8. Financing instrument for development cooperation ***II - A financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories * (debate)

CRE

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation [11944/2/2006 - C6-0357/2006 - 2004/0220(COD)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0448/2006)

Report on the draft Council Regulation establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories [11877/2006 — C6-0265/2006 — 2006/0807(CNS)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: David Martin (A6-0430/2006)

Gay Mitchell introduced the recommendation for second reading.

David Martin introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Syed Kamall, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Maria Martens, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Thierry Cornillet, Witold Tomczak, Andreas Mölzer, Nirj Deva, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Toomas Savi and Georgios Papastamkos.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Erika Mann, Jana Hybášková, Proinsias De Rossa, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Eoin Ryan and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.14 and Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.20.