19. Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries [COM(2008)0450 - C6-0280/2008 - 2008/0149(COD)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0396/2008)

Gay Mitchell introduced the report.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: László Surján (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Stéphane Le Foll (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Colm Burke, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Josep Borrell Fontelles, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kyösti Virrankoski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Wiesław Stefan Kuc, on behalf of the UEN Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Konstantinos Droutsas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Juan Fraile Cantón, Proinsias De Rossa and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf.

The following spoke: Louis Michel and Gay Mitchell.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 04.12.2008, item 7.5.