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Plenary opening   

President Sassoli opened the October II plenary session in Strasbourg, announcing that Parliament´s Conference of Presidents has endorsed Laura Codruţa Kövesi’s appointment as the first head of the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The European Parliament has received the UK’s withdrawal agreement from the Council this afternoon. The Conference of Presidents will meet today at 18h to discuss the next procedural steps.

Changes to the agenda

Monday

A Commission statement on 'Criminalization of sexual education in Poland' has been added. The debate should be wound up with a resolution, to be voted in the November I part-session.

A Commission statement on 'The storms in Europe – particularly the heavy rains in Spain and of the hurricane in Azores (Portugal)' has been added.

As a consequence, the sitting will be extended until 22h.

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Wednesday

The debate on "Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania" will be wound up with a resolution, to be put to the vote on Thursday.

Thursday

The debate on Uganda, notably the proposed bill to impose capital punishment of homosexual acts" will now be entitled “The situation of LGBTI people in Uganda”.

The votes on the two Objections pursuant to Rule 112 will be moved from Thursday to Wednesday (23 October).

Requests by committees to start negotiations with Council and Commission

Decisions by several committees to enter into inter-institutional negotiations (Rule 69c) are published on the plenary website.

If no request for a vote in Parliament on the decision to enter into negotiations is made by midnight on Tuesday, the committees may start negotiations.

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