RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part

23.11.2018 - (08462/2018 – C8‑0417/2018 – 2018/0122(NLE)) - ***

Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Alojz Peterle

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part

(08462/2018 – C8‑0417/2018 – 2018/0122(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the draft Council decision (08462/2018),

–  having regard to the draft Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part (08463/2018),

–  having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 37 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 212(1), Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a) and Article 218(8), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C8-0417/2018),

–  having regard to its non-legislative resolution of ....2018 on the draft decision[1],

–  having regard to Rule 99(1) and (4) and Rule 108(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A8-0383/2018),

1.  Gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement;

2.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Japan.

• [1]  Texts adopted, P8_TA(0000)0000.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part
References	08462/2018 – C8-0417/2018 – JOIN(2018)0011 – 2018/0122(NLE)
Date of consultation / request for consent	18.9.2018
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	AFET 1.10.2018
Rapporteurs        Date appointed	Alojz Peterle 9.10.2018
Date adopted	21.11.2018
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	47 2 7
Members present for the final vote	Michèle Alliot-Marie, Nikos Androulakis, Petras Auštrevičius, Bas Belder, Victor Boştinaru, Elmar Brok, James Carver, Lorenzo Cesa, Georgios Epitideios, Eugen Freund, Michael Gahler, Iveta Grigule-Pēterse, Sandra Kalniete, Tunne Kelam, Wajid Khan, Andrey Kovatchev, Eduard Kukan, Arne Lietz, Sabine Lösing, Andrejs Mamikins, David McAllister, Francisco José Millán Mon, Javier Nart, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Demetris Papadakis, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Alojz Peterle, Tonino Picula, Kati Piri, Julia Pitera, Cristian Dan Preda, Michel Reimon, Sofia Sakorafa, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Anders Sellström, Alyn Smith, Jordi Solé, Dobromir Sośnierz, Jaromír Štětina, Dubravka Šuica, Charles Tannock, László Tőkés, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Ivo Vajgl
Substitutes present for the final vote	Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marek Jurek, Antonio López-Istúriz White, David Martin, Gilles Pargneaux, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Marietje Schaake, Helmut Scholz, Eleni Theocharous, Mirja Vehkaperä, Željana Zovko
Date tabled	23.11.2018

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

47	+
ALDE	Petras Auštrevičius, Iveta Grigule-Pēterse, Javier Nart, Marietje Schaake, Ivo Vajgl, Mirja Vehkaperä
ECR	Bas Belder, Marek Jurek, Charles Tannock, Eleni Theocharous
PPE	Michèle Alliot-Marie, Elmar Brok, Lorenzo Cesa, Michael Gahler, Sandra Kalniete, Tunne Kelam, Andrey Kovatchev, Eduard Kukan, Antonio López-Istúriz White, David McAllister, Francisco José Millán Mon, Alojz Peterle, Julia Pitera, Cristian Dan Preda, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Anders Sellström, Jaromír Štětina, Dubravka Šuica, László Tőkés, Željana Zovko
S&D	Nikos Androulakis, Victor Boştinaru, Eugen Freund, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Wajid Khan, Arne Lietz, Andrejs Mamikins, David Martin, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Demetris Papadakis, Gilles Pargneaux, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Tonino Picula, Kati Piri
VERTS/ALE	Michel Reimon, Alyn Smith, Jordi Solé

2	-
ENF	Jean-Luc Schaffhauser
NI	Georgios Epitideios

7	0
GUE/NGL	Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Sabine Lösing, Sofia Sakorafa, Helmut Scholz, Miguel Urbán Crespo
NI	James Carver, Dobromir Sośnierz

Key to symbols:

+  :  in favour

-  :  against

0  :  abstention