3. Green Paper on territorial cohesion and debate on the future reform of the cohesion policy - Regional policy best practice and obstacles to use of Structural Funds - Urban dimension of cohesion policy - Complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures - Implementation of the Structural Funds Regulation 2007-2013: results of negotiations on national cohesion strategies and operational programmes - A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment - (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report: on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion and the state of the debate on the future reform of the cohesion policy [2008/2174(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Lambert van Nistelrooij (A6-0083/2009)

Report: on best practices in the field of regional policy and obstacles to the use of the structural funds [2008/2061(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Constanze Angela Krehl (A6-0095/2009)

Report: on the urban dimension of cohesion policy in the new programming period [2008/2130(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Oldřich Vlasák (A6-0031/2009)

Report: on complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures [2008/2100(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Wojciech Roszkowski (A6-0042/2009)

Report: on the implementation of the Structural Funds Regulation 2007-2013: the results of the negotiations on the national cohesion strategies and the operational programmes [2008/2183(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Miroslav Mikolášik (A6-0108/2009)

Report: with recommendations to the Commission on a European initiative for the development of micro-credits in support of growth and employment [2008/2122(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0041/2009)

Lambert van Nistelrooij, Constanze Angela Krehl, Oldřich Vlasák, Wojciech Roszkowski, Miroslav Mikolášik and Zsolt László Becsey introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Gary Titley (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Nathalie Griesbeck (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Atanas Paparizov (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Neena Gill (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Zita Pleštinská (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Emmanouil Angelakas, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Grażyna Staniszewska, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Peter Baco, Non-attached Member, James Nicholson, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Elspeth Attwooll, Giovanni Robusti, Gisela Kallenbach, Georgios Toussas, Kathy Sinnott, Carl Lang, Markus Pieper, Evgeni Kirilov, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Jim Allister, Jan Olbrycht, Mia De Vits, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Ambroise Guellec, Pierre Pribetich, Rolf Berend, Miloš Koterec and Mariela Velichkova Baeva.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Margie Sudre, Gábor Harangozó, Rumiana Jeleva, Jamila Madeira, Iosif Matula, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Maria Petre, Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Eoin Ryan.

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The President welcomed a delegation of young people from the European programme against organised crime, FLARE.

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The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erna Hennicot-Schoepges.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ewa Tomaszewska, Den Dover, Zita Pleštinská and Sérgio Marques.

The President recalled the rules applicable to the 'catch-the-eye' procedure.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Andreas Mölzer, Alexandru Nazare, Ljudmila Novak, James Nicholson, Francesco Ferrari and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Danuta Hübner, Constanze Angela Krehl, Oldřich Vlasák, Wojciech Roszkowski, Miroslav Mikolášik, Zsolt László Becsey and Lambert van Nistelrooij.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.18, minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.11, minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.19, minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.12, minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.20 and minutes of 24.03.2009, item 4.21.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.50 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)