13. Application of the Schengen acquis - Application of the Schengen acquis in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council statement: Application of the Schengen acquis

Report on the draft Council decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic [11722/2007 - C6-0244/2007 - 2007/0810(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A6-0441/2007)

José Magalhães (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

The following spoke: Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission).

Carlos Coelho introduced the report.

The following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Mölzer, on behalf of the ITS Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Manfred Weber, Irena Belohorská on a problem concerning the interpretation into English, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Toomas Savi, Mario Borghezio, Miloslav Ransdorf, Koenraad Dillen, Barbara Kudrycka, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, Kinga Gál, Genowefa Grabowska and István Szent-Iványi.