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Yeah. Morning all.

Welcome to this briefing for a return to work after the summer. I hope you enjoyed your summer.

So this is the first plenary session of this autumn.

It's an important session, 14th to 17th of September.

It's a milestone in the year because we will have the debate on the State of the Union.

This debate will take place on Wednesday from 9 o'clock in the hemicycle.

Roberta Metsola will do a drop step just before the debate at 8:15,

just outside the plenary, so perhaps you can pencil it in your diaries.

So the debate on the State of the Union will be the opportunity for the president of the Commission to present.

The work that has been carried out, but also she will take stock of the various projects to come in the light of the work,

working program of the Commission for 2027.

The first exchange of view already took place during the COP conference of Presidents on Thursday,

and the presidents of the groups were able to expressed their various priorities.

They were able to share them with the President von der Leyen.

We talked about the heat waves and their impact this summer, the strengthening in terms of security of defense and defense,

and also Ukraine, of course, was a major priority, and this will be. In Mrs.

Von der Leyen's speech on Wednesday morning, also debate on competitiveness with the efforts towards more simplification,

the One Europe One Market agenda, the issues of energy independence, AI also will be discussed.

During this speech on the State of the Union and following the conclusions of the special panel on online safety for kids,

for children, the protection of those youngsters on networks will obviously will be discussed and also migration.

And the need for European response to migration towards Europe.

This will be debated and various groups have said what their wishes were,

what their priorities were in terms of what should be on the agenda on Wednesday.

And of course I'll let the spokespeople for the various political groups tell you more about their priorities.

Of course members will have an opportunity to give their impression on their opinion on the working program of the Commission. This is a milestone.

It's essential for the scrutiny role of the European Parliament when it comes to the European executive. Also, the President, Mrs.

Metsola invited Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister.

He will talk to,

he will address the plenary on Thursday morning and of course he is honored guest of honor on Wednesday morning during the debate on the State of the Union.

And during this debate between the EU and Canada,

please refer to the resolution adopted in March 26th if you want to have the latest position of the European Parliament on this.

Issue talked about the doorstep, that doorstep press encounter just before the plenary on Tuesday, but there will also be a press seminar that will be organized with various reporters,

various committee chairmen and chairwomen in order to discuss our expectations vis a vis the Commission. This will be on.

Tuesday 2:30, so please do write this down into your diaries.

So chapter closed, and now I open a new chapter, an important one for this session.

On the agenda with a debate on Tuesday afternoon on defense readiness. It's part of the 5th omnibus.

Three pieces of legislation are designed to accelerate defense investment,

improve EU responsiveness, and they will be voted on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, just before this debate on defense,

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas Kallas will join the members to debate the escalation of Russia's hybrid attacks against member states and how to protect the EU's territorial integrity and critical security and defense infrastructure.

It's a resolution that has been prepared by the Committee calling for greater EU efforts to combat hybrid warfare that will be put to vote on Wednesday after this debate.

Again, touching on the theme of hybrid attacks, on Tuesday at 1,

Members will discuss the recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta.

The debate with the Irish Presidency and the Commission will focus on the humanitarian and security situation in Ceuta following the large scale arrival of migrants in July.

Its resolution has also been decided and will be put to a vote on Thursday.

Staying on the subject of threats and focusing more on the protection of all democracies more directly, on Tuesday morning,

members will debate and vote on the recommendation of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield.

The committee proposes measures to strengthen Union resilience in the face of foreign interference,

other similar threats,

and of course in an increasingly increasingly hostile global environment.

On this topic, I also invite you to note that President Metsola will join the rapporteur,

Tobi Estoe, and the Chair of the Special Committee, Mrs.

Loiseau, for a press conference following the votes, and it will be on Tuesday at 1:30.

Another topic that is related to these issues of hybrid threats,

this will take place on Thursday.

On Thursday, members will vote a report inviting platforms and social networks to ban addictive practices,

or certainly the most harmful one for the younger.

Citizens, and this will also be discussed during the debate following the speech on the State of the Union.

This debate will take place on Thursday, and the press conference with Sandro, rapporteur will take place on Tuesday at 3:00,

3 p.m. Other important issue that will be on the Agenda following a particularly devastating summer.

Members will debate at 9 o'clock on Tuesday with the Council and the Commission the actions that the European Union could put in place in order to prevent extreme climate or weather events in order to be able to react.

