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Official Journal C 157 of the European Union Volume 64 English edition Information and Notices 30 April 2021 Contents IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Parliament 2019-2020 SESSION Sittings of 21 to 24 October 2019 2021/C 157/01 Minutes of the sitting of 21 October 2019 . 1 2021/C 157/02 Minutes of the sitting of 22 October 2019 . 39 2021/C 157/03 Minutes of the sitting of 23 October 2019 . 59 2021/C 157/04 Minutes of the sitting of 24 October 2019 . 183 EN Key to symbols used * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading ***II Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading ***III Ordinary legislative procedure: third reading (The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed in the draft act.) Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs DEVE Committee on Development INTA Committee on International Trade BUDG Committee on Budgets CONT Committee on Budgetary Control ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism REGI Committee on Regional Development AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH Committee on Fisheries CULT Committee on Culture and Education JURI Committee on Legal Affairs LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PETI Committee on Petitions DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights SEDE Subcommittee on Security and Defence Abbreviations used for Political Groups PPE Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) S&D Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Renew Renew Europe Group Verts/ALE Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance ID Identity and Democracy Group ECR European Conservatives and Reformists Group GUE/NGL Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left NI Non-attached Members EN 30.4.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 157/1 Monday 21 October 2019 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2019-2020 SESSION Sittings of 21 to 24 October 2019 STRASBOURG MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 OCTOBER 2019 (2021/C 157/01) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 3 2. Opening of the sitting . 3 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings . 3 4. Corrigenda (Rule 241) (follow-up) . 3 5. Announcement by the President . 3 6. Composition of committees and delegations . 3 7. Action taken on unfinished business (Rule 240) . 4 8. Appointment of the head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office . 4 9. Corrigenda (Rule 241) . 4 10. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79) . 4 C 157/2 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 30.4.2021 Monday 21 October 2019 Contents Page 11. Announcement by the President . 5 12. Documents received . 5 13. Questions for oral answer (submission) . 6 14. Order of business . 6 15. Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group (debate) . 8 16. The danger of violent right-wing extremism (in the light of the recent events in Halle, Germany) (debate) . 9 17. Criminalisation of sexual education in Poland (debate) . 10 18. Storms in Europe — particularly the heavy rains in Spain and of the hurricane in Azores (Portugal) (debate) 10 19. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 11 20. Agenda of the next sitting . 11 21. Closure of the sitting . 11 Annex 1 — Unfinished business (Rule 240) . 12 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 30 ANNEX RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 32 1. Agenda for Monday: request by the S&D Group . 32 2. Agenda for Monday: request by the PPE Group . 33 3. Agenda for Monday: request by the GUE/NGL Group . 34 4. Agenda for Tuesday: request by the GUE/NGL Group . 35 5. Agenda for Wednesday: request by the ID Group . 37 30.4.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 157/3 Monday 21 October 2019 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 OCTOBER 2019 IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI President 1. Resumption of the session The session suspended on Thursday 10 October 2019 was resumed. 2. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 17.07. 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings The minutes of the sittings of 9 October 2019 and 10 October 2019 were approved. 4. Corrigenda (Rule 241) (follow-up) Corrigenda P9_TA(2019)0237(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0377(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0378(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0391(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0399(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0438(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0431(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0432(COR01), P9_TA(2019)0439(COR01) and P9_TA(2019)0435 had been announced in plenary on Wednesday 9 October 2019 (minutes of 9.10.2019, item 9). In accordance with Rule 241(4), these corrigenda were deemed approved as no request had been made by a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold that they be put to the vote. 5. Announcement by the President The President announced that the joint position of the AFET and BUDG Committees on the extension of the European Union Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian crisis, announced in plenary on Wednesday 9 October 2019 (min- utes of 9.10.2019, item 8), had not been contested before the end of the 24-hour period. The joint position had therefore been officially forwarded to the Commission. 6. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received from the S&D and ID Groups and from the non-attached Members' secretariat the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations: — Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Miroslav Radačovský to replace Mislav Kolakušić — Delegation for relations with Iraq: Marco Campomenosi to replace Antonio Maria Rinaldi C 157/4 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 30.4.2021 Monday 21 October 2019 — Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Antonio Maria Rinaldi to replace Marco Campomenosi — Delegation to the Cariforum-EC Parliamentary Committee: James Wells to replace John Longworth — Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: David Maria Sassoli to replace Nicolas Schmit The decisions took effect as of that day. 7. Action taken on unfinished business (Rule 240) In accordance with Rule 240, second paragraph, the Conference of Presidents had ruled, on 16 October 2019, on the requests to resume or continue the consideration of the procedures listed in Annex 1 (minutes of 21.10.2019 annex 1). 8. Appointment of the head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office The President announced that, at its meeting on 16 October 2019 and following the deliberations of the LIBE and CONT Committees, the Conference of Presidents had approved the appointment by common accord of Parliament and the Council of Laura Codruța Kövesi as head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. The President stated that he had been tasked with signing the joint decision of Parliament and the Council to appoint Laura Codruța Kövesi. 9. Corrigenda (Rule 241) The relevant committees had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by the Parliament: — Corrigendum P8_TA-PROV(2019)0382(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics and repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics P8_TA-PROV(2019)0382 (COM(2017)0114 — C8-0099/2017 — 2017/0048(COD)) — ITRE Committee; — Corrigendum P8_TA-PROV(2019)0415(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council P8_TA-PROV(2019)0415 (COM(2018)0631 — C8-0406/2018 — 2018/0330A(COD)) — LIBE Committee; — Corrigendum P8_TA-PROV(2019)0429(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions P8_TA-PROV(2019)0429 (COM(2018)0241 — C8-0167/2018 — 2018/0114(COD)) — JURI Committee. In accordance with Rule 241(4), these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold that they be put to the vote. The corrigenda were available on Parliament's website. 10. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79) The President announced that, on Wednesday 23 October 2019, he would sign, jointly with the President of the Council, four acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure. 30.4.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 157/5 Monday 21 October 2019 He also announced that, on Thursday 24 October 2019, he would sign, jointly with the President of the Council, three acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure. The titles of the acts would be published in the minutes of Thursday 24 October 2019. 11. Announcement by the President The President announced that, following the renewed negotiations between the European Union and the Government of the United Kingdom and the endorsement of the modified Withdrawal Agreement by the Council the previous week, the Council had amended its draft decision on the conclusion of the agreement the previous day and had transmitted it, together with the updated text of the agreement, to the European Parliament earlier that afternoon.
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  • Ex-British Prime Minister Received Into Catholic Church

    Ex-British Prime Minister Received Into Catholic Church

    Ex-British Prime Minister received into Catholic Church LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair became a Catholic during a private ceremony in London. Mr. Blair, previously an Anglican, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster. Mr. Blair was sponsored at the Mass of reception by his wife, Cherie, a Catholic. The Dec. 21 Mass at Archbishop’s House, the cardinal’s private residence, was attended by Mr. Blair’s family and close friends. Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor said in a statement Dec. 22 that he was “very glad” to welcome Mr. Blair into church. “For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he has been following a program of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion,” the cardinal said. “My prayers are with him, his wife and family at this joyful moment in their journey of faith together.” Mr. Blair, 54, served as British prime minister from May 1997 until June 2007. He now serves as envoy to the Middle East for the Quartet, a group comprised of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia. He was admitted into the church using the liturgical rite of reception of a baptized Christian, which involved him making a profession of faith during the course of the Mass. He was given doctrinal and spiritual preparation by Monsignor Mark O’ Toole, the cardinal’s private secretary, and also made a full confession before his reception. For most of his adult life, Mr.