EU Parliament Agenda on 7 February 2024

PLENARY SESSION

09:00 – 11:00 KEY DEBATE

Empowering farmers and rural communities – a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture
Council and Commission statements
[2024/2545(RSP)]

11:00 – 12:30   KEY DEBATE

This is Europe – Debate with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis
[2024/2524(RSP)]

12:30 – 13:30   VOTES

Empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link
Report:  Petar Vitanov (A9-0018/2024)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link
[COM(2023)0328 – C9-0205/2023 – 2023/0192(COD)]
Committee on Transport and Tourism

Conclusion of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Angola
Recommendation:  Joachim Schuster (A9-0005/2024)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Angola
[COM(2023)031310942/2023 –  C9-0459/2023 – 2023/0181(NLE)]
Committee on International Trade

Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITSD)
Report:  Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (A9-0020/2023)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds
[COM(2021)0721 – C9-0439/2021 – 2021/0376(COD)]
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Instant payments in euro
Report:  Michiel Hoogeveen (A9-0230/2023)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 260/2012 and (EU) 2021/1230 as regards instant credit transfers in euro
[COM(2022)0546 – C9-0362/2022 – 2022/0341(COD)]
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates
Report:  Nikolaj Villumsen (A9-0263/2023)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates
[COM(2023)0071 – C9-0022/2023 – 2023/0033(COD)]
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
Report:  Jessica Polfjärd (A9-0014/2024)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625
[COM(2023)0411 – C9-0238/2023 – 2023/0226(COD)]
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Norway’s recent decision to advance seabed mining in the Arctic
Motions for resolutions
[2024/2520(RSP)]
B9-0095/2024
Debate: Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Motions for resolutions
[2024/2502(RSP)]
Debate: Wednesday, 17 January 2024

13:30 – 22:00   Debates (or at the end of the votes)

Topical debate (Rule 162) – The fight against hate speech and disinformation: responsibility of social platforms within the Digital Services Act

Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred
Council and Commission statements
[2024/2556(RSP)]

Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”)
Report:  Paulo Rangel (A9-0200/2023)
Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council
[COM(2021)0784 – C9-0455/2021 – 2021/0410(COD)]
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Oral questions – [2023/2973(RSP)]

Robert Biedroń (O-000056/2023 – B9-0005/24)
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Council
The EU’s priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Robert Biedroń (O-000057/2023 – B9-0006/24)
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Commission
The EU’s priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025
Report:  José Gusmão
[2023/2082(INI)]
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144)

New wave of mass arrests in Belarus of opposition activists and their family members
[2024/2550(RSP)]

Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
[2024/2551(RSP)]

Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
[2024/2552(RSP)] 

Explanations of votes

PRESIDENT’S AGENDA

European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg

Visit of the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis to the European Parliament

10:30 President Metsola greets President Iohannis

10:35 President Metsola and President Iohannis have a bilateral meeting

10:50 President Metsola and Presidentt Iohannis speak to the press

11:00 President Iohannis addresses the European Parliament

PRESS CONFERENCES

11:30 – 12:00

MEPs cross-party initiative on peace for the Middle East

Strasbourg, Louise Weiss, N-1/201

Jordi SOLÉ (Greens/EFA, ES), Bernard GUETTA (Renew,FR), Soraya RODRíGUEZ RAMOS (Renew, ES) and Maria ARENA (S&D,BE)

14:30 – 15:00

Defending the Right to Life of People on the Move

Strasbourg, Louise Weiss, N-1/201

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO (The Left, ES) and Cornelia ERNST (The Left, DE)