Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market [10003/4/2006 - C6-0270/2006 - 2004/0001(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0375/2006)
Evelyne Gebhardt introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) and Mauri Pekkarinen (President-in-Office of the Council).
The following spoke: Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur), Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Marianne Thyssen and Arlene McCarthy.
IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH Vice-President
The following spoke: Toine Manders, Pierre Jonckheer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Guntars Krasts, Patrick Louis, Mario Borghezio, József Szájer, Harlem Désir, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Nigel Farage, Jana Bobošíková, Jacques Toubon, Lasse Lehtinen, Ona Juknevičienė, Ian Hudghton, Eoin Ryan, Nils Lundgren, Jim Allister, Othmar Karas, Manuel Medina Ortega, Alexander Lambsdorff, Irena Belohorská, Andreas Schwab, Edit Herczog, Luigi Cocilovo, Ryszard Czarnecki, Małgorzata Handzlik, Anne Van Lancker, Sophia in 't Veld, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Joseph Muscat, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Zuzana Roithová, Richard Falbr, Šarūnas Birutis, Alexander Stubb, Jan Andersson, Zita Pleštinská, Dariusz Rosati, Roberta Angelilli, Stefano Zappalà, Maria Matsouka, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Proinsias De Rossa, Simon Coveney, Charlie McCreevy and Mauri Pekkarinen.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.30 pending voting time and resumed at 11.45.)
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President
4. Voting time
Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.
The following spoke: Reinhard Rack, on the organisation of the vote.
4.1. A new framework strategy for multilingualism (vote)
Report on a new framework strategy for multilingualism [2006/2083(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Bernat Joan i Marí (A6-0372/2006)
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group; Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Jan Andersson, Erika Mann and Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the PSE Group; Jean-Louis Bourlanges and Bernard Lehideux, on behalf of the ALDE Group; Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group; Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Eugenijus Maldeikis and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament – led by Olexander Moroz, President of the Verkhovna Rada – who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
Also on behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Algerian Parliament – led by Abderrezak Bouhara, Vice-President of the Council of the Nation – who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President
6. Formal sitting - Qatar
From 12.05 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by His Royal Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar.
7. Voting time (continuation)
7.1. Services in the internal market ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market [10003/4/2006 - C6-0270/2006 - 2004/0001(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0375/2006)
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
Oral explanations of vote:
Report: Bernat Joan i Marí - A6-0372/2006: Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Michl Ebner, Tomáš Zatloukal, Andreas Mölzer and Bruno Gollnisch
Report: Evelyne Gebhardt - A6-0375/2006: Oldřich Vlasák Péter Olajos, Michl Ebner, Danutė Budreikaitė, Bernadette Vergnaud, Richard Corbett, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Hubert Pirker
9. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/ 'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the 'Result of roll-call votes' annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
Rainer Wieland had informed the Chair that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on amendments 38=39 and 23 to the report by Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0375/2006).
(The sitting was suspended at 13.10 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI Vice-President
10. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
11. Situation in Gaza (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Situation in Gaza
Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President 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, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Véronique De Keyser, Alyn Smith, Adamos Adamou, Elmar Brok, Proinsias De Rossa, Tokia Saïfi, Panagiotis Beglitis, Ioannis Kasoulides, Béatrice Patrie, Charles Tannock, Edith Mastenbroek and Antonio Tajani.
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President
The following spoke: Paula Lehtomäki and Margot Wallström.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):
- Francis Wurtz, Luisa Morgantini and Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Gaza (B6-0588/2006);
- Graham Watson, Chris Davies and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Gaza (B6-0589/2006);
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Hélène Flautre, Angelika Beer, Jill Evans, Alyn Smith, Margrete Auken and Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in the Gaza Strip (B6-0590/2006);
- Pasqualina Napoletano, Véronique De Keyser and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Gaza (B6-0591/2006);
- Hans-Gert Poettering, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Charles Tannock, Ioannis Kasoulides and Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Gaza (B6-0592/2006);
- Roberta Angelilli, Konrad Szymański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in the Gaza Strip (B6-0610/2006).
12. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), cluster bombs and conventional weapons (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Review conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), which is to take place in 2006
Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Achille Occhetto, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ana Maria Gomes, Paula Lehtomäki and Margot Wallström.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):
- Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) to be held in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December 2006 (B6-0585/2006);
- Jan Marinus Wiersma, Ana Maria Gomes and Achille Occhetto, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Convention on the banning of biological and toxin weapons (BTWC), cluster bombs and conventional weapons (B6-0586/2006);
- Tobias Pflüger, Mary Lou McDonald, Adamos Adamou, André Brie, Vittorio Agnoletto and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), cluster bombs and conventional weapons (B6-0587/2006);
- Mogens N.J. Camre, Adam Bielan and Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) to be held in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December 2006 (B6-0593/2006);
- Elizabeth Lynne and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Sixth Review Conference on the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) to be held in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December 2006 (B6-0594/2006);
- Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on biological weapons and inhumane conventional weapons (the BTWC and CCW Review Conferences in November 2006) and the need to ban cluster munitions (B6-0611/2006).
13. European initiative in the field of civil protection (debate)
Oral question (O-0115/2006) by Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the REGI Committee, Joseph Daul, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Council: European initiative in the field of civil protection (B6-0442/2006).
Antonios Trakatellis, Gerardo Galeote and Markus Pieper moved the oral question.
Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the oral question.
Konstantinos Hatzidakis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Paula Lehtomäki.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO Vice-President
14. Framework for European Regulatory Agencies (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Framework for European Regulatory Agencies
Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jo Leinen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Paula Lehtomäki and Margot Wallström.
The debate closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 17.20 and resumed at 17.35.)
15. A Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension (debate)
Report on a Baltic Sea Region Strategy for the Northern Dimension [2006/2171(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0367/2006)
Alexander Stubb introduced the report.
The following spoke: Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Giles Chichester (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Christopher Beazley, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Justas Vincas Paleckis, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ALDE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President
The following spoke: Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Józef Pinior, Diana Wallis, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Vytautas Landsbergis, Andres Tarand, Henrik Lax, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Charles Tannock, Katrin Saks, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Bogdan Klich, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Tunne Kelam, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Bogusław Sonik and Margot Wallström.
16. The implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP (debate)
Report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP [2006/2033(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Karl von Wogau (A6-0366/2006)
Karl von Wogau introduced the report.
Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Helmut Kuhne, on behalf of the PSE Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.
(The debate was suspended at that point and resumed at 21.00)
(The sitting was suspended at 19.20 and resumed at 21 h 00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN Vice-President
17. Membership of political groups
Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jan Tadeusz Masiel and Leopold Józef Rutowicz had joined the UEN Group with effect from 15.11.2006.
18. The implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP (continuation of debate)
Report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP [2006/2033(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Karl von Wogau (A6-0366/2006)
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, Libor Rouček, Alexander Lambsdorff, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Diamanto Manolakou, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Geoffrey Van Orden, Ana Maria Gomes, Andrew Duff, Hélène Goudin, Bogdan Klich, Józef Pinior, Alexander Stubb and Hubert Pirker.
Report with recommendations to the Commission on succession and wills [2005/2148(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0359/2006)
Giuseppe Gargani introduced the report.
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Maria Berger.
Report on women in international politics [2006/2057(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Ana Maria Gomes (A6-0362/2006)
Ana Maria Gomes introduced the report.
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Zita Gurmai, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anna Záborská, Pia Elda Locatelli, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Edite Estrela, Anna Hedh, Teresa Riera Madurell and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg.
Report with a recommendation to the Council on fighting trafficking in human beings - an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan [2006/2078(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A6-0368/2006)
Edit Bauer introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ Vice-President
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Simon Coveney (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Jean Lambert (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Maria Carlshamre (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inger Segelström, on behalf of the PSE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group (she began in Irish, which the President pointed out was not a language for which interpretation was provided in the House), Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Kinga Gál, Francisco Assis, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Hubert Pirker, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Ivo Belet and Justas Vincas Paleckis.