5. Prospects for EU-China trade relations (debate)

Report on prospects for trade relations between the EU and China (2005/2015(INI)) - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Caroline Lucas (A6-0262/2005)

Caroline Lucas introduced report.

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Bastiaan Belder (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bogusław Rogalski, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Glyn Ford, who asked the President to confirm that the debate would continue until all the speakers had spoken so that the report could be put to the vote at midday (the President replied that this was not going to be possible), Alessandra Mussolini, Non-attached Member, on the President's reply, Frank Vanhecke, Paul Rübig, Margrietus van den Berg, Johan Van Hecke, Margrete Auken, Nigel Farage, Gintaras Didžiokas and James Hugh Allister.

The following spoke: Caroline Lucas (rapporteur), on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who, under Rule 170(4), moved that the vote on the report be held over until the next part-session given that the debate would be continuing into the afternoon.

IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Robert Goebbels, on behalf of the PSE Group, in favour of the proposal.

Parliament approved the proposal.

(The debate was suspended at that point pending voting time. It would resume at 15.00.) (Minutes of 29.09.2005, Item 14)

The following spoke: Philip Bushill-Matthews, who expressed his disappointment that Council Question Time the day before (Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 14) had not lasted as long as it should have done (the President noted his remarks).