9. New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Catherine Ashton (Vice-President designate of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pino Arlacchi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nicole Sinclaire, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Richard Howitt, Charles Goerens, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Geoffrey Van Orden, Cornelia Ernst, Philippe Juvin, Ana Gomes, Reinhard Bütikofer, Michael Gahler, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Francisco José Millán Mon and Elmar Brok.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Lara Comi, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Sajjad Karim, Ivo Vajgl, Arnaud Danjean and Corina Creţu.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Piotr Borys and Martin Ehrenhauser.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Catherine Ashton.

The debate closed.