5. Albania - Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Albania *** (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council statement: Albania

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part [08161/2006 - C6-0197/2006 - 2006/0044(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Toomas Hendrik Ilves (A6-0246/2006)

Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Panagiotis Beglitis (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gisela Kallenbach, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Salvatore Tatarella, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, Bernd Posselt, Libor Rouček, Jaromír Kohlíček, Ryszard Czarnecki, Georgios Papastamkos, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Philip Claeys, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Vincenzo Lavarra, Hubert Pirker, Józef Pinior, Simon Busuttil, Agnes Schierhuber, Paula Lehtomäki and Olli Rehn.

Motion for a resolution tabled to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- Toomas Hendrik Ilves, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Albania (B6-0458/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.09.2006, Item 7.9.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)