Official Journal of the European Union

6 April 2022

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 6 APRIL 2022

(2022/C 477/03)

Contents

1. Opening of the sitting 71

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

3. Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate) 71

4. Data Governance Act ***I (debate) 72

5. Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate) 73

6. Resumption of the sitting 73

7. Voting time 74

7.1. Data Governance Act ***I (vote) 74

7.2. Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (vote) 74

7.3. Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (vote) 74

7.4. Implementation of citizenship education actions (vote) 75

7.5. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 X MON 89788 (vote) 75

8. Resumption of the sitting 75

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting 75

10. Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe (topical debate) 75

11. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate) 76

12. Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate) 77

13. The Schengen evaluation mechanism * (debate) 77

14. Composition of committees and delegations 78

15. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) 78

15.1. Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities 78

15.2. The situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala 78

15.3. Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny 79

16. Explanations of vote 79

17. Corrections to votes and voting intentions 79

18. EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (motions for resolutions tabled) 80

19. Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (motions for resolutions tabled) 80

20. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2)) 81

21. Implementing measures (Rule 112) 83

22. Documents received 83

23. Approval of minutes of the sitting 83

24. Agenda of the next sitting 83

25. Closure of the sitting 83

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 84

ANNEX I

RESULT OF VOTES 86

1. Data Governance Act ***I 86

2. Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world 87

3. Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy 87

4. Implementation of citizenship education actions 87

5. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 × MON 89788 89

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 90

1. Data Governance Act — A9-0248/2021 — Angelika Niebler — Am 248 90

2. Implementation of citizenship education actions — A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 16 91

3. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 23 93

4. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 25 94

5. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 36 96

6. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 38 97

7. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 52 99

8. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 53 100

9. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 57 102

10. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 59/1 103

11. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 59/2 105

12. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 59/3 106

13. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — § 60 108

14. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — Recital E 110

15. A9-0060/2022 — Domènec Ruiz Devesa — Motion for resolution (text as a whole) 111

16. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 X MON 89788 — B9-0178/2022 — Motion for resolution 113

Minutes of the sitting of 6 April 2022

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA

President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.03.

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

The decision of the ECON and LIBE committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations had been announced on 4 April 2022(minutes of 4.4.2022, item 7).

Since no requests for vote pursuant to Rule 71(2) had been received, the committees responsible were able to begin negotiations upon expiry of the deadline set.

3. Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

Statements by the European Council, the Council and the Commission: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP))

Charles Michel (President of the European Council), Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy), on behalf of the Council, and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, and Tamás Deutsch, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, Simona Bonafè, Luis Garicano, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Jaak Madison, Beata Szydło, Clare Daly, who also replied to a blue-card question by Angel Dzhambazki, Jörg Meuthen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Andrzej Halicki, Marek Belka, Guy Verhofstadt, Piernicola Pedicini, Nicolaus Fest, Anna Fotyga, Silvia Modig, Francesca Donato, Ioan-Rareș Bogdan, Mohammed Chahim, Petras Auštrevičius, Ernest Urtasun, Harald Vilimsky, Robert Roos, Dolors Montserrat, Tonino Picula, Nathalie Loiseau, Antonio Tajani, Jens Geier, Bernard Guetta, Vangelis Meimarakis, Christel Schaldemose, Andrey Kovatchev, Javier Moreno Sánchez and Angelika Niebler.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Franc Bogovič, Clara Aguilera, Łukasz Kohut, Martin Hojsík, Bogdan Rzońca, Sandra Pereira, Maria Grapini and Billy Kelleher.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Josep Borrell Fontelles.

IN THE CHAIR: Katarina BARLEY

Vice-President

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

— Viola Von Cramon Taubadel, Michèle Rivasi, Mounir Satouri, Ernest Urtasun, Katrin Langensiepen, Ville Niinistö, Alviina Alametsä, Hannah Neumann, Tineke Strik and Sergey Lagodinsky, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0197/2022);

— Michael Gahler, Rasa Juknevičienė, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Paulo Rangel, Siegfried Mureșan, Sandra Kalniete, Jerzy Buzek, Andrius Kubilius, Radosław Sikorski, Vangelis Meimarakis, Traian Băsescu, Andrzej Halicki, Daniel Caspary, Isabel Wiseler Lima, Antonio López Istúriz White, Peter van Dalen, Vladimír Bilčík, Gheorghe Vlad Nistor, Andrey Kovatchev, David Lega, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Miriam Lexmann, Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou, Eugen Tomac, Tomasz Frankowski, Liudas Mažylis, Ewa Kopacz, Janina Ochojska, Michaela Šojdrová, Aušra Maldeikienė, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Milan Zver, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Inese Vaidere, Ioan Rareș Bogdan, Vasile Blaga, Daniel Buda, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Gheorghe Falcă, Mircea Gheorghe Hava, Marian Jean Marinescu, Dan Ștefan Motreanu, Sunčana Glavak and Arba Kokalari, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0200/2022);

