5. Freedom of information in Italy (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Freedom of information in Italy

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, David-Maria Sassoli, on behalf of the S-D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question from Mário David, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini on the conduct of the debate, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Mario Mauro, who also replied to a blue-card question by Martin Schulz, Claude Moraes, Sonia Alfano, Indrek Tarand, who also replied to a blue-card question by Potito Salatto, Oreste Rossi, Frank Vanhecke, Manfred Weber and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gianni Vattimo, Mario Borghezio, Carlo Casini, Gianluca Susta, Sylvie Goulard, Fiorello Provera, Simon Busuttil, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Sarah Ludford, Salvatore Iacolino, Rita Borsellino, Sophia in 't Veld, János Áder, Debora Serracchiani, Clemente Mastella, Anni Podimata, Alfredo Pallone, Cătălin Sorin Ivan and Elisabetta Gardini.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Licia Ronzulli, Victor Boştinaru, Cecilia Wikström, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Mary Honeyball, David Casa and Stanimir Ilchev.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, who first complained about the noise in the Chamber when the Commissioner had been speaking and who asked that the Bureau should consider ways of putting an end to this type of situation, and who then made a personal statement following the speech by Manfred Weber.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, who said that Angelika Niebler had been attacked near Parliament in the late evening of 18 September 2009 and that the police still had not arrived an hour and a half after being called. He asked the President of Parliament to raise the matter with the relevant Brussels authorities.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.