5. EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership - Mexico Strategic Partnership (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report: on the proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the European Union-Brazil Strategic Partnership [2008/2288(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Maria Eleni Koppa (A6-0062/2009)

Report: with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on an EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership [2008/2289(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0028/2009)

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Maria Eleni Koppa introduced the reports.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Juan Fraile Cantón (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Erika Mann (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, on behalf of the PSE Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Călin Cătălin Chiriţă, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Monica Frassoni, Ilda Figueiredo, Luca Romagnoli, José Ribeiro e Castro and Vladko Todorov Panayotov.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Reinhard Rack, Marcin Libicki, Bogusław Rogalski, Charles Tannock, Carlo Fatuzzo and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI
Vice-President

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Maria Eleni Koppa.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.03.2009, item 7.16 and minutes of 12.03.2009, item 7.17.

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The following spoke: Ewa Tomaszewska, who recalled the dramatic events that had occurred the previous day in Germany..