4.2. European Council meeting (15-16 October 2008) (vote)

CRE

Motions for resolution B6-0543/2008, B6-0550/2008, B6-0551/2008, B6-0552/2008, B6-0560/2008 and B6-0561/2008

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0543/2008

(replacing B6-0543/2008, B6-0550/2008, B6-0551/2008 and B6-0552/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Hartmut Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Hannes Swoboda and Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Margarita Starkevičiūtė, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Brian Crowley, Cristiana Muscardini, Adam Bielan and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0506)

The following spoke on the vote:

- Pervenche Berès, Chair of the ECON Committee, before the vote,

- Wolf Klinz moved an oral amendment to paragraph 6. As more than 40 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated,

- Hartmut Nassauer on the oral amendment,

- Avril Doyle on paragraph 6 being put to the vote,

- Margarita Starkevičiūtė moved an oral amendment to paragraph 9. As more than 40 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated,

- Ona Juknevičienė moved an oral amendment to paragraph 29. As more than 40 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated,

- Hartmut Nassauer on the oral amendment,

- Hélène Goudin on the availability of amendments before the vote,

- Alexander Alvaro deplored the absence of the Council from the vote.

(Motions for resolutions B6-0560/2008 and B6-0561/2008 fell.)

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David Martin welcomed new Commission member Catherine Ashton.