13. Bulgaria's application for membership of the EU ***- Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union - Romania's application for membership of the EU ***- Romania's application to become a member of the European Union - The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (debate)

Recommendation on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union [AA1/2/2005 - C6-0085/2005 - 2005/0901(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A6-0082/2005)

Report on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union [2005/2029(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A6-0078/2005)

Recommendation on Romania's application for membership of the EU [AA1/2/2005 - C6-0086/2005 - 2005/0902(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Pierre Moscovici (A6-0083/2005)

Report on Romania's application to become a member of the European Union [2005/2028(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Pierre Moscovici (A6-0077/2005)

Report on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria [2005/2031(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Reimer Böge and Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (A6-0090/2005)

Geoffrey Van Orden introduced the report and the recommendation.

Pierre Moscovici introduced the report and the recommendation.

Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop and Reimer Böge introduced the report.

The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Albert Jan Maat (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Alexandra Dobolyi, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Milan Horáček, Vladimír Remek, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Marcin Libicki, Hans-Peter Martin, Markus Ferber, Hannes Swoboda, Anne E. Jensen, Rebecca Harms, Georgios Karatzaferis, Salvatore Tatarella, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Guido Podestà, Klaus Hänsch, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Mario Borghezio, Andreas Mölzer, Kinga Gál, Libor Rouček, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Christopher Beazley, Jo Leinen, Mairead McGuinness, María Isabel Salinas García, Ville Itälä, Teresa Riera Madurell and Ole Christensen.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit and Olli Rehn

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.2, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.3, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.4, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.5 and Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.6

(The sitting was suspended at 17.20 pending the next item. It resumed at 17.30.)