11. 2007 discharge: EU general budget - Council (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2007
Section II - Council [C6-0417/2008 – 2008/2277(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Søren Bo Søndergaard (A6-0150/2009)

The following spoke: Søren Bo Søndergaard, first to wonder about the absence of the Council (the President confirmed that the Council had been invited to the debate) and then to present his report.

The following spoke: José Javier Pomés Ruiz, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kyösti Virrankoski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens Holm, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Herbert Bösch and Paulo Casaca.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Karl von Wogau.

The following spoke: Hans-Peter Martin, to make a personal statement following the speech by Karl von Wogau, and the latter, to reply to him.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Paul Rübig.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Herbert Bösch (Chair of the CONT Committee), returning to Karl von Wogau's first speech.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ingeborg Gräßle and Pierre Pribetich.

The following spoke: Søren Bo Søndergaard.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 23.4.2009, item 6.14.