700,000 hectares burned at the end of August in the European Union.

Major rivers reached levels that were alarming and particularly severe drought that took place.

The civil protection mechanism was deployed on various occasions,

which shows that the European Union is able to face these challenges, and a debate will take place.

Looking just beyond our borders, the support to Ukraine will also be present on the agenda on Wednesday afternoon.

Ukraine is heading towards another harsh winter of Russian attack against cities and critical infrastructures, and it is also chronically short of vital air defense,

so there will be a debate on Wednesday afternoon where members are expected to call for greater support for Kiev.

So again, an important topic on the agenda on foreign affairs.

Still Tuesday end of the afternoon, members will be joined by EU foreign policy chief Mrs.

Kallas for a debate and on the latest flare up in violence across the Middle East.

So discussion is likely to focus on the latest developments in the war between the US and Iran,

also with the question of oil prices at the highest level. Since July.

I'll finish with an announcement maybe already for your agenda again that Parliament's press service is organizing a media reception.

On the occasion of the State of the European Union debate and the entree, I would say the back to school.

So it's a reception that will begin at 7 in the Roton space in the Churchill Building.

You have all the information also with our colleagues and in our press newsletter,

but it's, President Metsola will also be attending. So of course you're cordially invited.

It will be just ahead of the debate on the State of the Union.

And I will move to the group spokespeople, and I think we have, we welcome Pedro for EPP.

Pedro, we hope you had a good summer. Hello and good morning to Olof you.

I'd like to express my condolences to Italy, Emma Bonino, former member. Died this morning.

She was a member of Parliament, also a European Commissioner, and I knew her personally, so my condolences to Italy.

Now regarding the session, I'm not sure what to say.

The debate on the state of the union. I already have a reply.

If you see all the things that happened during The summer, the state of the union is a parlous state. It's terrible.

We should call it because it's on the parlous state of the union.

This is what we'll be talking the invasion of Ceuta, the drought, the heat waves.

And cherry on the cake, the increase of interest rates by the central banks.

So what am I supposed to say here?

I hope that the political groups on Wednesday will not attack each other because apparently this is what they like to do,

to fight amongst themselves.

Well, I hope we'll all be able to listen to the solutions that are proposed and that we will react to this.

Altogether this is what's in store for me certainly for the debate on Wednesday.

Now Manfred Weber will not attend the briefing on Tuesday at 9:30 because he's got other commitments,

but he will be there to answer, will be there to answer your questions.

So if you have other questions, don't hesitate to ask me your questions.

Thanks a lot, Delphine, and welcome to Olof you, and I hope you all had a good summer break.

As summer ends, we are assured that everything is returning to business as usual.

But this time, business as usual comes at a devastating cost.

The toll of Europe's inaction is no longer economic,

it is measurable in human lives lost. Over 35,000 excess deaths this summer. Prove a stark truth.

Climate change kills, and climate inaction is just as lethal.

Europe must urgently fund climate adaptation and accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels.

We cannot allow simplification to dismantle the protections that save human lives.

Europe also faces a real defining choice between nationalistic, authoritarian rule.

And a social democracy committed to human rights, solidarity and the rule of law.

Our priorities are on the table 6 flagships under one umbrella.

You might recall that we took this action before the summer on defining our flagships.

Under one umbrella, as I said,

a more resilient Europe in an unstable world and better living and working conditions for our citizens.

Our Europe protects people, fights climate change, defends international law and democracy,

and it grants social rights to all.

We will defend our sovereignty through Europe and with Europe.

Sovereignty without nationalism, security without giving up our values, prosperity without inequality,

growth without destroying our planet, strong borders without abandoning our humanity.

Few crises have laid bare the rift between Europe's values and its inactions as painfully as Gaza.

One year has passed since the Commission President proposed suspending the trade pillar of the EU Israel Association Agreement and sanctioning members of the Israeli Government.

One year later, EU countries have still failed to act.

The Council must act now suspend the Association Agreement, sanction those responsible,

establish an arms embargo, because impunity isn't a strategy, it's a surrender of justice. Ukraine deserves the same clarity.

Europe must put the use of frozen Russian assets back on the table.

President Putin, not European taxpayers, must pay for the destruction he has caused.