— Mick Wallace, on behalf of The Left Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0201/2022);

— Luis Garicano, Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Vlad Gheorghe, Bernard Guetta, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoș Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans, Guy Verhofstadt and Stéphanie Yon Courtin, on behalf of the Renew Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0203/2022);

— Iratxe García Pérez, Marek Belka, Pedro Marques and Tonino Picula, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0210/2022);

— Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Angel Dzhambazki, Hermann Tertsch, Veronika Vrecionová, Elżbieta Rafalska, Bogdan Rzońca, Ryszard Czarnecki, Beata Mazurek, Alexandr Vondra, Anna Zalewska, Beata Kempa, Beata Szydło, Dominik Tarczyński, Elżbieta Kruk, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Jacek Saryusz Wolski, Patryk Jaki, Roberts Zīle, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Kosma Złotowski, Valdemar Tomaševski, Joanna Kopcińska, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk and Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (2022/2560(RSP)) (B9-0211/2022).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.6.

4. Data Governance Act ***I(debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act) [COM(2020)0767 — C9-0377/2020 — 2020/0340(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A9-0248/2021)

Angelika Niebler introduced the report.

The following spoke: Sergey Lagodinsky (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee).

The following spoke: Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sandro Gozi (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Adrián Vázquez Lázara (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Maria da Graça Carvalho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nicola Danti, on behalf of the Renew Group, Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Elena Lizzi, on behalf of the ID Group, Dace Melbārde, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of The Left Group, Ernő Schaller-Baross, non-attached Member, Eva Maydell, Eva Kaili, Alexandra Geese, Joëlle Mélin, Kosma Złotowski, Mislav Kolakušić, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Romana Jerković, Geert Bourgeois and Josianne Cutajar.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Deirdre Clune and Sandra Pereira.

The following spoke: Thierry Breton and Angelika Niebler.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.4.2022, item 7.1.

5. Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate)

Question for oral answer O-000013/2022 by Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (B9-0011/2022)

Cristian-Silviu Bușoi moved the question.

Mariya Gabriel (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Christian Ehler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Josianne Cutajar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Martina Dlabajová, on behalf of the Renew Group, Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gianna Gancia, on behalf of the ID Group, Krzysztof Jurgiel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the The Left Group, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Patrizia Toia, Mauri Pekkarinen, Henrike Hahn, Sandra Pereira, Eva Maydell, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Susana Solís Pérez, Krzysztof Hetman and Carlos Zorrinho.

The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 136(5):

— Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, on a global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (2021/3001(RSP)) (B9-0174/2022).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.4.2022, item 7.2.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.59 until voting time.)

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

6. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 14.00.

7. Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to these minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are published as an annex to these minutes and are available on Parliament's website.

7.1. Data Governance Act ***I(vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act) [COM(2020)0767 — C9-0377/2020 — 2020/0340(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A9-0248/2021)

(Simple majority required)

PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT

Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0111)

(‘Results of votes’ annex, item 1)

Parliament's first reading thus closed.

7.2. Global approach to research and innovation: Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (vote)

Motion for a resolution B9-0174/2022

(Simple majority required)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0112)

(‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2)

7.3. Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (vote)

The debate had been held on 7 March 2022(minutes of 7.3.2022, item 12).

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 136(5):

— Andrey Novakov, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Krehl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Susana Solís Pérez, on behalf of the Renew Group, Niklas Nienaß, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martina Michels and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of The Left Group, on the start of the implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (2022/2527(RSP)) (B9-0173/2022) (Simple majority required) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0113) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 3)

7.4. Implementation of citizenship education actions (vote)

Report on the implementation of citizenship education actions [2021/2008(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Domènec Ruiz Devesa (A9-0060/2022)

(Simple majority required)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0114)

(‘Results of votes’ annex, item 4)

7.5. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 X MON 89788 (vote)

Motion for a resolution tabled by the ENVI Committee, pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3), on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 × MON 89788 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (D078875/02 — 2022/2566(RSP)) (B9-0178/2022) — Members responsible: Martin Häusling, Anja Hazekamp, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Günther Sidl.

(Simple majority required)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P9_TA(2022)0115)

(‘Results of votes’ annex, item 5)

(The sitting was suspended at 14.11.)

IN THE CHAIR: Ewa KOPACZ

Vice-President

8. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 15.00.

