2. Right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs

Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, and Hans Winkler.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- Elmar Brok, Gunnar Hökmark, Gitte Seeberg, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and João de Deus Pinheiro, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (B6-0136/2006);

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Martine Roure, Martin Schulz, Hannes Swoboda and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, on freedom of expression and respect for religious belief (B6-0137/2006);

- Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the right to freedom of speech and respect for religious beliefs (B6-0138/2006);

- Graham Watson, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Jean-Marie Cavada, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Sarah Ludford and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (B6-0139/2006);

- Francis Wurtz and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (B6-0140/2006);

- Cristiana Muscardini and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (B6-0141/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.02.2005, Item 6.4.