Defense rightly understood, yes, we must invest in defense,

because Europe's security can no longer be taken for granted. Common European defense, common procurement. A stronger European defense industry. European independence cannot mean weapons alone.

It must also mean energy independence, sticking to the goal of climate neutrality by 2050,

and no further backtracking on the Greer Deal,

economic independence, technological independence, social strength, said.

And of course, a strong EU budget to fund all these needed priorities.

What we need, and this will be our message for the OTO next week,

is an EU Commission with the courage to strengthen Europe's sovereignty and protect its people.

This State of the Union debate cannot just outline further promises,

it must deliver tangible solutions that improve people's lives every day.

Next week, alongside the CEO, you mentioned several of them,

Delphine, several key discussions and votes will take place.

I will just highlight a few from our side, of course heatwaves,

the Youth Guarantee and the EU Youth Strategy.

Public Procurement Act, hybrid attacks against EU Member States, and you mentioned it also,

the report on the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield,

which all give us the opportunity to reiterate our priorities again.

Finally, we are looking forward to welcoming the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, to the plenary next week.

Canada is standing up to Trump's bullying and defending its people. That's our fight too.

Our group has long called for stronger cooperation,

strengthening the EU's partnerships and reinforcing the rules based international order.

You can also find, as you know,

we communicated on that on our priorities on Sochio in a letter we published in July and in a key speech which is also of our president from this week,

which is also on our website.

So if you have questions on that, please come back to me.

And last but not least,

we are pleased to invite you to our leaders group press conference on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.

Mercia Alonzole patriot. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back.

Next week in Strasbourg, Patriots for Europe has two priorities the State of the Union and CETA.

On the State of the Union, we already know what is coming more centralization,

more Greer Deal, a lot of deep concern.

This Commission is always deeply concerned, concerned about everything responsible for nothing.

But Europeans are not asking for concern, they are asking for results.

They want security, they want safe borders, they want a Europe that competes and wins. And Europe can do it.

We were the first, we were the best, and we can be the best again.

But not with this leadership, a leadership that spends its days putting out fires,

creating new problems and wasting its energy fighting patriots instead of fixing the problems it created.

Now we all have seen Ceuta situation, a total disaster,

6 weeks after tens of thousands crossed the border. The Spanish city is still in chaos.

Sexual assaults, robberies, attacks on police, on soldiers, children going back to school under military protection,

women who no longer dare to go out alone, it's a total mess.

A few days ago, President von der Leyen flew to Greenland to defend its sovereignty.

Greenland is not even part of the European Union, so the question is simple. Thank you, when are you coming to Ceuta?

A word on Iceland weeks ago,

Icelanders voted against even restarting talks with the European Union. That should concern Brussels deeply.

Not the electoral results in a small region in Germany.

Next week, this Parliament votes on the democracy Shield. We will follow it closely.

If anyone can tell us what it actually means.

Security, borders, competitiveness, that is what Europeans want,

that is what the patriots will defend next week in Strasbourg. Thank you very much. Thank you, Alonso. Miguel for I. Thank you Delphine and good morning everyone.

It's very good to see you all again after summer.

Today marks 25 years since the attacks of 11 September 2001.

A day that changed how we see the world.

And the ECR will never forget the victims. But the ECR will Also not forget.

That the fight against terrorism Has since become a permanent challenge and one we in Europe must never lose sight of. Turning to next week's plenary session.

There is certainly no shortage of things to talk about.

First, of course, we are very much looking forward to the State of the Union debate because we think. Europe needs a serious reality check.

There's a growing sense among Europeans that life is becoming less affordable,

less secure and less prosperous, and we have to reverse this trend.

Instead of asking what more Brussels can regulate,

we should ask what actually makes our countries, our economies and our citizens stronger.

For us, that starts with bringing energy costs down. And using all reliable energy sources.

We have to really cut regulation and bureaucracy.

Secure the raw materials we need and by doing so keep industry and investment in Europe.

We also need much firmer control of our external borders, as well as effective return mechanisms for illegal migrants,

including facilities outside the EU and not to forget.

Internationally, Europe should build strong partnerships around shared interests and mutual respect without lecturing our partners.

However, what European citizens need to see above all is more opportunity again. In the debate on the heat waves.

We will underline that Europe cannot solve climate change by rushing ahead alone.

Deindustrializing itself and placing ever greater burdens on businesses and citizens.

Realistically, we also have to adapt to the situation and make sure our societies can cope better with it.

