14 January 2020
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 JANUARY 2020

(2021/C 239/02)

Contents

1.

Opening of the sitting

17

2.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Croatian Presidency (debate)

17

3.

Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens' rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (debate)

18

4.

Resumption of the sitting

19

5.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

19

6.

Sustainable investment plan, just transition fund and Roadmap on Social Europe (debate)

19

7.

Situation in Iran and Iraq following recent escalations (debate)

20

8.

Composition of political groups

20

9.

Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)

20

10.

Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy — Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (debate)

21

11.

Composition of committees and delegations

22

12.

Resumption of the sitting

22

13.

Situation in Libya (debate)

22

14.

Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (debate)

22

15.

Approval of minutes of the sitting

23

16.

Agenda of the next sitting

23

17.

Closure of the sitting

23

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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Minutes of the sitting of 14 January 2020

IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI

President

1.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.11.

2.   Presentation of the programme of activities of the Croatian Presidency (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Croatian Presidency (2019/2959(RSP))

Andrej Plenković (President-in-Office 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, Dacian Cioloș, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nicolas Bay, on behalf of the ID Group, Ruža Tomašić, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Mislav Kolakušić, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Andrej Plenković.

The following spoke: Karlo Ressler.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Biljana Borzan, Valter Flego, Sven Giegold, Rosanna Conte, Hermann Tertsch, Malin Björk, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tomislav Sokol, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Angelika Niebler, Kati Piri, Valerie Hayer, Erik Marquardt, Jordan Bardella, Eugen Jurzyca, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Ignazio Corrao, Andor Deli, Ismail Ertug, Katalin Cseh, Tineke Strik, Gianantonio Da Re, Geert Bourgeois, Alexandra Lesley Phillips, Esteban González Pons, Tonino Picula, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Maximilian Krah, Evžen Tošenovský, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, who also declined to take two blue-card questions from Luis Garicano and Dolors Montserrat, Siegfried Mureșan, Johan Danielsson, Mara Bizzotto, Robert Roos, Herbert Dorfmann, Agnes Jongerius, Paulo Rangel, Carlos Zorrinho, Luděk Niedermayer, Tanja Fajon, Andrius Kubilius, Aurore Lalucq, Romana Tomc, Robert Hajšel, Lefteris Christoforou, Alessandra Moretti and Sunčana Glavak.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Enikő Győri, Margarida Marques, Irena Joveva, Clare Daly, Franc Bogovič and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.

IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI

President

The following spoke: Ursula von der Leyen and Andrej Plenković.

The debate closed.

3.   Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens' rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens' rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (2020/2505(RSP))

Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pedro Silva Pereira, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the Renew Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gunnar Beck, on behalf of the ID Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alexandra Lesley Phillips, non-attached Member, and Esteban González Pons.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jude Kirton-Darling, Caroline Voaden, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Geoffrey Van Orden, Christian Allard, who also replied to a blue-card question by Geoffrey Van Orden, Hermann Tertsch, Sira Rego, Ann Widdecombe, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sophia in 't Veld, Paulo Rangel, Claude Moraes, Pascal Durand, Terry Reintke, Carlo Fidanza, Jeroen Lenaers, Agnes Jongerius, Billy Kelleher, Scott Ainslie, Bogusław Liberadzki, Sophia in 't Veld, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Robert Rowland, Gina Dowding, Richard Corbett, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Robert Rowland, Lucy Nethsingha, Ellie Chowns, Robert Rowland, Luis Garicano, Sheila Ritchie, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Robert Rowland, and Irina Von Wiese, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Robert Rowland.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Julie Ward, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Robert Rowland, Barbara Ann Gibson, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (head of the task force for relations with the United Kingdom) and Nikolina Brnjac.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

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Guy Verhofstadt, Parliament's Brexit coordinator, Manfred Weber, President of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, President of the S&D Group, Dacian Cioloș, President of the Renew Group, Philippe Lamberts and Ska Keller, Co-Presidents of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Schirdewan and Manon Aubry, Co-Presidents of the GUE/NGL Group, Antonio Tajani, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens' rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (2020/2505(RSP)) (B9-0031/2020).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2020, item 10.6.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.21.)

