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Thank you, the session adjourned on 9 July is reopened.

The minutes and the text adopted of the sitting of that date are available. Are there any comments? No, therefore, the minutes are approved.

It has now been 4 months since the Council unanimously adopted our proposal to amend.

The EU Electoral Act to make sure that no Member of this House loses her right to vote just because she is pregnant or a new mother.

The ball is now in Member States and their national parliaments' courts to ratify the changes.

So far, I'm happy to announce that Denmark, Bulgaria,

Luxembourg and Greece have all completed this process, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Sweden.

Have also confirmed that they are taking the final steps towards ratification.

We thank them for their action and we call on all other Member States and national parliaments to ratify this revision as swiftly as possible, and can I please ask you,

dear colleagues, to keep up the pressure at home so that elected representatives are no longer forced to choose between having a family and fulfilling their mandate.

Now following the resignations of Sebastian Valentin and Pál Szekeres and on the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs,

Parliament takes note of the vacancies of their seats from 13 and 14 September 2026 respectively in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and will inform the national authorities concerned thereof.

Parliament verifies the credentials of Norbert Herrhammer with effect from 11 June 2026 and of Ufuk Kaha with effect from 30 June 2026. Welcome, dear colleagues.

The competent authorities of Greece have addressed a request to me for the parliamentary immunity of Nicholas Papadopoulos to be waived,

and the competent authorities of Spain have addressed a request to me for the parliamentary immunity of our visa Perez to be waived.

These requests are referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.

The EPP, SD, PFE and ECR Groups have notified me of decisions relating to changes to appointments within committees and delegations.

These decisions will be set out in the minutes of today's sitting and take effect on the date of this announcement.

The ECON, JURI, AGRI,

and ITREA committees have decided to enter interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 72 paragraph 1 of our rules.

The reports which constitute the mandates for the negotiations are available on the plenary webpage, and the titles will be published in the minutes of the sitting.

Pursuant to Rule 72, members of political groups reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing by tomorrow,

Tuesday, 15 September at midnight, that the decisions be put to the vote.

If no request for a vote in Parliament is made within the deadline. The committees may start negotiations.

The LIBE and IMCO committees have transmitted three core agendas to a text adopted by Parliament pursuant to Rule 2514.

These coregendas will be deemed approved unless no later than 24 hours after its announcement a request is made by a political group or members reaching at least a low threshold that it be put to the vote.

The core agendas are available on the plenary webpage and their titles will be published in the minutes of the sitting.

I would also like to inform you that since the adjournment of Parliament's session on 9 July I have signed together with the President of the Council three acts under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 81 empowering Austria to amend its bilateral road transport with Switzerland,

exceptional temporary support under the AFRD.

The use of technologies by providers of independent interpersonal communication services.

I would also like to inform you that on Wednesday, I shall sign, together with the President of the Council,

two acts under the ordinary legislative procedure the common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights,

and the Union Customs Code and the European Union customs Authority.

We now come to the order of business.

The final draft agenda as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 9 September pursuant to Rule 163 has been distributed.

This is a big week for us and for Europe.

On Wednesday at 9 o'clock, President von der Leyen will debate with us in the State of the European Union session.

Then, on Thursday at 11:3030300, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney,

will speak to us in a formal address in this Chamber.

These are important moments for our Union, and I truly count on your presence. The last few points.

Last week, the Conference of Presidents decided to maintain the following key measures to ensure our plenary sessions are made more accessible,

effective and allow for better organization of Members' work. We will have fixed. The start and end timings for debates.

This will require everyone to continue to respect allocated speaking time.

This applies to us and to other institutions.

Plenary sittings will have a fixed ending time at 8 o'clock to allow for further meetings and parliamentary work.

Any items added at the opening of the part session will be scheduled during an extended slot held from 8 to 9.

The Council and the Commission will continue to be able to intervene spontaneously during debates.

On Tuesday at 3 o'clock, a debate with the Commission will be scheduled,

with the presentation of a proposal adopted in the College meeting on the same day, or at Question Time with the Commission.

Blue cards and catch the eye will be allowed with more flexibility.

These changes will mean that the special format for key debates with randomized speakers' lists will no longer be needed and therefore be discontinued,

and rules on personal statements will continue to be enforced.

So let me take this opportunity to remind you that tomorrow and on Wednesday, debates will start immediately after the votes,

and once again I thank you for your cooperation and for your efforts.

It is your contribution that made this initiative a success.

I would like to inform you that I have received a request for an urgent procedure from the Committee pursuant to Rule 1705 on revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026 to 2030.

The vote on this request will be taken tomorrow and if adopted, the vote will be held at a future part session.

With the agreement of the political groups, I wish to put to the House the following proposal for a change to define the draft agenda.

On Wednesday after the vote, the following item will be added to the votes.

