The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the October I 2008 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.
3. 2050: The future begins today - Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change (debate)
Report: on "2050: The future begins today - Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change" [2008/2105(INI)] - Temporary committee on climate change. Rapporteur: Karl-Heinz Florenz (A6-0495/2008)
Karl-Heinz Florenz introduced the report.
The following spoke: Martin Bursík (President-in-Office of the Council) and Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Romana Jordan Cizelj, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens Holm, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Guido Sacconi, Vittorio Prodi, Alessandro Foglietta, Caroline Lucas, Roberto Musacchio, Jim Allister and John Bowis.
IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE Vice-President
The following spoke: Riitta Myller, Lena Ek, Bogdan Pęk, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Urszula Krupa, Irena Belohorská, Avril Doyle, Linda McAvan, Johannes Lebech, Inese Vaidere, Bairbre de Brún, Kathy Sinnott, Jerzy Buzek, Catherine Guy-Quint, Holger Krahmer, Bogusław Rogalski, Derek Roland Clark, Anders Wijkman, Katerina Batzeli, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Inés Ayala Sender, Markus Pieper, Matthias Groote, Zita Pleštinská, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Françoise Grossetête, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Adam Gierek, Agnes Schierhuber and Satu Hassi.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Danutė Budreikaitė, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Herbert Reul.
The following spoke: Martin Bursík, Stavros Dimas and Karl-Heinz Florenz.
4. Priorities in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease (written declaration)
Written declaration 0080/2008, submitted by Françoise Grossetête, John Bowis, KatalinLévai, Jan TadeuszMasiel and AntoniosTrakatellis, on priorities in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 116(4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 19 February 2009.
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The following spoke: Eva-Britt Svensson, who called on the President to make representations to the Eritrean authorities on behalf of the journalist DawitIsaak, who had been imprisoned since 2001 (the President replied that the President of Parliament would make contact with the authorities in question).
5. Voting time
Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.
5.1. 2050: The future begins today - Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change (vote)
Report: on "2050: The future begins today - Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change" [2008/2105(INI)] - Temporary committee on climate change. Rapporteur: Karl-Heinz Florenz (A6-0495/2008)
(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending the formal sitting.)
IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING President
6. Formal sitting - Palestinian Authority
From 12.00 to 12.40, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of de the address by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority.
IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS Vice-President
The following spoke: Urszula Gacek, calling on Parliament to support the efforts of the Polish and Pakistani governments to secure the release of a Polish engineer kidnapped in Pakistan.
7. Voting time (continuation)
7.1. Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals [COM(2007)0249 - C6-0143/2007 - 2007/0094(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Claudio Fava (A6-0026/2009)
The following spoke: Claudio Fava (rapporteur) calling, with the support of the political groups, and on the basis of Rule 51(2), second subparagraph, and Rule 168(2), for the vote on the legislative proposal to be postponed, and Martin Bursík (President-in-Office of the Council) on this request.
Parliament agreed to the request.
7.2. Challenge of energy efficiency through information and communication technologies (vote)
Urszula Gacek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz and Claudio Fava, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, Sarah Ludford, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Marco Cappato and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Monica Frassoni, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Jean Lambert, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Cem Özdemir and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Miguel Portas, Vittorio Agnoletto, Jens Holm and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
The following spoke: Reinhard Rack, returning to the matter of the positioning of the TV cameras in the Chamber (minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.13) (The President replied that his comments would be passed on to the relevant departments.)
8. Explanations of vote
Written explanations of vote:
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
David Sumberg, Bogdan Pęk, Avril Doyle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Zuzana Roithová, Hynek Fajmon, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Ivo Strejček, Mairead McGuinness, Nirj Deva, Daniel Hannan
David Sumberg, Jim Allister, Zuzana Roithová, Philip Claeys, Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall, Nirj Deva
9. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
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Klaus Hänsch had made it known that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on paragraph 151 of the report by Karl-Heinz Florenz (A6-0495/2008).
(The sitting was suspended at 13.20 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE Vice-President
10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
The following spoke: Nils Lundgren, pursuant to Rule 142, regretting that the previous day (minutes of 03.02.2009, item 11) speakers on behalf of certain political groups had been allowed, he felt unduly, to exceed their speaking time (The President noted his comments).
