lefteris, Cimoszewicz Włodzimierz, Ciocca Angelo, Ciuhodaru Tudor, Číž Miroslav, Colin-
Oesterlé Nathalie, Collard Gilbert, Comín i Oliveres Antoni, Conte Rosanna, Corbett Richard,
Cormand David, Corrao Ignazio, Cozzolino Andrea, Crețu Corina, Cseh Katalin, Cuffe Ciarán,
Cutajar Josianne, Czarnecki Ryszard, van Dalen Peter, Dalli Miriam, Daly Clare, D'Amato Rosa,
Dance Seb, Danielsson Johan, Danjean Arnaud, Danti Nicola, Da Re Gianantonio, Daubney Martin
Edward, David Ivan, Davies Chris, De Castro Paolo, Decerle Jérémy, Delbos-Corfield Gwendoline,
Deli Andor, Delli Karima, De Lucy Belinda, De Man Filip, Demirel Özlem, Deparnay-Grunenberg
Anna, De Sutter Petra, Deutsch Tamás, Dhamija Dinesh, Didier Geoffroy, Dlabajová Martina,
Dobrev Klára, Doleschal Christian, Donáth Anna Júlia, Dorfmann Herbert, Dowding Gina, Dreosto
Marco, Duda Jarosław, Düpont Lena, Durá Ferrandis Estrella, Durand Pascal, Ďuriš Nicholsonová
Lucia, Dzhambazki Angel, Ehler Christian, England Kerr Andrew, Eppink Derk Jan, Ernst Cornelia,
Eroglu Engin, Ertug Ismail, Estaràs Ferragut Rosa, Evans Jill, Evi Eleonora, Evren Agnès, Fajon
Tanja, Falcă Gheorghe, Farage Nigel, Farreng Laurence, Federley Fredrick, Ferber Markus,
Fernandes José Manuel, Fernández Jonás, Ferrandino Giuseppe, Ferrara Laura, Ferreira João, Fest
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ENNicolaus, Fidanza Carlo, Fiocchi Pietro, Fitto Raffaele, Fitzgerald Frances, Flanagan Luke Ming,
Flego Valter, Fotyga Anna, Fourlas Loucas, Fox Claire, Fragkos Emmanouil, Frankowski Tomasz,
Franssen Cindy, Franz Romeo, Freund Daniel, Fritzon Heléne, Fuglsang Niels, Furore Mario, Gade
Søren, Gahler Michael, Gál Kinga, Gálvez Muñoz Lina, Gamon Claudia, Gancia Gianna, García
Del Blanco Ibán, García-Margallo y Marfil José Manuel, García Muñoz Isabel, Gardiazabal Rubial
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González Pons Esteban, Grant Valentino, Grapini Maria, Gregorová Markéta, Griffin Theresa,
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Guetta Bernard, Guillaume Sylvie, Gusmão José, Guteland Jytte, Győri Enikő, Gyürk András,
Habib Ben, Hahn Svenja, Hahn Henrike, Haider Roman, Hajšel Robert, Hakkarainen Teuvo, Halicki
Andrzej, Hannan Daniel, Hansen Christophe, Harris Lucy Elizabeth, Häusling Martin, Hautala
Heidi, Hava Mircea-Gheorghe, Hayer Valerie, Hazekamp Anja, Heaver Michael, Heide Hannes,
Heinäluoma Eero, Herbst Niclas, Herzberger-Fofana Pierrette, Hetman Krzysztof, Hidvéghi Balázs,
Hlaváček Martin, Hohlmeier Monika, Hojsík Martin, Holmgren Pär, Hölvényi György, Homs Ginel
Alicia, Hook Antony, Hortefeux Brice, Horwood Martin, Howarth John, Hristov Ivo, Hübner
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Magid Magid, Majorino Pierfrancesco, Maldeikienė Aušra, Maldonado López Adriana, Manda
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Maurel Emmanuel, Mavrides Costas, Maxová Radka, Maydell Eva, Mayer Georg, Mazurek Beata,
Mažylis Liudas, Meimarakis Vangelis, Melbārde Dace, Melchior Karen, Mélin Joëlle, Melo Nuno,
Metsola Roberta, Metz Tilly, Meuthen Jörg, Michels Martina, Mihaylova Iskra, Mikser Sven,
Milazzo Giuseppe, Millán Mon Francisco José, Miller Leszek, Mobarik Nosheena, Modig Silvia,
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