IN THE CHAIR: Ewa KOPACZ

Vice-President

4.   Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 15.03.

5.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

6.   Sustainable investment plan, just transition fund and Roadmap on Social Europe (debate)

Commission statement: Sustainable investment plan, just transition fund and Roadmap on Social Europe (2019/3014(RSP))

Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) and Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Siegfried Mureșan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dragoș Pîslaru, on behalf of the Renew Group, Niklas Nienaß, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gianantonio Da Re, on behalf of the ID Group, Johan Van Overtveldt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rosa D'Amato, non-attached Member, Andrey Novakov, Biljana Borzan, Sylvie Brunet, Katrin Langensiepen, Laura Huhtasaari, Elżbieta Rafalska, Silvia Modig, Piernicola Pedicini, Markus Ferber, Heléne Fritzon, Katalin Cseh, Bas Eickhout, Ivan David, Evžen Tošenovský, Nikolaj Villumsen, Robert Rowland, who also replied to a blue-card question by Niklas Nienaß, Dennis Radtke, Miriam Dalli, Clotilde Armand, Ville Niinistö, Guido Reil, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, who also replied to a blue-card question by Petros Kokkalis, José Gusmão, José Manuel Fernandes, Simona Bonafè, Jordi Cañas, Ernest Urtasun, Paolo Borchia, Anna Zalewska, Peter Liese, Dan Nica, Pascal Canfin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Rasmus Andresen, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Jonás Fernández, Moritz Körner, Petra De Sutter, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Agnes Jongerius, Jan Huitema, Caroline Roose, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Constanze Krehl, Mauri Pekkarinen, Michael Bloss, Adam Jarubas, Margarida Marques, Pär Holmgren, Jerzy Buzek, Mounir Satouri, Franc Bogovič, Othmar Karas, Herbert Dorfmann and Janusz Lewandowski.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Spyraki, Edina Tóth, Tomislav Sokol and Lídia Pereira.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stelios Kympouropoulos, Julie Ward, Susana Solís Pérez, Bogdan Rzońca, Marc Botenga, Antonius Manders and Maria Grapini.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans and Valdis Dombrovskis.

The debate closed.

7.   Situation in Iran and Iraq following recent escalations (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Iran and Iraq following recent escalations (2020/2506(RSP))

Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kati Piri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jérôme Rivière, on behalf of the ID Group, Anna Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kostas Papadakis, non-attached Member, Sara Skyttedal, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Martin Horwood, Hannah Neumann, Jaak Madison, who also replied to a blue-card question by Stelios Kouloglou, Assita Kanko, Mick Wallace, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Radosław Sikorski and Sven Mikser.

IN THE CHAIR: Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Nathalie Loiseau, Catherine Rowett, Thierry Mariani, Jan Zahradil, Pernando Barrena Arza, who also replied to a blue-card question by Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Andrius Kubilius, Isabel Santos, Malik Azmani, Reinhard Bütikofer, Georg Mayer, who also replied to a blue-card question by Reinhard Bütikofer, Beata Kempa, Marc Botenga, Matthew Patten, Tomas Tobé, Jytte Guteland, Luisa Porritt, Markéta Gregorová, Silvia Sardone, Stelios Kouloglou, Lukas Mandl, Dietmar Köster, Bernard Guetta, Henrike Hahn, who also replied to a blue-card question by Eugen Tomac, Teuvo Hakkarainen, Željana Zovko, Jackie Jones, Klemen Grošelj, Elena Lizzi, Janusz Lewandowski, Brando Benifei, Anna Bonfrisco, Pierfrancesco Majorino and Tonino Picula.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Milan Zver, Robert Hajšel, Petras Auštrevičius, Kateřina Konečná, Milan Uhrík, Traian Băsescu, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles.