Objection pursuant to Rule 11.523 and 4 maximum residue levels for fluy radifuron.

The deadlines are amendments today at 7, splits and separates tomorrow at 4.

We now move to changes requested by political groups for today.

The Greens Group has requested that a Commission statement on the brutal government crackdown on the LGBTIQ community in Turkey be added as the last item before the one minute speeches,

so as a consequence, the sitting would be extended to 9 p.m. I have also received an alternative title from the SD Group.

I understand that a compromise was reached, but I need you to confirm between the two groups on the following title.

Government crackdown on the LGBTIQ community in Turkey.

Turkey's compliance with its international commitments on non discrimination.

I give the floor to Terra Reineke to move the request.

Colleagues, my family in Turkey is not safe.

Over the weekend, we have seen unprecedented attacks on the LGBTI community in Turkey, a wave of arrests,

we are now speaking about more than 160 activists, raids in homes,

in clubs and in offices of civil society organizations.

That is completely unacceptable, and this Parliament has to take a clear stance against this new authoritarian. Wave in Turkey.

If we do not speak up now, colleagues, this will continue and the LGBTI community in Turkey will be further targeted.

We owe it to them, to my chosen family and to our friends in Turkey that we speak up, and that is why we are proposing a debate with the proposed title,

but we are also very happy with the compromise that has been found, so please let us add this item to the agenda tonight. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much, Ms Reineke, so let's put this request to a vote by show of hands. Who is in favor?

Who is against, who abstains, OK, approved, and therefore the sitting is extended to 9.

Also for today, the Left Group has requested that Council and Commission statements on the ECB's decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living be added as the last item today before the 1 minute speeches,

so I give the floor to Mr.

Jorge Oliveira to move the request on behalf of the Left Group. Thank you.

Thank you, the ECB has decided to maintain or even raise interest rates, which will have serious impacts. The European Parliament cannot ignore this.

The real root causes of inflation are not being dealt with. This is A double penalizing of workers. Their costs will go up.

SMEs will find it difficult to access financing, and at the same time this will help the banking and financial sector,

which will continue to pile in more profits. To deal with the inflationary. Of affairs.

We need to look at what's happening in Iran, stabilize the situation in the Middle East,

which is leading to an increase in prices which is affecting supply and value chains.

We need to deal with the cost of living crisis which is affecting people. They can't afford staples or fuel. Now on top of this housing. Prices are going to go up. We need to regulate prices.

We need to get a grip on the housing sector,

and we need to look at the windfall profits that many companies are making so that there isn't a further gap between the rich and the poor. Do you want to speak against this? No.

Therefore, I put the request to the vote by roll call. The vote is open. Vote is closed.

OK, it's rejected and therefore the agenda remains unchanged.

The agenda is adopted, the Order of Business is thus established.

I'll go to the points of order the next.

Just before that, I have received from the Council its position at first reading,

establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union customs Authority.

I have also received the reasons which led to its adoption and the Commission's position, and the full title will be published in the minutes of today's sitting.

The three month period available to Parliament to adopt its position begins tomorrow, 15 September.

So I'll give the floor first to Mr. Martorell. Thank Thank you, I will be brief.

You remembered an incredible Italian woman, Emma Bonino, who passed on 11 September.

On that same day, another Italian died,

and we are all very proud of this Italian citizen.

I am not looking for a minute of silence. If this person.

Were to see us, he would say, What are you doing? Go work. Raffaele Fitto was a marvelous politician. He was Minister for Transport.

He was a colleague of this Parliament,

and with these two deaths on 11 September, Italy has lost two.

Special people, we're very proud of having had them as representatives of our country. Thank you, Mr. Martello. We endorse those words of condolences.

Thank you, this week in this House,

we shall be talking about press freedom in Hong Kong.

But the Home Affairs ministry of a country,

namely Spain has actually drawn up a paper with classification according to ideologies, etc.

And I wanted to point this out to you.

I think it's important to flag this because we're talking about privileged information.

I have On 9 September,

alerted the EU authorities to these illegal actions on the part of the government vis a vis some members of the opposition of my country.

In this chamber, we believe in the freedom of the media and we have adopted text to that effect to avoid this kind of situation.

We're looking at Hong Kong but we're ignoring what is happening in one of our very own member states.

Thank you, just a few days ago close to Florence, my city,

a woman of 45, Lorena, was killed brutally by her former partner who. Of a motorway viaduct. This is number 34 murder.

Over 80% of women who are murdered are murdered by their companions and by their partners.

There are only about 9 member states who have consistent data on this phenomenon. The others do not.

There is a piece of legislation of 2024 which should be implemented and We must remember that there was a vast majority in this House in favor of this.

There are some people, such as the Group of Sovereign Nations and Roberto Verganti,

who believe that the phenomenon of femicide does not really exist at all.

