11. Elections in Belarus (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Elections in Belarus

Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Bogdan Klich, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Non-attached Member, Camiel Eurlings, Monika Beňová, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Vytautas Landsbergis, Joseph Muscat, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Aloyzas Sakalas, Barbara Kudrycka, Hans Winkler and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

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

- Jan Marinus Wiersma and Joseph Muscat, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the presidential elections in Belarus (B6-0234/2006);

- Konrad Szymański, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and Rolandas Pavilionis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0239/2006);

- Bogdan Klich, Elmar Brok, Camiel Eurlings, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Aldis Kušķis, Barbara Kudrycka, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Belarus after the presidential elections of 19 March (B6-0242/2006);

- Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Anne E. Jensen and Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Belarus after the presidential elections of 19 March (B6-0243/2006);

- Jonas Sjöstedt, Gabriele Zimmer and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the elections in Belarus (B6-0246/2006);

- Elisabeth Schroedter, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the presidential elections in Belarus (B6-0248/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 6.8.