Member States which know their specific situations best must remain at the center of these efforts,

with the EU playing a supporting role where it can help.

On the European Democracy Shield, we recognize the very real threat from foreign interference, cyber attacks and sabotage,

but the proposal to turn the voluntary European Centre for Democratic Resilience into a permanent EU body with its own staff.

Budget monitoring functions and crisis response powers go too far.

There's just no clear treaty basis for this.

We think there is a risk of problematic EU involvement in electoral processes in Member States.

For us, protecting democracy is important, but it must not become a pretext for stretching the Treaties.

Fourthly, we are skeptical about the proposed extension of the scope of the carbon border adjustment mechanism.

We regret that the emergency safeguard allowing CBAM to be suspended in exceptional circumstances was removed from the text.

That kind of flexibility is essential when sectors such as agriculture are already under severe pressure from rising input costs.

Fifth, and this is of course another major highlight of the week,

we must not forget that the crisis in Ceuta is not over.

Thousands of illegal migrants are still estimated to be there, and in this situation, we must not leave Ceuta alone. Ceuta is Europe.

The events there show how the wrong migration policies can create pull factors and leave our external borders even more vulnerable.

We have to investigate what happened, draw the lessons, and make sure a crisis like this is never repeated.

So much for the plenary business, but I have a very special announcement too.

On Tuesday afternoon, the ECR Group will name its meeting room N 1.3 after the famous Polish King John III Sobieski,

who played a decisive role in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

The occasion will be marked by a procession of Polish hussars in historical uniforms in front of the vice entrance at 1:15.

A historic exhibition which will be open at 2 o'clock and a room naming ceremony at 2:300.

So if you are looking for something a bit different next week, this may be worth a visit.

There is much more, but for the full picture, I recommend our newsletter,

our ECR Group's co-chairman's press briefing will take place on Tuesday at 10:30, and we would be happy to see you there. For now, this is it.

Have a safe journey to Strasbourg, enjoy the weekend and see you there. Thank you.

Thank you, Michel, and also for the extend invitation. I think Linda for renew.

Good morning to Olof you, also to those of you who are following online.

Before I start with next week, I want to express the condolences of Liberals and Democrats to the family of Emma Bonino.

We mourn her passing as a former MEP in our group and a leading Italian liberal.

Moving on to next week, the first priority of Liberals and Democrats is on the State of the Union.

The Renew Europe Group met in Paris earlier this week, and our MEPs believe that President von der Leyen must present a credible credible and swift plan,

one that delivers real results for people's daily lives.

Europeans should be proud of what we have achieved together, and we have to ensure that they have the trust in our European future.

Thank you, Europe is a continent of opportunity,

and Liberals and Democrats are convinced that the key to our future is to stay united and act together.

At the State of the Union speech next week, citizens must hear a clear message and a credible plan on how to rapidly achieve more opportunity for businesses and citizens,

lower energy bills, greater security and affordable homes. The extremists offer an imagined past.

Liberals and Democrats offer a realistic plan for the future.

A Europe that protects its citizens, defends its values and creates new opportunities.

Dance to uncertainty is not retreat, it's a stronger, united Europe.

Our second priority for next week is on the EU-Canada relations.

The visit of the Liberal Prime Minister, Mark Carney is a chance to strengthen the EU-Canada relationship,

a partnership rooted in shared interests and ideas. To start, let's finalize CETA.

This trade deal boosts jobs, investment and growth, but we're still waiting for 10 Member States to ratify it. It's high time to do so.

In times when economic coercion and unfair tariffs are a rising threat,

we must also invest more in Canada.

Because they have the resources such as raw materials and clean energy that Europe and our businesses need. Finally, let's go further.

Renew Europe urges the Commission to explore a strategic association with Canada,

the deepest partnership the EU offers to a democratic country outside Europe. This is our moment. Let's seize it with ambition and unity.

Our last priority is on the need for Europe to once and for all, put an end to the hybrid attacks against our continent.

Europe is facing constant threats, be it drones over our airports,

attacks on our public services, or fake news circulating in our media.

Countries like Russia, China and Iran want to split us,

scare us and weaken our support for Ukraine.

Europe's response until now has been too slow and too divided. That needs to change.

Liberals and Democrats therefore call for a strong, united plan that includes better protection of our democracy,

clear rules and real consequences for those who attack us.

