12. Services ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market [COM(2004)0002 - C5-0069/2004 - 2004/0001(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0409/2005)

Evelyne Gebhardt introduced the report.

The following spoke: Martin Bartenstein (President-in-Office of the Council), José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The President informed the House that a demonstration against the directive on services in the internal market was currently taking place peacefully outside Parliament.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Adam Jerzy Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Christopher Heaton-Harris (draftsman of the opinion of the CONT Committee), Pervenche Berès (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Kartika Tamara Liotard (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Marie-Hélène Descamps (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Kurt Lechner (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Raül Romeva i Rueda (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Marcin Libicki (draftsman of the opinion of the PETI Committee), Anne Van Lancker (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee) and Malcolm Harbour.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Robert Goebbels, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Pierre Jonckheer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Philippe de Villiers, Guntars Krasts, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Marianne Thyssen, Richard Falbr, Philippe de Villiers, who finished his speech, as he had previously been cut off before the speaking time allotted to him had elapsed, Bernard Lehideux, Jean Lambert, Roberto Musacchio, Mario Borghezio, Roberta Angelilli, James Hugh Allister, Othmar Karas, Hannes Swoboda, Martin Bartenstein, Toine Manders, Elisabeth Schroedter, Ilda Figueiredo, Johannes Blokland, Eoin Ryan and Jana Bobošíková.

The debate was suspended at that point for Question Time.