12. Situation in the Middle East (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Situation in the Middle East

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

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, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gianni De Michelis, Non-attached Member, Ville Itälä, Pasqualina Napoletano, Philippe Morillon, David Hammerstein Mintz, Miguel Portas, Brian Crowley, Paul Marie Coûteaux, Bruno Gollnisch, João de Deus Pinheiro, Hannes Swoboda, Alexander Lambsdorff, Caroline Lucas, Adamos Adamou, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Gerard Batten, Mario Borghezio, Elmar Brok, Véronique De Keyser, Frédérique Ries, Johannes Voggenhuber, Vittorio Agnoletto, Hélène Goudin, James Hugh Allister, Tokia Saïfi, Carlos Carnero González, Elizabeth Lynne, Angelika Beer, Bogdan Klich, Jo Leinen, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Béatrice Patrie, Sajjad Karim, Vito Bonsignore, Genowefa Grabowska, Vittorio Prodi and Charles Tannock.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Richard Howitt, Cecilia Malmström, Antonio Tajani, Panagiotis Beglitis, Ioannis Kasoulides, Pierre Schapira, Jana Hybášková, Proinsias De Rossa, Simon Coveney, Libor Rouček, Patrick Gaubert, Edith Mastenbroek, Zbigniew Zaleski, Jamila Madeira, Vytautas Landsbergis and Antonio Tajani, who elaborated on his previous remarks, Geoffrey Van Orden, Bogusław Sonik, Erkki Tuomioja, Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

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

- Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0469/2006)

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Hannes Swoboda and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Middle East (B6-0472/2006)

- Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Middle East (B6-0477/2006)

- Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in the Middle East (B6-0481/2006)

- João de Deus Pinheiro, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Charles Tannock, Tokia Saïfi, Bogusław Sonik and Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in the Middle East (B6-0486/2006)

- Cristiana Muscardini, Konrad Szymański, Inese Vaidere, Roberta Angelilli and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the crisis in the Middle East (B6-0487/2006)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 07.09.2006, Item 7.4.