Next week is our chance to take action.

Because Europe must defend itself, and we must do so together.

Before I end, please note that the press conference with President Valérie Hayer takes place on Tuesday. There is a new time slot.

It starts at 11 o'clock in the morning.

You're all very welcome to attend it, and that's it from Renew Europe. Thank you so much for your attention. Thank you, Linda.

And now we welcome Pia for the Greens. Thank you and good morning, everyone.

Let me quickly outline our highlights for next week.

We all faced another summer of heat waves with again record breaking temperatures high in August, and that was not the first one, and it will also not be the last one, with fires and droughts caused more than estimated,

which I said it already, 35,000 excess heat related deaths, and 35,000, that's the number of inhabitants of a city,

of one of those many cities that we all know across Europe.

What is also sky rocketing is the costs of the heat wave for our economies, and they are still rising,

and this is not just happening, this is not a weather phenomenon or something that goes away.

This is climate change, and this is here to stay. This is the new normal.

To do something against it, this is a political choice to make, but this summer,

our political leaders kept stayed mainly silent, silent, sorry, so we didn't hear that much about this catastrophe.

So in a State of the Union speech,

we expect the Commission President to deliver a strong and a united response to the extreme heat waves and to spell out her climate action plan.

And if you want to know more about our demands, you will find them on our website in our heat wave action plan.

Terry Reintke, our president, will take the floor on Wednesday.

And we are very happy that we could also, find a majority for a debate on heat waves and also on the catastrophe in Nepal, and on heat waves, the debate will take place on Tuesday and we were a bit surprised that it was,

that there was notably the EPP who could not find a position, could not position themselves on, naming the word climate crisis and climate action in the title,

but be it as it may, it will be a debate on heat waves on Tuesday.

And please also, join Terry Reintke and others of our, of our MEPs in tomorrow's climate march in Amsterdam.

Another topic I want to briefly touch on is the European Democracy Shield, which is the Parliament's response to the hybrid warfare we are experiencing of authoritarian regimes to destabilize the EU,

and we are happy that there is a cross group calling for strong action to protect our democracies from these hybrid warfares,

from foreign interference, disinformation and hybrid threats such as, but not only, Russian interference in elections.

We are also happy that there's a clear language on, for example,

when it comes to foreign interference on former AFD MEP Maximilian Kra's assistant who has been spying on China.

And we very much welcome that there is a clear recognition in the text that Europe's dependency on big tech is at risk,

is a risk, a clear risk for democracy and security, whether the American president likes it or not.

I just want to briefly speaking about hybrid warfare and hybrid interference, say some words about CETA,

and what some of the right and particularly the far right talk about as the total chaos.

We should think about who created the situation and who benefits from this situation.

It's for those fear, anger, and trying to destabilize a whole continent is a business model,

and this is Putin and the like.

And speaking about elections in Saxony-Anhalt, which have been mentioned,

it's also important to keep in mind that the winner of these elections last Saturday was Putin and others who tried to destabilize our democracy in Europe.

Hard cut to where you will find other highlights for us, which is in the flash that you will receive around 120 today,

and happy to see you all on Tuesday in our presidential briefing with our president Terry Reintke starting at 9. Thank you. Thank you, Pia Cosma for the left. Thank you very much. Good morning everyone.

So what is the state of our Union?

To answer that today we go back to the foundations of democracy, to the Greeks, to Plato's Republic.

Let's look at the priorities of the left through the eyes of Plato, our appetites, our spirit, and our reason.

The first priority, our appetites, people's needs and desires.

Concerning the budget debate on Wednesday, the number one issue, one issue when you ask Europeans what is it, cost of living.

We have a housing crisis and a predatory market that makes food and heating unaffordable.

Unlike von der Leyen's office in the Bermont, people can't just turn off the heat on the lower floors.

The public procurement debate on Monday to achieve a Europe that delivers for workers,

we must use funds for a massive campaign of public investment.

We cannot keep missing the opportunity to tax the obscene wealth of billionaires.

No one is having their basic needs met because the budget spends so much of the money on big business and weapons dealers.

The left will propose a debate on the central bank's decision to raise the interest rates and that its impacts on the rising cost of living.

So the second priority, what do we fight for and protect? Our spirit.

So 7 years ago, Europe launched the Greer Deal to lead the charge against climate change.

