Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 103(2):
- Marietta Giannakou, Theodoros Skylakakis, Ioannis Kasoulides, Michel Barnier, Mario Mauro, Andrey Kovatchev, Paulo Rangel, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Danuta Maria Hübner, Richard Seeber, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Jean-Pierre Audy, Elena Băsescu, Sophie Briard Auconie, Alain Cadec, David Casa, Michel Dantin, Rachida Dati, Anne Delvaux, Christine De Veyrac, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, José Manuel Fernandes, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Gaston Franco, Marielle Gallo, Elisabetta Gardini, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Françoise Grossetête, Pascale Gruny, Philippe Juvin, Lena Barbara Kolarska-Bobińska, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Veronica Lope Fontagné, Petru Constantin Luhan, Véronique Mathieu, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Iosif Matula, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Radvilė Morkūnaitė, Jan Olbrycht, Georgios Papanikolaou, Georgios Papastamkos, Markus Pieper, Maurice Ponga, Konstantinos Poupakis, Cristian Dan Preda, Tokia Saïfi, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Marco Scurria, Csaba Sógor, Catherine Soullie, László Surján, Nuno Teixeira, Róża, Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein, Ioannis Tsoukalas, Traian Ungureanu, Dominique Vlasto and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, on behalf of the PPE Group, on forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0039/2009);
- Corinne Lepage and Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0041/2009);
- Michail Tremopoulos, François Alfonsi, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Oriol Junqueras Vies, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0042/2009);
- Martin Schulz, Marita Ulvskog, Linda McAvan, Stavros Lambrinidis, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Edite Estrela, Gilles Pargneaux, Anni Podimata, Kriton Arsenis, Georgios Stavrakakis, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Inés Ayala Sender, Maria Badia i Cutchet, María Paloma Muñiz De Urquiza, Francesca Balzani, Maria Eleni Koppa, Chrysoula Paliadeli, Sylvana Rapti, Giorgos Papakonstantinou and Jo Leinen, on behalf of the S-D Group,on the forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0044/2009);
- Marina Yannakoudakis and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0048/2009);
- Nikolaos Chountis, Willy Meyer and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on forest fires in the summer of 2009 (B7-0049/2009).
4. G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate)
Council and Commission statements: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September)
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S-D Group, Sylvie Goulard, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Othmar Karas, Pervenche Berès, Wolf Klinz, Cornelis de Jong, Krisztina Morvai, Werner Langen and Edward Scicluna.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK Vice-President
The following spoke: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Alejandro Cercas, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Peter Skinner, Kader Arif and Ramón Jáuregui Atondo.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Rachida Dati, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Pascal Canfin, Vicky Ford, Enikő Győri, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Corinne Lepage.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Joaquín Almunia.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 103(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session
5. SWIFT (debate)
Council statement: SWIFT
Beatrice Ask (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.
The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission), Ernst Strasser, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S-D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Beatrice Ask.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Jacques Barrot and Sophia in 't Veld.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 103(2):
- Simon Busuttil, Ernst Strasser and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, Udo Bullmann, Carmen Romero López and Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S-D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Sarah Ludford, Alexander Alvaro, Nathalie Griesbeck and Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the envisaged international agreement to make available to the United States Treasury Department financial payment messaging data to prevent and combat terrorism and terrorist financing (B7-0038/2009);
- Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the envisaged international agreement to make available to the United States Treasury Department financial payment messaging data to prevent and combat terrorism and terrorist financing (B7-0050/2009);
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the envisaged international agreement to make available to the United States Treasury Department financial payment messaging data to prevent and combat terrorism and terrorist financing (B7-0052/2009).
Council and Commission statements: EU strategy for the Baltic Sea area
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Paweł Samecki (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the S-D Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Andrzej Grzyb, Diana Wallis, Isabella Lövin, Oldřich Vlasák, Anna Rosbach, Inese Vaidere and Tomasz Piotr Poręba.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Danuta Maria Hübner, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Riikka Manner, Tatjana Ždanoka, Ville Itälä, Victor Boştinaru and Werner Kuhn.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Paweł Samecki.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President
7. 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.
7.1. Election of the President of the Commission
(Secret ballot)
The President announced that he had received, pursuant to Rule 105, the nomination of José Manuel Barroso.
The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
The President referred to the provisions of Rule 105(2).
The vote was taken.
The President read out the results of the vote:
- Members voting: 718
- For: 382
- Against: 219
- Abstentions: 117
(The list of Members voting is annexed to these Minutes.)
The President noted that the nominee had been elected, and congratulated him on his success.
The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission).
The President said that, under Rule 105(3), he would inform the Council accordingly, requesting it and the President-elect of the Commission to propose by common accord the nominees for the various posts of Commissioners.
7.2. Appointments to interparliamentary delegations
Proposals of the Conference of Presidents: Appointments to interparliamentary delegations
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
Adopted
(The list of delegation members is annexed to these Minutes.)
Marietta Giannakou, Theodoros Skylakakis, Michel Barnier, Ioannis Kasoulides, Veronica Lope Fontagné and Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, Anni Podimata, Andres Perello Rodriguez and Kriton Arsenis, on behalf of the S-D Group, Corinne Lepage and Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
Oral explanations of vote:
Election of the President of the Commission: Charles Goerens, Crescenzio Rivellini, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall
Forest fires in the summer of 2009(RC-B7-0039/2009): Andrew Henry William Brons and Philip Claeys
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.