To bring us back to the old fashioned concept of the crime of honor,

we must show our respect for the thousands of women who are looking for respect and understanding from the institutions. Alexander Julius. I.

Thank you, Article 101 of the Rules of Procedure.

In line with Mr This fact, Daniel Freund.

Has said that there should be freezing of EU funds if the AFD wins the elections in Saxony-Anhalt.

He said that there could be a change of government.

He says that he's doing this and this is a This is meddling in a democratic process.

These funds, EU funds are used for schools, creches, and Mr.

Freund should know this as a member of the Budgetary Committee.

Does he want to make life worse for children and for pupils. He doesn't like an elected government. He is trying to influence elections. That is shabby. That is terrible.

This is coercion by the Greens and the people of Saxony-Anhalt will not allow themselves to have this put on them directly. He has a right to respond. So Mr. Freund, you have the.

Thank you,

I was not aware of the fact that we could make points of order with reference to the rules just because we do not like the opinion of another colleague.

I did not know that this was the forum for that, but since we are on this point, I wanted to remind you of the fact that there is clear EU legislation.

Look also at our own rules of procedure that we have to respect EU legislation, we have to abide by EU values.

And if you do not do that, then there is the possibility of losing funding.

It's nothing to do with elections or anything like that.

But if in electoral program, you actually say you're going To breach EU legislation not just once,

not just twice, but systematically, then obviously consequences have to follow. Look at what happened with Mr. Orbán, Mr. Kaczynski.

I think that they have already experienced this kind of phenomenon and therefore,

I wanted to make this point in this debate regarding creches and kindergartens.

You know we are aware of violence being perpetrated in this area.

I think it's important to raise that in our point of order. Mr. Article 167 of the Rules of Procedure. Ukraine is becoming a place of chaos.

The prosecutor general of the country has been accused of corruption.

There has been an exchange of fire between different security forces, and now Mr.

Zelensky's former press secretary has been sanctioned because of her views of NATO.

She wants to have freedom because she is against forced recruitment of soldiers,

and she has always been against the Russian invasion.

Of course Olof this is happening in Ukraine.

Ukraine is becoming a mafia state in my view.

Thus, the European Parliament cannot just keep allowing millions to flow to Ukraine. We must take action.

Thank you, this point of order is according to Rule 40.

Since 2021, 37,000 tons of PFAS-contained hazardous waste was illegally imported from Slovenia, Italy,

and Germany and disposed of in Croatia in the city of Gozp,

the birthplace of Nicolas de la, the genius inventor of modern electricity.

Gosp Chadlika County is one of the most beautiful natural preserved parts of Croatia, proud of their clean water and healthy food.

Yet the weak government, weak state inspections,

the regulation of national rules and corruption enable this pan European criminal ecocides in the Schengen area.

I call on us all to show solidarity with the citizens of Gozp.

I call immediately to stop toxic waste exports to Croatia and to help with urgent waste clean up processes.

We shall not allow Croatia or any Member State to become an EU toxic waste landfill. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Jonas.

Thank you, 3 weeks ago my colleague Henna Eddin and I were due to travel on a parliamentary mission to the Israeli occupied West Bank and to East Jerusalem.

We were scheduled to meet with Save the Children and the EU mission,

visit refugee camps and meet with Palestinian as well as Israeli human rights organizations.

Although we had obtained authorization to enter Israel, we were denied entry.

The Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa'ar,

justified the decision on the grounds that we have criticized Israel's extensive abuses and genocide against Palestinians.

I would first like to thank you and your cabinet for the swift and firm support you provided when Israel took this unacceptable decision.

However, I would also like you, as President,

to consider what further measures this Parliament should take in response to Israel systematically preventing parliamentarians from entering the occupied Palestinian territories. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Next, I give the floor to Mr. Sebastian Kurpas.

Thank you, under Rule 40, like every Strasbourg session, you keep coming up with with new ways to make our debates more engaging,

but here's a better idea get rid of the ridiculous rule that lets Members refuse a blue card question. It's unbelievable.

The left side of this Chamber acts like an applause machine. They clap on cue.

They cheer each other on like a squad of North Korean cheerleaders, but the moment someone asks them to defend what they have just said,

then they hide behind a procedural rule and refuse to answer questions.

In any Parliament worthy of the name, you don't get to dodge accountability.

So as long as that absurd rule remains, please stop trying to reinvent our debate, because you have to fix what is broken first. Thank you very much.

On that note, we stop the points of order, thank you very much. We will start with the debate.

The next item on the agenda is the joint debate concerning emissions trading,

a report by Mr Shahid, GAB and border adjustment mechanism, the report by Mr.

Canfin establishing the Temporary decarbonisation Fund, and the report by Mr Maran,

market stability reserve for the EU ETS, seizing the invalidation of allowances. Have a good afternoon.