Von der Leyen proudly called it our man on the moon moment.

It is similar with the moon landing in that some believe that it was never real in the first place.

But the Tuesday morning debate shows the state of the Greer Deal now.

It's a glaring lack of preparedness for climate change, while heat waves, droughts, and wildfires ravaged Europe all over the summer.

Then we have the defense omnibus debate on Tuesday afternoon where we're selling out environmental standards, we're selling out health standards,

and we're selling out labor standards so that we can build weapons faster to protect ourselves.

But if we don't have an environment, we don't have health, and we don't have workplace security, then what are we protecting?

The third and final priority is our reason what is right and just.

The Tuesday debate and the Thursday vote, we will watch migration be weaponized at the expense of lives at sea.

The far right wishes for a wall so, so high that it will block out the sun.

Creating a darker European fortress is not the answer to this question.

And von der Leyen has played the role of happy vassal to the United States on trade and international affairs.

We still haven't suspended the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

And so the Tuesday debate on the Middle East is when the left will demand to follow recent moves by many countries,

including Britain, France, and Canada, to sanction illegal settlements in the West Bank.

And I think von der Leyen is welcome to talk to Mark Carney when he's here on Thursday address if she needs tips on fighting back against the United States and sanctioning Israel.

So a Commission that supports a genocidal state watches our forests burn and lets their own people go hungry,

has no feeling, no spirit, no reason.

It has been a failure for working people, but there could be another way,

and I invite you to come and listen to the only democratic opposition in this Parliament with Manoni and Martin Schirdewan next Tuesday at 11:30. Thank you. Thank you, Tom. E. Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone.

Let me outline the priorities of the Group for the next plenary.

First and foremost,

I'd like to let you know that the members will take full part in the debate on the State of the Union.

They will take the floor and will always refer to Mrs. Von der Leyen's declaration.

They will do it by acting on budgets.

They will refuse for new resources to be committed in the field of defense.

They will recall that defense is an exclusive prerogative and competency of member states in terms of immigration.

They will also go against the president of the commission's declarations on.

Migration flows which we welcome and we will recall that the migration pact is just a minimum consensus and is not at all up to face the challenges which are considerable.

We will also take part in the debates on the heatwaves on Tuesday.

They will share their emotions facing the wildfires that took place in Europe,

but they will also refuse for this emotion to be instrumentalised in order to worsen and to sharpen.

And even more, all constraints linked to the Greer Deal, our members will also gladly take part in the debate proposed by the about the overtranslation of European rules into national laws,

but you cannot refuse a gold plating and also take part in the increase of legislative proposals that are made here in the European Parliament.

Wasn't particularly consistent,

but we have also refused to see the number of legislative proposals increase and new norms weigh on the shoulders of European citizens.

And finally, ladies and gentlemen, journalists, I'd like to mention the migration crisis in Ceuta.

This took place this summer and members will be discussing the situation and I'd like to welcome what happened here in the European Parliament in the LIBE Committee.

I'd like to welcome a vote that was made possible thanks to our members.

This is a parliamentary mission that will be sent to, and I welcome this.

We will be saying things, things that are not always pleasant to hear. The crisis is not an isolated event.

This is an organized,

plannified event which was an opportunity to instrumentalize and weaponize migration flow to destabilize.

One of the members of the union, is Spain. Spain is Europe. There is no doubt about it.

Thank you very much for your attention and of course during the 4 days of the plenary I will be available to answer your questions.

Have a safe trip to Strasbourg and see you next week.

Before taking questions,

I want to come to a practical element to highlight that the president and the political groups agreed on the new organizational features of the plenary session.

So after several tests in June and July, The new final arrangements agreed upon will apply as of the September part session, so you remember that the objectives clearly to enhance accessibility of debate,

offer more flexibility and opportunities to raise important issues in plenary, so a clear start and end time for each debate to ensure predictability is established,

so we know that it is also appreciated in your journalistic work.

Sittings will end at 8 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Additional possibilities for the Commission and the Council to intervene and react during debates is also part of these new elements,

and of course blue cards, catch the eye will continue to be encouraged.

I also underlined that the fixed scrutiny session, the Question Time with the Commission on Tuesday at 3 is of course maintained. It's time for question. I saw a question from Laura.