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

The following spoke: Nicolaus Fest.

10. Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe (topical debate)

Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe (2022/2626(RSP))

Raphaël Glucksmann introduced the debate proposed by the S&D Group.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Javier Zarzalejos, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pierfrancesco Majorino, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Loiseau, on behalf of the Renew Group, Thomas Waitz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Dreosto, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niyazi Kizilyürek, on behalf of The Left Group, Milan Uhrík, non-attached Member, Paulo Rangel, Marek Belka, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Diana Riba i Giner, Nicolaus Fest, Assita Kanko, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, Andrius Kubilius, Andreas Schieder, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Roman Haider, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Simona Bonafè, Michal Šimečka, Daniel Freund, Patryk Jaki, Radan Kanev, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Moritz Körner, Bronis Ropė, Karlo Ressler, Tonino Picula, Dragoș Tudorache, Katarina Barley, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Evin Incir, Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Javi López.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Clément Beaune (President-in-Office of the Council).

IN THE CHAIR: Eva KAILI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó who made a personal statement (Rule 173).

The debate closed.

11. Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (2022/2569(RSP))

Clément Beaune (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gabriele Bischoff, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michal Šimečka, on behalf of the Renew Group, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gunnar Beck, on behalf of the ID Group, Patryk Jaki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of The Left Group, Balázs Hidvéghi, non-attached Member, Andrzej Halicki, Sylvie Guillaume, Ramona Strugariu, Terry Reintke, Laura Huhtasaari, Hermann Tertsch, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Nicolas Bay, Vladimír Bilčík, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bogdan Rzońca, Katalin Cseh, Sylwia Spurek, Paolo Borchia, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Miroslav Radačovský, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Łukasz Kohut, Valérie Hayer, Mikuláš Peksa, Gilles Lebreton, Ladislav Ilčić, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, who also replied to a blue-card question by Patryk Jaki, Bettina Vollath, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicolaus Fest, Moritz Körner, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Ladislav Ilčić and Beata Kempa, Anna Zalewska, Paulo Rangel and Beata Kempa.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Beata Mazurek, Angel Dzhambazki and Bogdan Rzońca.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová.

IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA

Vice-President

The debate closed.

12. Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (2022/2588(RSP))

Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Tineke Strik, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nicolaus Fest, on behalf of the ID Group, Patryk Jaki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of The Left Group, Kostas Papadakis, non-attached Member, Lena Düpont, Pietro Bartolo, who also replied to a blue-card question by Karlo Ressler, Damian Boeselager, Silvia Sardone, Sira Rego, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tomislav Sokol, Balázs Hidvéghi, Michaela Šojdrová, Dietmar Köster, Gilles Lebreton, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Malin Björk, François-Xavier Bellamy, Bettina Vollath, Teuvo Hakkarainen and Nikolaj Villumsen.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Janina Ochojska, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Mick Wallace, Tomislav Sokol and Karlo Ressler.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli.

The debate closed.

13. The Schengen evaluation mechanism *(debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment and operation of an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 [COM(2021)0278 — C9-0349/2021 — 2021/0140(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sara Skyttedal (A9-0054/2022)

Sara Skyttedal introduced the report.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Lena Düpont, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bettina Vollath, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, on behalf of the Renew Group, and Erik Marquardt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Nicolaus Fest, on behalf of the ID Group, Pernando Barrena Arza, on behalf of The Left Group, Laura Ferrara, non-attached Member, Jiří Pospíšil, Petar Vitanov, Daniel Buda, Łukasz Kohut and Karlo Ressler.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Valter Flego.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli and Sara Skyttedal.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.7.

14. Composition of committees and delegations

The Verts/ALE Group had notified the President of the following decision changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

— EMPL Committee: Sara Matthieu

The decision took effect as of that day.

15. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 6.4.2022, item 20.)

15.1. Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities

Motions for resolutions B9-0183/2022, B9-0184/2022, B9-0193/2022, B9-0194/2022, B9-0195/2022 and B9-0196/2022 (2022/2620(RSP))

Željana Zovko, César Luena, Susana Solís Pérez, Markéta Gregorová, Bert-Jan Ruissen and Emmanuel Maurel introduced their Groups' motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Lukas Mandl, on behalf of the PPE Group, Susanna Ceccardi, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Michaela Šojdrová and Carlo Fidanza.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák and Michiel Hoogeveen.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.8.

15.2. The situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala

Motions for resolutions B9-0179/2022, B9-0180/2022, B9-0182/2022, B9-0187/2022, B9-0190/2022 and B9-0191/2022 (2022/2621(RSP))

Bernd Lange, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Tilly Metz, Seán Kelly and Miguel Urbán Crespo introduced their Groups' motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Fulvio Martusciello, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the Renew Group, Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, non-attached Member, Stanislav Polčák, Javi López and Jordi Cañas.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.9.

