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Plenary Session

12 November 2026

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From the opening of the sitting through group interventions and detailed exchanges, Parliament and the Council/Commission review the current Russia sanctions regime, its effectiveness, circumvention issues, frozen assets and energy dependence, leading to closing statements announcing a 22nd package and clarifying legal limits on using Russian assets.

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Russia sanctions debate — framework, impact and next steps

00:08

Opening of sitting and Russia sanctions debate

00:08

Opening of sitting and agenda on Russia sanctions

00:08

Council: Russia’s winter offensive and need to cut war financing

01:23

Council: existing sanctions packages, listings and anti‑circumvention

02:35

Council: EU military, financial and political support to Ukraine

05:07

Commission: scope, impact and next steps of EU sanctions on Russia

07:08

Political groups’ main positions on Russia sanctions

12:24

EPP — Halicki: tougher sanctions and use of frozen assets

12:24

S&D — Reuten: close loopholes and enforce sanctions effectively

14:17

Patriots — Ceccardi: economic costs and call for diplomacy

15:58

ECR & Renew — sanctions enforcement and condemnation of Putin

18:18

Greens — Ștefănuță: unblock Russian assets and strengthen EU decision‑making

20:54

Left — Demirel: critique of sanctions strategy and call for exit plan

22:54

ENS — Uhrík: opposition to EU funding for Ukraine and voting changes

24:12

Debate — sanctions effectiveness, circumvention and frozen assets

26:13

Gahler–Dostál Q&A: defending sanctions and addressing global oil shifts

26:13

Moretti–Oliveira Q&A: sanction circumvention and EU role in peace

28:39

Knotek — smart sanctions and industrial impact

31:52

Gosiewska and Karlsbro — tougher sanctions and frozen assets

35:04

Lagodinsky — humanitarian case for stronger sanctions

39:15

Botenga vs Lagodinsky/Andriukaitis — negotiations, war aims and double standards

40:50

Sell and Panayiotou — sanctions costs and call for diplomacy

45:32

Aaltola and Germain — EU leverage, enforcement gaps and frozen assets

49:09

Veryga and Auštrevičius — cut Russian energy and budget revenues

53:30

Staķis vs Konečná — Abu Dhabi talks and rejecting negotiation with Putin

56:01

Andersson — diplomacy alongside sanctions and gas ban

58:48

Volgin and Kalniete — EU credibility vs sanctions and Black Sea blockade

01:00:11

Baltic call to ban Russian grain transit

01:03:52

Debate — energy dependence, economic impact and EU leverage

01:05:28

Cremer and Mularczyk — EU role in negotiations and sanctions

01:05:28

Vrecionová — End Russian energy imports and enforce sanctions

01:07:06

Brandstätter — Sanctions, oligarch delistings and Russian terror

01:08:15

Riehl — Use frozen Russian assets to make Russia pay

01:09:27

Sjöstedt — Reject Nord Stream restart and tighten energy sanctions

01:10:49

Bulgarian MEP — Unity on sanctions and using frozen assets

01:12:11

Mikser and Sieper — Effectiveness and implementation of sanctions

01:13:28

Piperea — Critique of EU sanctions, costs and double standards

01:15:56

Yar — Russian fossil revenues, shadow fleet and EU apologists

01:17:28

Van Lanschot and Sieper — EU envoy for peace talks

01:18:49

Clausen — Stop Western components and restore removed sanctions

01:21:13

Wiseler-Lima — Target shadow fleet, intermediaries and crypto flows

01:22:33

Fritzon — End hypocrisy on Russian fossil energy

01:24:01

Debate — collaborators, negotiation strategy and EU role in peace talks

01:25:20

Ozdoba — Demand EU bans on pro‑Kremlin collaborators

01:25:20

Kobosko — Casualties, 22nd sanctions package and frozen assets

01:26:33

Zovko — Energy diversification and dismantling the shadow fleet

01:27:53

Picula — Close circumvention routes and avoid energy rollback

01:29:14

Terheș — Rerouting EU–Asia trade to the Middle Corridor

01:30:33

Picierno — Reactivate maritime service ban and uphold values

01:31:54

Pascual de la Parte — Sanctions, frozen assets and EU at the table

01:33:17

Scheuring-Wielgus — Maintain sanctions and counter Russian disinformation

01:34:52

Buda (EPP) — Russia’s war and Black Sea security

01:36:10

Schaldemose (S&D) — Danish support and tougher sanctions

01:37:35

Kelly (EPP) — Rejecting concessions and banning Russian oil

01:38:49

Ter Laak (EPP) with Rzońca Q&A — Negotiations, sanctions and Dutch stance

01:40:09

Kohut and Terras — Hybrid war, sabotage and sanctions enforcement

01:42:30

