17. Situation in Belarus (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Situation in Belarus

Jean-Pierre Jouyet (President-in-Office of the Council) and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jacek Protasiewicz, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Wojciech Roszkowski, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi and Adrian Severin.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marian Harkin, Jana Hybášková, Józef Pinior, Jas Gawronski and Libor Rouček.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Colm Burke and Zita Pleštinská.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Charlie McCreevy.

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

- Jan Marinus Wiersma, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Pasqualina Napoletano and Klaus Hänsch, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0527/2008),

- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0530/2008),

- André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the results of the parliamentary elections in Belarus (B6-0532/2008),

- Jacek Protasiewicz, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the parliamentary elections of 28 September 2008 in Belarus (B6-0533/2008),

- Konrad Szymański, Adam Bielan, Wojciech Roszkowski, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Belarus after the parliamentary election of 28 September 2008 (B6-0534/2008),

- Elisabeth Schroedter and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0535/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.8.