Hi, Laura Tarnoaforefe, I wanted to ask all the groups if they could share with us who the rapporteur on the CETA resolution is, is going to be and whether they have any red lines that are already known by the group on,

on how to face this negotiation, anything on the, the role of Morocco on this,

crisis and any recommendations for the Spanish government on how to face it. Thank you, but particularly the rapporteurs. And we do a round EPP. Well, the deadline to present the text.

Send a text to Laura, I think it's on Monday at 7, so I can tell you who will be our,

person responsible because right now I, I, I, I really don't know which MEP will take care of the negotiations.

I know they are already speaking at staff level, but, I will tell you on Monday. Thank you, Cindy. No PF. Yeah, our rapporteur will be Jorge Buxadé. I. Assita Kanko.

Renew the negotiations have just started and we will discuss it, discuss it in group next week.

We'll have to go back to you after that. Left no.

Sorry, here I'll go, just before, just before, SND, it's going to be Estrella Durá,

Laura, for us, SND and Laura, I will come back to you bilaterally. Greens. Same here.

To my knowledge, this is still, an, an internal thing, and we can get back when we know.

Linda, I did get a name now, Veronicaifrova Austrinova.

OK, and VJ, I'll share your information later. OK.

Now we have a 2nd question, Max, and then we will take Vincenzo. Hi, Marc Guerrero for Politico.

I wanted to ask two things, on CETA.

I want to repeat what my colleague asked, which is if the groups could also give us the red lines on this text,

especially regarding the mention of Morocco for EPP.

You in the podium said now that this was, you know, engineered by Morocco,

is that a direct mention you want in the text and that it's an absolute red line for EPP.

The same question is for SND, what do you think of that?

And then I guess also for EPP and SND it's also about CETA whether, I mean,

obviously this is quite a polarizing debate for SND and EVP given the Spanish politics of it.

So are you trying, are you committed to try to find a text, a compromise between the both of you,

or do you see a right-wing majority more likely in this case?

And last thing, sorry, on China, SND you abstained in the committee on the recommendation to China. It's voted next week.

I'm wondering what your position for the plenary will be,

will you also abstain or are you hoping to find some sort of compromise via amendments with the rest of the groups? And if so, what is it exactly?

What do you want to add in the text? Thank you.

And before taking EPP and SND just to clarify that the China text was adopted yesterday is not at the agenda this plenary. It's an October plenary.

So just to clarify, and maybe Pedro, you want to react.

I don't think the mention of Morocco will be a red line for us because what is the added value of of a resolution of the Parliament blaming Morocco when all the reports of the Spanish secret service,

the police, the Guardia Civil already blame Morocco.

So, OK, to put it in the, in the text or not, I don't think it will change anything.

Of course, we are going to work, with the other, groups to try to join the text because I think.

The text shouldn't focus on who was the blame, but what we need to do to avoid the, the situation, happens again and how we are gonna deal with the current situation in in Ceuta,

which is unlivable for the, for the people, of Ceuta and this should be the aim of the,

of the final text of the of the resolution.

And let's see if, the different political groups, are ready to play on that, tone or not. Uta, do you want to comment? Yes, thank you, Max.

On, on CETA, I think we made our position very clear, in various statements, throughout this week and on your concrete question,

for the report and everything, I'm of course happy to come back to you, bilaterally. That's it on COTA for this, time. OK, thank you. Was there was a question on China? Yes. Thank you, Max, again, same here.

China, I'm also happy to come back to you.

We are discussing this, Internally in our group, so I'm happy to brief you,

in more detail in a separate call or meeting. Thanks. Thank you. You have other questions in the room. I think Vincenzo was the next one. Good morning, Vincenzo Genovese from Euronews.

I was told that there could be on Monday a minute of silence for the victims of heat waves and climate disasters all across the world.

I would like to know if the groups will support it because I guess it has to be approved by the groups to be actually held in the plenary. Thank you.

Well, minutes of silence, yes, discussed possibly or can be requested by political groups, but you know that the announcements are prepared by the president of the institution for Monday,

and we can expect to mention, as along other important elements that happened over the summer,

including the passing of former President Hans.

So more information on that on Monday when we are closer to the start of the plenary if you don't mind. Any other questions in the room? Online It's like this.

So OK, I wish you a very good end of the week, and we see each other in Strasbourg.

Don't forget the different briefings we mentioned and of course you have all the elements from the different political groups and from our press services to prepare the session.

Thank you.