26.3.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 107/19 Tuesday 17 September 2019 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 SEPTEMBER 2019 (2021/C 107/02) Contents Page 1. Opening of the sitting . 21 2. Preparation for the Climate Action Summit and the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York 21 (debate) . 3. Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde (debate) . 21 4. Amendment of the agenda . 22 5. Composition of Parliament . 22 6. Voting time . 22 6.1. Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde 23 (vote) . 6.2. Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (vote) . 23 6.3. Launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Ireland * (vote) . 23 7. Explanations of vote . 23 8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions . 24 9. Resumption of the sitting . 24 10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 24 11. Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (debate) . 24 12. Amazon forest fires (debate) . 25 13. Resumption of the sitting . 26 14. Corrigenda (Rule 241) (follow-up) . 26 15. Security situation in Burkina Faso (debate) . 26 16. Recent developments in the political situation and the implementation of the peace process in Colombia 26 (debate) . 17. Resumption of the sitting . 27 C 107/20 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.3.2021 Tuesday 17 September 2019 Contents Page 18. Situation in Kashmir (debate) . 27 19. Agenda of the next sitting . 27 20. Closure of the sitting . 28 Annex 1 — Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde . 29 Annex 2 — Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank . 31 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 33 ANNEX I RESULT OF VOTES . 35 1. Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde . 35 2. Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank . 36 3. Launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Ireland * . 36 ANNEX II RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 37 1. A9-0003/2019 — Juan Fernando López Aguilar — Draft Council implementing decision . 37 26.3.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 107/21 Tuesday 17 September 2019 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 SEPTEMBER 2019 IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President 1. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 9.02. 2. Preparation for the Climate Action Summit and the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York (debate) Commission statement: Preparation for the Climate Action Summit and the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York (2019/2809(RSP)) Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission) made the statement. The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, on behalf of the PPE Group, Miriam Dalli, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jordan Bardella, on behalf of the ID Group, Anna Zalewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Petros Kokkalis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eleonora Evi, non-attached Member, Tomas Tobé, Udo Bullmann, Catherine Chabaud, Aileen McLeod, Sylvia Limmer, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Silvia Modig, Peter Liese, Marc Tarabella, Frédérique Ries, Karima Delli, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Marc Botenga, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Javi López, Morten Petersen, Michael Bloss, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Dolors Montserrat, Seb Dance, Valter Flego, Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips, Agnès Evren, Jytte Guteland, Jutta Paulus, who also replied to a blue-card question by Loucas Fourlas, and Edina Tóth. The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: João Ferreira, Maria Spyraki, Maria Grapini, Ellie Chowns, Mick Wallace, Radan Kanev and Carlos Zorrinho. The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete. The debate closed. 3. Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde (debate) Report on the Council recommendation on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank [N9-0023/2019 — C9-0048/2019 — 2019/0810(NLE)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A9-0008/2019) Irene Tinagli (Chair of the ECON Committee) introduced the report. The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission). The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jonás Fernández, on behalf of the S&D Group, Luis Garicano, on behalf of the Renew Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ID Group, Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Manon Aubry, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group. C 107/22 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.3.2021 Tuesday 17 September 2019 IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS Vice-President The following spoke: Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, non-attached Member, Luděk Niedermayer, Costas Mavrides, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Ernest Urtasun, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Johan Van Overtveldt, José Gusmão, Márton Gyöngyösi, Othmar Karas, Aurore Lalucq, Dragoș Pîslaru, Stasys Jakeliūnas, Gunnar Beck, Eugen Jurzyca, Piernicola Pedicini, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Joachim Schuster, Engin Eroglu, Jordan Bardella, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Enikő Győri, Marek Belka, Roman Haider, Georgios Kyrtsos, Pedro Silva Pereira, Alfred Sant, Frances Fitzgerald and Esther de Lange. The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Peter van Dalen, Pedro Marques, Helmut Geuking, João Ferreira, Franc Bogovič, Erik Bergkvist, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stanislav Polčák and Maria Grapini. The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis. The debate closed. Vote: minutes of 17.9.2019, item 6.1. IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President 4. Amendment of the agenda After consulting the political groups and with a view to incorporating the amendments to the agenda adopted on Monday, the President proposed that the Wednesday afternoon sitting be extended until 21.00. Parliament agreed to this proposal. The agenda was thus amended. 5. Composition of Parliament The Italian authorities had given notice of the election of Nicola Danti to replace Roberto Gualtieri as Member of Parliament with effect from 5 September 2019. Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Nicola Danti would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto. 6. Voting time Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes. The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Parliament's website. 26.3.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 107/23 Tuesday 17 September 2019 6.1. Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank — Candidate: Ms Christine Lagarde (vote) Report on the Council recommendation on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank [N9-0023/2019 — C9-0048/2019 — 2019/0810(NLE)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A9-0008/2019) (Simple majority needed) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 1) (Vote by secret ballot (Rule 191(1))) The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes (minutes of 17.9.2019 annex 1) PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION Adopted by single vote (P9_TA(2019)0008) 6.2. Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (vote) Report on the proposal of the European Central Bank for the appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank [2019/0903(NLE)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A9-0007/2019) (Simple majority needed) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 2) (Vote by secret ballot (Rule 191(1))) The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes (minutes of 17.9.2019 annex 2) PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION Adopted by single vote (P9_TA(2019)0009) 6.3. Launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Ireland * (vote) Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Ireland [2019/0806(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (A9-0003/2019) (Simple majority needed) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 3) DRAFT COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION Approved (P9_TA(2019)0010) 7. Explanations of vote Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members' pages on Parliament's website. C 107/24 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.3.2021 Tuesday 17 September 2019 8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Parliament's (Europarl) website under ‘Plenary/Votes/Results of Votes (Results of roll-call votes)’. The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned. After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal. (The sitting was suspended at 12.06.) IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President 9. Resumption of the sitting The sitting resumed at 15.01. 10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 11. Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (debate) Council and Commission statements: Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (2019/2810(RSP)) Tytti Tuppurainen (President-in-Office of the Council), Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission) and Julian King (Member of the Commission) made the statements.