Report: on the progress made in equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the EU (the transposition of Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC) [2007/2202(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Elizabeth Lynne (A6-0159/2008)
Elizabeth Lynne introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President
The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Tatjana Ždanoka (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Edit Bauer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Magda Kósáné Kovács, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bernard Lehideux, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Stephen Hughes, Sophia in 't Veld, Elisabeth Schroedter, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Lissy Gröner, Marco Cappato, Anja Weisgerber, Richard Howitt, Holger Krahmer, Carlo Fatuzzo, Zita Gurmai, Marian Harkin and Pier Antonio Panzeri.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Metin Kazak, Hubert Pirker, Ewa Tomaszewska, Gabriela Creţu, Jim Allister, Siiri Oviir, Neena Gill, Thomas Mann, Miloslav Ransdorf and Gay Mitchell, on the remarks made by Jim Allister.