14. Question Time (Commission)

Verbatim reports

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0484/2008).

Part one

Question 33 (Stavros Arnaoutakis): Information for citizens on EU measures to protect them from the international financial crisis.

Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Stavros Arnaoutakis, Reinhard Rack and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 34 (Bogusław Sonik): Disparities in driver blood-alcohol limits in EU Member States.

Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Bogusław Sonik, Jörg Leichtfried and Colm Burke.

Question 35 (Katerina Batzeli): Interinstitutional agreement on 'Communicating Europe in Partnership'.

Margot Wallström answered the question and supplementaries by Katerina Batzeli, Reinhard Rack and Marian Harkin.

Part two

Question 36 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): Information for Europeans concerning participation in European elections.

Margot Wallström answered the question and supplementaries by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Josu Ortuondo Larrea and Gay Mitchell.

The following spoke: Josu Ortuondo Larrea.

Question 37 (Georgios Papastamkos): Commission's communications strategy for the Irish referendum.

Margot Wallström answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papastamkos, Armando França and Mairead McGuinness.

Questions 38 to 41 would receive written answers.

Question 49 (Manuel Medina Ortega): Intra-African migration.

Margot Wallström answered the question and a supplementary by Manuel Medina Ortega.

The following spoke: Colm Burke, on the organisation of Question Time.

Question 50 (Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García): Opening of dialogue in Cuba.

Margot Wallström answered the question and a supplementary by Antonio Masip Hidalgo (deputising for the author).

Questions 51 to 58 would receive written answers.

Question 43 (Emmanouil Angelakas): Europe - a more attractive place for researchers.

Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Emmanouil Angelakas, Paul Rübig and Gay Mitchell.

The following spoke: Bernd Posselt.

Question 44 (Seán Ó Neachtain): Funding for green technology.

Janez Potočnik answered the question and a supplementary by Seán Ó Neachtain.

The following spoke: Avril Doyle.

Question 42 (Bernd Posselt): Cloning.

Janez Potočnik answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 45 (Avril Doyle): European Research Council.

Janez Potočnik answered the question and a supplementary by Avril Doyle.

Question 46 (Gay Mitchell): Ethical review of funding for research under FP7.

Janez Potočnik answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell and Marco Cappato.

The following spoke: Gay Mitchell and Colm Burke, on the organisation of Question Time.

Questions 47, 48, 60 to 65, 67 to 80, and 82 to 84 would receive written replies (See Annex to the Verbatim Report of the Sitting).

Commission Question Time closed.