11. Kosovo (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Kosovo
The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, who regretted that the authors of a motion for a resolution to wind up a debate did not have the opportunity to speak in that capacity during the debate.
Alexandr Vondra (President-in-Office of the Council) and Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johannes Lebech, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bernd Posselt, Hannes Swoboda, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Sylwester Chruszcz, Erik Meijer, Patrick Louis, Anna Ibrisagic, Libor Rouček, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Alojz Peterle, Richard Howitt, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Adrian Severin and Marian-Jean Marinescu.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Csaba Sógor, Victor Boştinaru, Gisela Kallenbach and Alexandru Nazare.
IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President
The following spoke under the 'catch the eye' procedure: Călin Cătălin Chiriţă, Miloš Koterec, Charles Tannock and Ingeborg Gräßle.
The following spoke: Alexandr Vondra and Meglena Kuneva.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 103(2):
- Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on Kosovo and the role of the EU (B6-0063/2009).
12. Impact of the financial crisis on the car industry (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Impact of the financial crisis on the car industry
Alexandr Vondra (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Jean-Paul Gauzès, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Guntars Krasts, on behalf of the UEN Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt and Stephen Hughes.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Vice-President
The following spoke: Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Michael Cramer, Eva-Britt Svensson, John Whittaker, Malcolm Harbour, Monica Giuntini, Ivo Belet, Mia De Vits and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Matthias Groote, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Zita Pleštinská and Ivo Strejček.
The President recalled the measures applicable to the 'catch-the-eye' procedure.
The following spoke: Alexandr Vondra, Günter Verheugen and Christoph Konrad, the last-named speaking on the measures applicable to the 'catch-the-eye' procedure. (The President provided a clarification of the Bureau's position on the matter.)
The debate closed.
13. Consular protection of citizens of the European Union in third countries (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Consular protection of citizens of the European Union in third countries
Alexandr Vondra (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member.
IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS Vice-President
The following spoke: Sajjad Karim, Erika Mann, Sarah Ludford, Eoin Ryan, Luca Romagnoli and Javier Moreno Sánchez.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Gay Mitchell and Kathy Sinnott.
The following spoke: Alexandr Vondra, Günter Verheugen and Erika Mann, who put a supplementary question to the Council.
The debate closed.
14. Question Time (Council)
Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B6-0006/2009).
Question 1 (Marian Harkin): SMEs.
Alexandr Vondra (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Olle Schmidt, deputising for the author, Philip Bushill-Matthews and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.
Question 2 (Manuel Medina Ortega): Grounds for a new world trade agreement.
Alexandr Vondra answered the question and supplementaries by Manuel Medina Ortega, Syed Kamall and Gay Mitchell.
Question 3 (Silvia-Adriana Ţicău): Measures to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
Alexandr Vondra answered the question and supplementaries by Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Zita Pleštinská and Colm Burke.
Question 4 (Colm Burke): Energy, External Relations and the Economy under the Czech Presidency.
Alexandr Vondra answered the question and supplementaries by Colm Burke, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Paul Rübig.
Question 5 (Avril Doyle): Tobacco control and smoking cessation.
Alexandr Vondra answered the question and supplementaries by Avril Doyle and Mairead McGuinness.
Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).
Council Question Time closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 19.15 and resumed at 21.10.)
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President
15. Dramatic consequences of the "Klaus" storm in Southern Europe (debate)
Commission statement: Dramatic consequences of the "Klaus" storm in Southern Europe
Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU Vice-President
The following spoke: Christine De Veyrac, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Kader Arif, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gérard Onesta, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Anne Laperrouze, Gilles Savary and Rosa Miguélez Ramos.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Flaviu Călin Rus, Mairead McGuinness and Kathy Sinnott.
The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou.
The debate closed.
16. Use of PCB waste oils in an Irish food recycling plant (debate)
Commission statement: Use of PCB waste oils in an Irish food recycling plant
Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Maria Petre, Petya Stavreva, Elisabeth Jeggle, James Nicholson and Avril Doyle.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Jan Mulder, Jim Allister, Avril Doyle and James Nicholson.
The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou.
The debate closed.
17. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 419.079/OJJE).