16. Situation in Western Sahara (debate)

Verbatim reports

Statement on the situation in Western Sahara

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission), made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The following spoke: Bernd Posselt on the conduct of the sitting, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, João Ferreira, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Frédérique Ries, Marco Scurria, Norbert Neuser, Ana Gomes, Guido Milana and Gilles Pargneaux.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Salvatore Iacolino, Metin Kazak, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Dominique Vlasto, John Bufton, Bernadette Vergnaud, Andreas Mölzer, Ulrike Rodust, Ulrike Lunacek and Cristian Dan Preda.

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Ivo Vajgl, Kristiina Ojuland, Luigi de Magistris, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Carl Haglund, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Western Sahara (B7-0675/2010);

- Raül Romeva i Rueda, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Ulrike Lunacek, Hélène Flautre, Jill Evans, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Judith Sargentini, François Alfonsi, Isabella Lövin, Barbara Lochbihler, Michèle Rivasi, Catherine Grèze, Frieda Brepoels, Martin Häusling, Jean Lambert, Bart Staes, Franziska Keller and José Bové, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Western Sahara (B7-0676/2010);

- Adrian Severin, Véronique De Keyser, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Vincent Peillon and Guido Milana, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Western Sahara (B7-0677/2010);

- Fiorello Provera and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Western Sahara (B7-0678/2010);

- Charles Tannock, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Adam Bielan, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Mirosław Piotrowski, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Western Sahara (B7-0679/2010);

- Willy Meyer, João Ferreira, Rui Tavares, Sabine Lösing, Jacky Hénin, Elie Hoarau, Patrick Le Hyaric, Miguel Portas, Ilda Figueiredo, Marisa Matias and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Western Sahara (B7-0680/2010);

- Ioannis Kasoulides, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Marco Scurria and Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the humanitarian consequences of the situation in Western Sahara (B7-0682/2010).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 25.11.2010, item 8.11.