Verbatim report of proceedings

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 - Strasbourg

6. Establishment of Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes (written declaration)

  President. – Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I have two announcements to make. The first concerns the written declaration submitted by Ms Castex, Ms Brantner, Mr Peillon, Mr Preda and Mr Vajgl regarding the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes.

This written declaration has been signed by a good majority of Parliament’s component Members and therefore, pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedure, it will be transmitted to its addressees and published as a text adopted in this part-session, and the signatories’ names will be recorded in the Minutes. I would like to congratulate the signatories and the authors. I believe Mr Peillon is asking to take the floor briefly.

  Vincent Peillon (S&D). – (FR) Mr President, on behalf of my four colleagues, I should like firstly to extend my warmest thanks to the MEPs who enabled the adoption of this initiative, and secondly to say that the European Parliament, in my view, is sending a very strong message today to our southern partners and, especially, to their young people, and that Parliament now expects the Commission to make proposals promptly so that the Erasmus and Leonardo programmes actually become a reality for these countries.