Catch-the-eye round — Peace talks, pressure on Putin and western far right

01:45:26

Konečná (Non-attached) — Critique of sanctions and prolonged war

01:48:00

Tynkkynen — EU energy payments versus Ukraine support

01:49:09

Henriksson (Renew) — Stricter sanctions, visas and sports boycotts

01:50:22

Oliveira (Left) — Opposition to sanctions and ‘war economy’

01:51:40

Commission and Council closing statements on Russia sanctions

01:53:08

Commissioner Albuquerque — Sanctions impact, new office and immobilized assets

01:53:08

Council Presidency — Institutional alignment and use of frozen assets

01:55:46

Institutional business — Vice-President election and Members’ statute

01:59:57

Resumption of sitting and election of Parliament Vice-President

01:59:57

Resumption of sitting — Welcome to Canadian MPs and VP election announcement

01:59:57

Election of Vice-President — Nominations, voting rules and test ballot issues

02:02:36

Election of Vice-President — test vote and final result

02:07:54

Immunity waivers and Statute of Members — maternity proxy voting

02:11:40

Waiver of immunity — Kulja and Latinopoulou

02:11:40

Statute of Members — proxy voting for maternity leave

02:12:31

Voting session — civil protection, financial services, chemicals, GIs, sectoral reports and Ukraine

02:18:02

Civil Protection Mechanism, retail investors and ECHA — legislative votes

02:18:02

Union Civil Protection Mechanism and health emergencies — amendments and referral back

02:18:02

Retail investors — KID modernisation and protection rules

02:26:50

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) — provisional agreement approved

02:28:03

GIs, Overseas Countries and Territories and cancer plan resolutions

02:28:34

Geographical indications — alignment with WIPO Lisbon Agreement

02:28:34

Overseas Countries and Territories and EU–Greenland–Denmark relations

02:30:54

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan — detailed amendment votes

02:35:10

General resolution votes and sectoral policy reports (agri-food, AI, defence)

02:39:35

Roll-call voting on unnamed resolution and final adoption

02:39:35

Rapporteur De Meo — EU agri-food promotion priorities

02:46:04

De Meo report — amendment votes and adoption

02:47:26

Kefalogiannis report — institutional aspects of AI

02:50:34

Štefanec report — scaling up new defence actors

02:54:06

Ukrainian children resolution and explanations of vote before closure

02:54:28

Joint motion — Ukrainian children deported to Russia

02:54:28

Explanations of vote — Union civil protection and health emergencies

02:56:52

Explanations of vote — Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

03:03:18

Explanations of vote — deported Ukrainian children and closure of sitting

03:07:11

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Plenary Session

12 November 2026

PLENARY Thu, 12 Nov 2026 European Parliament

Follow its sittings

00:07 - 01:22

Speaker 2

So good morning, colleagues. The sitting is open. I have received from the Council its position at first reading regarding the following two files: payment services in the internal market and payment services and electronic money services in the internal market. I have also received the reasons which led to their adoption and the Commission's positions. The full title will be titles will be published in the minutes of today's sitting.

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its positions begins tomorrow, the 13th of November. The next item on the agenda is the Council and Commission statements, further EU sanctions against Russia in response to this escalating attacks against Ukraine, cutting off the sources financing the Russian war. And as always, we will begin with the Council and Minister Harkin, please, the floor is yours.

01:22 - 02:34

Speaker 1

President, honourable members, Commissioner. Thank you for this timely debate. As we approach the fifth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine continues to stand and fight with our unwavering support. But we must also look, excuse me, at the immediate challenges ahead. The coming months will be very difficult for Ukraine.

As winter approaches, Russia is intensifying its attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure. Russia targets energy facilities, transport networks, hospitals and schools. These attacks aim to weaken Ukraine, undermine its economy and exhaust its people. They must, however, not weaken our resolve. Russia's ability to wage this war depends on its ability to finance it.

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