15.3. Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny

Motions for resolutions B9-0181/2022, B9-0185/2022, B9-0186/2022, B9-0188/2022, B9-0192/2022 and B9-0214/2022 (2022/2622(RSP))

Andrius Kubilius, Evin Incir, Bernard Guetta, Sergey Lagodinsky, Anna Fotyga and Malin Björk introduced their Groups' motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Miriam Lexmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Isabel Santos, on behalf of the S&D Group, Katalin Cseh, on behalf of the Renew Group, Janina Ochojska, Maria Arena and Michal Šimečka.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Vladimír Bilčík, Brando Benifei, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Andrey Kovatchev and Ivan Štefanec.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly and Stanislav Polčák.

The following spoke: Helena Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.10.

16. Explanations of vote

Oral explanations of vote

Report: Angelika Niebler — A9-0248/2021

Seán Kelly and Eugen Tomac

Report: Domènec Ruiz Devesa — A9-0060/2022

Jessica Stegrud and Eugen Tomac

Written explanations of vote

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members' pages on Parliament's website.

17. 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. 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.

18. EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (motions for resolutions tabled)

Council and Commission statements: EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (2022/2618(RSP))

The debate had taken place on 5 April 2022(minutes of 5.4.2022, item 3).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

— Ewa Kopacz, Sabine Verheyen, Michaela Šojdrová, Tomasz Frankowski, Vladimír Bilčík, Vasile Blaga, Ioan-Rareș Bogdan, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Daniel Buda, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Agnès Evren, Gheorghe Falcă, Frances Fitzgerald, Loucas Fourlas, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Rasa Juknevičienė, Jeroen Lenaers, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Eva Maydell, Peter Pollák, Emil Radev, Paulo Rangel, Radosław Sikorski, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Marion Walsmann and Milan Zver, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, Gabriele Bischoff, Heléne Fritzon, Birgit Sippel, Agnes Jongerius, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Evin Incir, Sylvie Guillaume, Caterina Chinnici, Pietro Bartolo and Petra Kammerevert, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hilde Vautmans, Dragoș Pîslaru, Dita Charanzová, Urmas Paet, Ramona Strugariu, Vlad Gheorghe, Fabienne Keller, Frédérique Ries, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Nathalie Loiseau, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Andreas Glück, Nicola Beer, Nicola Danti, Olivier Chastel, Yana Toom, Irène Tolleret, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Svenja Hahn, Javier Nart, Iskra Mihaylova and Vlad-Marius Botoș, on behalf of the Renew Group, Saskia Bricmont, Tineke Strik, Katrin Langensiepen, Diana Riba i Giner, Bronis Ropė, Alviina Alametsä, Anna Cavazzini, Ernest Urtasun, Rosa D'Amato, Erik Marquardt, Alice Kuhnke, Terry Reintke, Damien Carême, David Cormand, Tilly Metz, Mounir Satouri, Caroline Roose, Claude Gruffat, François Alfonsi, Benoît Biteau, Romeo Franz and Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelia Ernst, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Pernando Barrena Arza, Malin Björk, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Nikolaj Villumsen and Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of The Left Group, on the EU's protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (2022/2618(RSP)) ((B9-0207/2022);

— Simona Baldassarre, Annalisa Tardino, Jaak Madison and Nicolaus Fest, on behalf of the ID Group, on the EU's protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (2022/2618(RSP)) (B9-0212/2022);

— Patryk Jaki, Karol Karski, Vincenzo Sofo, Adam Bielan, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Elżbieta Kruk, Dace Melbārde, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska, Veronika Vrecionová, Beata Kempa, Anna Zalewska, Dominik Tarczyński, Carlo Fidanza, Hermann Tertsch, Beata Mazurek, Valdemar Tomaševski, Bogdan Rzońca, Elżbieta Rafalska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Alexandr Vondra, Jacek Saryusz Wolski and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the EU's protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine (2022/2618(RSP)) (B9-0213/2022).

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.5.

19. Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (motions for resolutions tabled)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP))

The debate had taken place on 5 April 2022(minutes of 5.4.2022, item 14)

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

— Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0198/2022);

— Michael Gahler, Željana Zovko, Rasa Juknevičienė, Frances Fitzgerald, David McAllister, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Agnès Evren, David Lega, Ewa Kopacz, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Aušra Maldeikienė, Tom Vandenkendelaere and Isabel Wiseler Lima, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0199/2022);

— Tineke Strik, Mounir Satouri, Hannah Neumann, Ernest Urtasun, Erik Marquardt, Eleonora Evi, Alviina Alametsä, Saskia Bricmont, Ignazio Corrao, Monika Vana, Grace O'Sullivan, Tilly Metz, Alice Kuhnke and Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0202/2022);

— Petras Auštrevičius, Abir Al-Sahlani, Olivier Chastel, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Dragoș Tudorache and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0204/2022);

— Pedro Marques, Maria Arena, Tonino Picula, Udo Bullmann, Elena Yoncheva, Maria Noichl and Mónica Silvana González, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0205/2022);

— Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Raffaele Fitto, Anna Fotyga, Assita Kanko, Adam Bielan, Alexandr Vondra, Angel Dzhambazki, Beata Kempa, Bogdan Rzońca, Carlo Fidanza, Charlie Weimers, Elżbieta Kruk, Elżbieta Rafalska, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Ryszard Czarnecki, Valdemar Tomaševski, Veronika Vrecionová, Witold Jan Waszczykowski and Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women's rights (2022/2571(RSP)) (B9-0206/2022).

Vote: minutes of 7.4.2022, item 6.13.

20. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down rules for the implementation of official controls on contaminants in food (C(2022)00744 — 2022/2609(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 23 March 2022 referred to responsible: ENVI, AGRI (Rule 57)

— Commission delegated regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding recovered high purity materials as a component material category in EU fertilising products (C(2022)01422 — 2022/2606(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 22 March 2022 referred to responsible: IMCO, ENVI (Rule 57), AGRI (Rule 57)

— Commission delegated regulation correcting the Portuguese language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems (C(2022)01608 — 2022/2605(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 22 March 2022 referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission delegated regulation correcting and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions from the plaice box (C(2022)01698 — 2022/2607(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 23 March 2022 referred to responsible: PECH

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the content of position management controls by trading venues (C(2022)01709 — 2022/2610(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 24 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 as regards Combined Nomenclature and Harmonised System codes and import conditions of certain composite products, amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 as regards certain goods and pet birds exempted from official controls at border inspection posts and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 as regards requirements for composite products exempted from official controls at border control posts (C(2022)01804 — 2022/2612(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 28 March 2022 referred to responsible: ENVI, AGRI (Rule 57)

— Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances (C(2022)01840 — 2022/2614(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 29 March 2022 referred to responsible: LIBE

— Commission delegated regulation providing for exceptional adjustment aid to producers in the agricultural sectors (C(2022)01872 — 2022/2608(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 23 March 2022 referred to responsible: AGRI

— Commission delegated regulation amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 as regards the information to be provided in accordance with the STS notification requirements for on-balance-sheet synthetic securitisations (C(2022)01892 — 2022/2627(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 31 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the establishment of the Union symbols for protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and with regard to certain rules on sourcing, certain procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules (C(2022)01932 — 2022/2629(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 1 April 2022 referred to responsible: AGRI

— Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exempting minors from the acceptance period of vaccination certificates issued in the EU Digital COVID Certificate format (C(2022)02050 — 2022/2613(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 29 March 2022 referred to responsible: LIBE

Draft delegated act for which the period for raising objections had been extended:

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/118 establishing fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment in the North Sea C(2022)00645 — 2022/2545(DEA) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 9 February 2022 Extension of the deadline for raising objections: 2 months at referred to responsible: PECH

21. Implementing measures (Rule 112)

The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) in hemp seeds and products derived therefrom (D079361/03 — 2022/2623(RPS) — deadline: 30 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of hydrocyanic acid in certain foodstuffs (D079362/03 — 2022/2624(RPS) — deadline: 30 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of ochratoxin A in certain foodstuffs (D079363/03 — 2022/2625(RPS) — deadline: 30 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of glycolipids as a preservative in beverages (D079488/03 — 2022/2630(RPS) — deadline: 5 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for growing media and soil improvers (D079976/01 — 2022/2616(RPS) — deadline: 29 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission decision amending Decisions 2014/312/EU, 2014/391/EU, 2014/763/EU, (EU) 2016/1332 and (EU) 2017/176 as regards the period of validity of the EU Ecolabel criteria and of the related assessment and verification requirements (D080007/01 — 2022/2615(RPS) — deadline: 29 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

22. Documents received

The following document had been received:

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations INF 1/2022 — Section VII — Committee of the Regions (N9-0015/2022 — C9-0141/2022 — 2022/2033(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

23. Approval of minutes of the sitting

In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the start of the afternoon of the next sitting.

24. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’PE 730.247/OJJE).

25. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.19.