4. EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement *** - Conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA - EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement *** (debate)

Verbatim reports

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part [10975/2016 - C8-0438/2016- 2016/0205(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Artis Pabriks (A8-0009/2017)

Commission statement: Conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA (2017/2525(RSP))

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part [14765/2016 - C8-0508/2016 - 2016/0373(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Charles Tannock (A8-0028/2017)

Artis Pabriks and Charles Tannock presented their recommendations.

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Georgi Pirinski (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Bart Staes (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anne-Marie Mineur, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Marine Le Pen, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Konstantinos Papadakis, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, Sorin Moisă, David Campbell Bannerman, who also replied to a blue-card question by Karin Kadenbach, Hannu Takkula, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Jurek, Helmut Scholz, Ska Keller who also replied to a blue-card question by Tomáš Zdechovský, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janice Atkinson, Matteo Salvini, who declined a blue-card question from Hilde Vautmans, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Jarosław Wałęsa, Elena Valenciano, Jan Zahradil, Dita Charanzová, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Klaus Buchner, Petr Mach, Marcel de Graaff, Lampros Fountoulis, Franck Proust, Bernd Lange, Emma McClarkin, Urmas Paet, Patrick Le Hyaric, Franz Obermayr, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, David Martin, Joachim Starbatty, Louis Michel, Eleonora Forenza, Salvatore Cicu, Knut Fleckenstein, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Sylvie Goulard, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Miroslav Poche, Bernd Kölmel, Iuliu Winkler, Pier Antonio Panzeri, James Nicholson, Tokia Saïfi, Jeppe Kofod, Christofer Fjellner, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Maria Arena, Viviane Reding, Nicola Caputo, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pedro Silva Pereira, Adam Szejnfeld, Emmanuel Maurel, Fernando Ruas, Karoline Graswander-Hainz, Othmar Karas, Andrey Kovatchev, Tunne Kelam, Richard Corbett, on the presence of placards in the Chamber ((the President took note), Francisco José Millán Mon, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Michael Gahler.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Maria Grapini, Ruža Tomašić, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Luke Ming Flanagan, Heidi Hautala and Fabio Massimo Castaldo.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Artis Pabriks and Charles Tannock.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2):

—   Edouard Ferrand, Marcel de Graaff, Marine Le Pen, Georg Mayer, Franz Obermayr, Matteo Salvini and Harald Vilimsky, on behalf of the ENF Group, on the conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0141/2017);

—   Yannick Jadot, Ska Keller, Heidi Hautala, Bart Staes, Igor Šoltes, Martin Häusling, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0142/2017);

—   Gianni Pittella and Sorin Moisă, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0143/2017);

—   Anne-Marie Mineur, Helmut Scholz, Eleonora Forenza, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Patrick Le Hyaric, Stelios Kouloglou, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Martina Anderson, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Malin Björk, Lynn Boylan, Matt Carthy, Nikolaos Chountis, Kostas Chrysogonos, Javier Couso Permuy, Dennis de Jong, Fabio De Masi, Stefan Eck, Cornelia Ernst, Luke Ming Flanagan, Tania González Peñas, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Thomas Händel, Anja Hazekamp, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Jaromír Kohlíček, Kateřina Konečná, Kostadinka Kuneva, Merja Kyllönen, Paloma López Bermejo, Sabine Lösing, Curzio Maltese, Jiří Maštálka, Marisa Matias, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Martina Michels, Liadh Ní Riada, Younous Omarjee, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Rina Ronja Kari, Sofia Sakorafa, Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Barbara Spinelli, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Ángela Vallina, Marie-Christine Vergiat and Gabriele Zimmer, GUE/NGL, on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0144/2017);

—   Tiziana Beghin, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, David Borrelli, Marco Valli, Ignazio Corrao, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Laura Agea, Marco Zullo, Dario Tamburrano, Piernicola Pedicini, Rosa D’Amato, Isabella Adinolfi, Eleonora Evi, Daniela Aiuto and Laura Ferrara, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0145/2017);

—   Manfred Weber, Artis Pabriks, Daniel Caspary, Salvatore Cicu, Christofer Fjellner, Danuta Maria Hübner, Franck Proust, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Viviane Reding, Fernando Ruas, Tokia Saïfi, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jarosław Wałęsa and Hermann Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, David Campbell Bannerman, Emma McClarkin, Sander Loones, Jan Zahradil, Joachim Starbatty and Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Hannu Takkula, Dita Charanzová, Frédérique Ries, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Sylvie Goulard, Morten Løkkegaard, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Fredrick Federley, Nils Torvalds, Angelika Mlinar, Hilde Vautmans, Gesine Meissner, Cecilia Wikström, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Petras Auštrevičius and Jozo Radoš, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA (2017/2525(RSP)) (B8-0146/2017).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.2.2017, item 7.1, minutes of 15.2.2017, item 7.2 and minutes of 15.2.2017, item 7.3.