IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President

19. Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP - European Security Strategy and ESDP - The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report: on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2007, presented to the European Parliament in application of point G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 [2008/2241(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (A6-0019/2009)

Report: on the European Security Strategy and ESDP [2008/2202(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Karl von Wogau (A6-0032/2009)

Report: on the role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU [2008/2197(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Ari Vatanen (A6-0033/2009)

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (rapporteur), Karl von Wogau (rapporteur) and Ari Vatanen (rapporteur) introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Javier Solana (High Representative for CFSP) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Helmut Kuhne, on behalf of the PSE Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Javier Solana, Elmar Brok, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Andrew Duff, Ryszard Czarnecki, Satu Hassi, Vladimír Remek, Bernard Wojciechowski, Roberto Fiore, Geoffrey Van Orden, Martí Grau i Segú, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Adamos Adamou and Georgios Georgiou.

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jim Allister, Tunne Kelam, Hannes Swoboda, Philippe Morillon, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Pedro Guerreiro, Gerard Batten, Bruno Gollnisch, Hubert Pirker, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Samuli Pohjamo, Mario Borghezio, Rihards Pīks, Ana Maria Gomes, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Alojz Peterle, Maria Eleni Koppa, Jana Hybášková, Libor Rouček, Józef Pinior, Adrian Severin, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García and Proinsias De Rossa.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Călin Cătălin Chiriţă, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Marios Matsakis, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Alexandru Nazare.

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Javier Solana, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Karl von Wogau and Ari Vatanen.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.02.2009, item 7.8, minutes of 19.02.2009, item 9.1 and minutes of 19.02.2009, item 9.2.