The debate closed.

8.   Composition of political groups

Lance Forman would no longer sit with the non-attached Members and would join the ECR Group with effect from 15 January 2020.

9.   Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)

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)

Isabel Wiseler-Lima introduced the report.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: Eugen Tomac, on behalf of the PPE Group, Andrea Cozzolino, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Charles Goerens, on behalf of the Renew Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Nicola BEER

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hannah Neumann, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Simona Baldassarre, on behalf of the ID Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Urbán Crespo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-attached Member, Peter van Dalen, Isabel Santos, Irina Von Wiese, Heidi Hautala, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, who also declined to take a blue-card question from Dolors Montserrat, Arba Kokalari, Maria Arena, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Saskia Bricmont, Frances Fitzgerald, Dietmar Köster and Nacho Sánchez Amor.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Julie Ward, Petras Auštrevičius and Mick Wallace.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles and Isabel Wiseler-Lima.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2020, item 10.7.

10.   Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy — Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (debate)

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)

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)

David McAllister and Arnaud Danjean introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Javi López, on behalf of the S&D Group, Urmas Paet, on behalf of the Renew Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Bonfrisco, on behalf of the ID Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Reinhard Bütikofer, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kostas Papadakis, non-attached Member, Traian Băsescu, Attila Ara-Kovács, Hilde Vautmans, Hannah Neumann, Jérôme Rivière, Anna Fotyga, Mick Wallace, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, Kinga Gál and Tonino Picula.

IN THE CHAIR: Lívia JÁRÓKA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Nathalie Loiseau, Filip De Man, Charlie Weimers, Francisco José Millán Mon, Sven Mikser, Petras Auštrevičius, Željana Zovko, Joachim Schuster, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Andrius Kubilius, Raphaël Glucksmann, Lukas Mandl, Nikos Androulakis, Kris Peeters, Juozas Olekas, Andrea Bocskor, Vladimír Bilčík, Peter van Dalen, Loucas Fourlas, Othmar Karas and Lefteris Christoforou.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Henna Virkkunen, Costas Mavrides, Ruža Tomašić, Clare Daly and Özlem Demirel.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles, David McAllister and Arnaud Danjean.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2020, item 10.8 and 10.9.

11.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received from the PPE Group the following decision changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

—	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Lukas Mandl to replace Karoline Edtstadler

—	Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Lukas Mandl to replace Karoline Edtstadler

The decisions took effect as of that day.

(The sitting was suspended at 21.59.)

12.   Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 22.08.

13.   Situation in Libya (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and SecurityPolicy: Situation in Libya (2019/2984(RSP))

Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: David McAllister, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kati Piri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Javier Nart, on behalf of the Renew Group, Mounir Satouri, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Bonfrisco, on behalf of the ID Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Özlem Demirel, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, non-attached Member, Antonio Tajani, Andrea Cozzolino, Klemen Grošelj, Erik Marquardt, Thierry Mariani, Emmanouil Fragkos, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, who also replied to a blue-card question by Costas Mavrides, Vangelis Meimarakis, Tonino Picula, Bernhard Zimniok, Carlo Fidanza, Ioannis Lagos, Othmar Karas, Maria Arena, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Susanna Ceccardi, Giuliano Pisapia, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Loucas Fourlas, Evin Incir and Jordan Bardella.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles.

The debate closed.

14.   Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (2020/2507(RSP))

Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: Leopoldo López Gil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Javi López, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jordi Cañas, on behalf of the Renew Group, Roman Haider, on behalf of the ID Group, Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manu Pineda, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Antonio Tajani, Isabel Santos, Dita Charanzová, Sandra Pereira, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Nicola Danti and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.

The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles.

Motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 132(2) would be announced at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.1.2020, item 6.

15.   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.

16.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’PE 646.106/OJME).

17.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.42.