(The sitting was suspended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President
10. Financial services (signature of the acts)
The President and Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) made brief statements following the adoption of the Financial Services Package.
Together with Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission), Pervenche Berès (former Chair of the ECON Committee), Sharon Bowles (current Chair of the ECON Committee ), Othmar Karas (rapporteur) and Jean-Paul Gauzès (rapporteur), they signed the acts.
IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT Vice-President
11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
12. Composition of interparliamentary delegations
At the request of the S-D, ALDE and ECR Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
Delegation to the Euromediterranean Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Hannu Takkula to replace Alexandra Thein
Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) : Guido Milana to replace Francesca Balzani
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia: Francesca Balzani to replace Guido Milana
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Paweł Robert Kowal to replace Konrad Szymański
Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees: Konrad Szymański to replace Paweł Robert Kowal
13. Conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EC and the Republic of Tajikistan (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EC and the Republic of Tajikistan
Report on the proposal for a decision of the Council and of the Commission on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part [12475/2004 – 11803/2004 – C6 0118/2005 – 2004/0176(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Alojz Peterle (A7-0007/2009)
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
Alojz Peterle introduced the report.
The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek, on behalf of the PPE Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Pino Arlacchi.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Pier Antonio Panzeri, Jelko Kacin, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Bernd Posselt and Athanasios Plevris.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Alojz Peterle.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 103(2):
- Alojz Peterle, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part (B7-0025/2009).
14. New regulations on visas for Western Balkan countries (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) (debate)
Council and Commission statements: New regulations on visas for Western Balkan countries (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia)
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kristian Vigenin, on behalf of the S-D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Athanasios Plevris, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Tanja Fajon, Jelko Kacin, Ulrike Lunacek, Fiorello Provera, George Becali, Doris Pack, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Gerard Batten, Dimitar Stoyanov, Kinga Gál, Kinga Göncz, Bernd Posselt, Maria Eleni Koppa and Anna Ibrisagic.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Victor Boştinaru, Norica Nicolai, Antonio Cancian, Emine Bozkurt, Nadezhda Mihaylova, Elena Băsescu, Zoran Thaler, Alojz Peterle and Petru Constantin Luhan.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Jacques Barrot.
The debate closed.
15. Situation in Lithuania following the adoption of the law on protection of minors (debate)
Oral question O-0079/2009 by Sophia in 't Veld, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Leonidas Donskis, Gianni Vattimo, Sarah Ludford, Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jean Lambert and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: Lithuanian Law for the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0201/2009)
Oral question O-0080/2009 by Sophia in 't Veld, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Leonidas Donskis, Gianni Vattimo, Sarah Ludford, Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jean Lambert and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Lithuanian Law for the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0202/2009)
Oral question O-0081/2009 by Rui Tavares, Cornelia Ernst, Cornelis de Jong, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: Lithuanian law for the protection of minors against the detrimental effect of public information (B7-0204/2009)
Oral question O-0082/2009 by Rui Tavares, Cornelia Ernst, Cornelis de Jong, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Lithuanian law for the protection of minors against the detrimental effect of public information (B7-0205/2009)
Oral question O-0083/2009 by Michael Cashman, Claude Moraes and Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the S-D Group, to the Council: Lithuanian Law for the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0206/2009)
Oral question O-0084/2009 by Michael Cashman, Claude Moraes and Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the S-D Group, to the Commission: Lithuanian Law for the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0207/2009)
Sophia in 't Veld, Ulrike Lunacek, Rui Tavares and Michael Cashman moved the oral questions.
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the questions B7-0201/2009, B7-0204/2009 and B7-0206/2009.
Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the questions B7-0202/2009, B7-0205/2009 and B7-0207/2009.
The following spoke: Vytautas Landsbergis, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S-D Group, Leonidas Donskis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Véronique Mathieu, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Emine Bozkurt.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Cecilia Wikström and Anna Záborská.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Jacques Barrot.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):
- Sophia in 't Veld, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Leonidas Donskis, Gianni Vattimo and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0026/2009);
- Véronique Mathieu and Vytautas Landsbergis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0027/2009);
- Claude Moraes, Michael Cashman and Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S-D Group, on the Lithuanian Law for the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0029/2009);
- Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jean Lambert and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0030/2009);
- Rui Tavares, Cornelia Ernst, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Thomas Händel and Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information (B7-0031/2009).
Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B7-0203/2009).
Question 1 (Marian Harkin): Animal welfare.
Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Marian Harkin, Mairead McGuinness and Seán Kelly.
Question 2 (Claude Moraes): Child trafficking in the EU.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and supplementaries by Anna Hedh (deputising for the author) and Elizabeth Lynne.
Question 3 (Mairead McGuinness): Message for FAO high-level meeting.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and supplementaries by Mairead McGuinness and Marian Harkin.
Question 4 (Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou): Stability and Development Pact.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and a supplementary by Marietta Giannakou (deputising for the author).
Question 5 (Seán Kelly): EU measures to combat unemployment.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and supplementaries by Seán Kelly and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.
Question 6 (Bernd Posselt): Information about Chechnya.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.
Question 7 (Nikolaos Chountis): Authorisation from the Turkish Government for hydrocarbon prospecting within the exclusive economic zones of EU Member States.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and a supplementary by Nikolaos Chountis.
Question 8 (Liam Aylward): EU policy in Burma.
Cecilia Malmström answered the question and a supplementary by Liam Aylward.