Brussels,

Plenary Session
5-8 February 2024

OUTCOME

1. Results of Votes & Texts adopted

Monday, 5 February 2024 - Brussels 

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• Results of votes | PDF | XML

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 - Brussels

• Roll-call votes | PDF | XML
• Results of votes | PDF | XML​​​​

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 - Brussels

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Thursday, 8 February 2024 - Brussels

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2. Recording and Texts of the Speeches

​Monday, 5 February 2024​​

• Situation of prisoners in Hungarian jails, including the case of Ilaria Salis (debate)
• Instant payments in euro (debate)
• State of EU solar industry in light of unfair competition (debate)
• Measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act) (debate)
• Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications (debate)
• Situation in Haiti on the eve of the deployment of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission (debate)
• One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Tuesday, 6 February 2024
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• Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)
• The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)
• Resumption of the sitting
• Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)
• Calling on the Council to take all necessary steps to reach an agreement on the European cross-border mechanism file and open negotiations with Parliament (debate)
• EU2040 climate target (debate)
• Water crisis and droughts in the EU as a consequence of the global climate crisis and the need for a sustainable, resilient water strategy for Europe (debate)
• Corrigendum (Rule 241) (action taken)
• Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (debate)
• Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (debate)
• Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)
• Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)
• State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch (debate)
• Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITSD) (debate)​

​Wednesday, 7 February 2024
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• Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate) 
• Resumption of the sitting 
• This is Europe - Debate with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis (debate) 
• Composition of committees and delegations 
• Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting 
• The fight against hate speech and disinformation: responsibility of social platforms within the Digital Services Act (topical debate) 
• Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate) 14.Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”) (debate) 
• The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate) 16.Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (debate) 17.Resumption of the sitting 18.Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (continuation of debate) 
• Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)  

- New wave of mass arrests in Belarus of opposition activists and their family members  
- Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou  
- Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria 20.Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Abbé Pierre's appeal on addressing homelessness in the context of persisting poverty and social exclusion (debate) 

• Explanations of vote  

- Instant payments in euro (A9-0230/2023 - Michiel Hoogeveen)  
- Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (A9-0263/2023 - Nikolaj Villumsen) 
- Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (A9-0014/2024 - Jessica Polfjärd) 
- Norway's recent decision to advance seabed mining in the Arctic (B9-0095/2024)  
- Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece (B9-0098/2024)

Thursday, 8 February 2024​
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• Multilateral negotiations in view of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, 26-29 February 2024 (debate)
• Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)
• Association agreements for the participation of third countries in Union programmes (debate)
• The case of Dentsu tracking and the lack of transparency of the European Commission with regard to the tobacco industry (debate)
• Explanations of vote

- The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (B9-0091/2024)
- Association agreements for the participation of third countries in Union programmes (B9-0096/2024)
- Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (RC-B9-0124/2024)
- Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (RC-B9-0097/2024)

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