EP Plenary - Election of the President of the Commission - Ursula VON DER LEYEN is elected President of the EC

Election of the President of the Commission - Statement by the Newly Elected President of the Commission

Ushers arranging the Plenary Chamber for the votes

Plenary session Election of the President of the Commission

Election of the President of the Commission: vote

EP Plenary - Election of the President of the Commission: vote

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote the composition of the European Parliament. The European Parliament should shrink from 751 to 705 MEPs when the UK leaves the EU and a number of MEPs should be elected through “transnational” electoral lists comprising the entire territory of the Union. The results are: 400 in favour, 183 against and 96 abstentions.

The Composition of the European Parliament: extracts from the vote

During the plenary session of February the EP voted on the decision on the early termination of the office of a EP Vice-President, on the composition of the EP in the perspective of the European elections, on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the EP and the EC, on the protection and non-discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States and on a resolution zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation.

EP Plenary session - Votes

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote the early termination of the office of Ryszard CZARNECKI, EP Vice-President. The results are: 447 in favour, 196 against and 30 abstentions.

Early termination of the office of a Vice-President of the European Parliament (Ryszard Czarnecki): extracts from the vote

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate (05/02) and vote a law to strengthen greenhouse gas emission curbs via the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), so as to begin delivering on Paris climate accord pledges. To promote low-carbon innovation, the law would also establish a “modernisation fund” and an “innovation fund” to support renewable energy, carbon capture and storage and low-carbon innovation projects. Statements by Julie GIRLING (ECR, UK), Rapporteur, and Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action and Energy. The results from the vote are: 535 in favour, 104 against and 39 abstentions. Illustrative shots

Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments: extracts from the vote, extracts from the debate (05/02) and illustrative shots

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote the mandate of a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides. The special committee was set up in response to concerns about the risk assessment of the herbicide glyphosate. EU member states renewed glyphosate’s marketing licence for five years in November last year. Illustrative shots

Setting up a special committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides: extracts from the vote and illustrative shots

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote new rules to better cross-border access for online buyers to products, hotel bookings, car rentals or concert tickets. Traders will have to treat online shoppers from another EU country in the same way as local customers, i.e. grant them access to the same prices or sales conditions. Statements by Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP, PL), Rapporteur. The results from the vote are: 557 in favour, 89 against and 33 abstentions. Illustrative shots

Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment: extracts from the vote, statement by Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP, PL), rapporteur and illustrative shots

Votes during the plenary session on the request for waiver of the immunity of Steeve Briois, on EU-Brazil Agreement, on the setting up a special committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, on the reform of geo-blocking, on the Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 and on clean energy.

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: statement by Claude MORAES (S&D,UK), rapporteur and illustrative shots of the vote in a meeting of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: statement by Claude MORAES (S&D,UK), rapporteur and illustrative shots of the vote

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: extracts from the vote in a meeting of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: extracts from the vote

During the meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) in the EP in Brussels, MEPs vote proposals to better protect bee health, intensify the fight against honey counterfeiting, increase support for EU beekeepers and promote the benefits of honey consumption in the EU. Statement by Norbert ERDOS (EPP, HU), rapporteur.

Vote on the Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector: extracts from the vote and statement by Norbert ERDOS (EPP, HU), rapporteur

During the meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) in the EP in Brussels, MEPs vote on a new distribution of Parliament's seats for the 2019 -2024 legislative term. MEPs also vote on whether or not to set up transnational electoral lists comprising the entire territory of the European Union. Statements by Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) and Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&D, PT)

Composition of the European Parliament: extracts from the vote and statements by Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) and Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&D, PT)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate and vote the report Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL) on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction. Statements by Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL), rapporteur, Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, and Miriam DALLI (S&D, MT). The results are: 562 in favour, 16 against and 43 abstentions.

Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction: extracts from the debate (17/01) and vote on the report Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate (16/01) and vote an extension of EU export controls on cyber-surveillance tools, such as devices to intercept mobile phones, hack into computers, circumvent passwords or identify internet users, possibly used for human rights violations, in order to prevent authoritarian regimes from spying on their own citizens. Statements by Klaus BUCHNER (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, and Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL) and Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE). The results are: 571 in favour, 29 against and 29 abstentions. Illustrative shots: computers, servers, smart phone users, inscripted code, users, computer hackers.

Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items: extracts from the debate (16/01) and from the vote on the report Klaus BUCHNER (Greens/EFA, DE)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote common EU rules on how, where and when one can fish in the EU. The new law would provide for common measures on fishing gear and methods and allowed species for all EU waters. It would also add some bite to Commission proposals to allow innovative methods, such as electric trawl pulse fishing (used to drive fish up out of the seabed and into the net), to be used across the EU. Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES), EP Vice-President, opens the vote. The results are: 399 votes in favour, 189 against and 86 abstentions. The proposal is sent back to the Committee for inter-institutional negotiations.

Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures: extracts from the vote on the report Gabriel MATO (EPP, ES)

During the meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in Brussels, MEPs vote on new rules to better equip EU countries to freeze and confiscate criminal assets across the EU. Part of a package aimed at strengthening the fight against financing terrorism and organised crime, the draft legislation would also allow national authorities to temporarily freeze assets that are at risk of suddenly being moved, if no action is taken. Nathalie GRIESBECK (ALDE, FR), Rapporteur, expresses herself.

Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders: extracts from the vote and statement by Nathalie GRIESBECK (ALDE, FR), Rapporteur

During the meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) in the EP in Brussels, MEPs voted and rejected the objection to a proposal by the European Commission's setting new limits for the use of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) in varnishes and coatings that come into contact with food. The objection by some MEPs was intended to push the Commission to work towards a total ban of this molecule in materials coming into contact with food. In 2016, European Parliament asked for a ban on BPA in all materials which come into contact with food. Martin HÄUSLING (Greens/EFA,DE) and Frédérique RIES (ALDE, BE), co-rapporteurs, expresss themselves. Also Christel Schaldemose (S&D, DK) rapporteur on this matter in 2016.

Use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food: extracts from the debate and vote and statement by Martin HÄUSLING (Greens/EFA,DE), rapporteur

During the EP plenary session (11-15 December 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on recommendations to stamp out practices enabling tax evasion and optimisation, as exposed by the “Panama Papers”. Wrapping up 18 months’ work, the PANA committee calls for better regulation of financial intermediaries, better protection of whistle-blowers and a single definition of tax havens. Statement by Jeppe KOFOD (S&D, DK), Co-rapporteur. The results are: 492 in favour, 50 against, 136 abstentions. Ilustrative shots of newspaper headines, woman reading news papers.

Final report of PANA Committee: extracts from the vote and illustrative shots

During the EP plenary session (11-14 December 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote after a debate on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom.

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