11. Situation of the Roma people in Europe (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Situation of the Roma people in Europe

Olivier Chastel (President-in-Office of the Council), Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) and László Andor (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Lívia Járóka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Manfred Weber who also answered a blue card question from Rui Tavares, Ioan Enciu, Sophia in 't Veld, Franziska Keller, Derk Jan Eppink, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Gerard Batten, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Simon Busuttil, Sylvie Guillaume, Sarah Ludford, Catherine Grèze, Dimitar Stoyanov, Monica Luisa Macovei, Claude Moraes, Marielle De Sarnez, Andrey Kovatchev, Kinga Göncz, Luigi de Magistris, Mario Mauro and Rita Borsellino.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Jan Mulder, Ulrike Lunacek, Jaroslav Paška, Franz Obermayr, Roberta Angelilli, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Rui Tavares.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding, Anna Záborská on the operation of the 'catch the eye' procedure, Hannes Swoboda on the details provided by Viviane Reding in her second speech, László Andor and Olivier Chastel.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Jean-Pierre Audy, Michèle Striffler, Lívia Járóka and Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation of the Roma people in Europe and violation of the law on freedom of movement (B7-0492/2010);

- Hannes Swoboda, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Kinga Göncz, Rovana Plumb, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Claude Moraes, Sylvie Guillaume, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Tanja Fajon and Rita Borsellino, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation of Roma and on freedom of movement in the European Union (B7-0493/2010);

- Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Rui Tavares, Willy Meyer, Nikolaos Chountis, Patrick Le Hyaric, Miguel Portas, Jacky Hénin and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on the situation of the Roma people in Europe (B7-0500/2010);

- Niki Tzavela, Jaroslav Paška, Paul Nuttall, Fiorello Provera, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Mario Borghezio, Oreste Rossi and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation of the Roma people in Europe (B7-0502/2010);

- Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Marielle De Sarnez, Cecilia Wikström, Niccolò Rinaldi, Sonia Alfano, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Leonidas Donskis, Olle Schmidt, Metin Kazak, Luigi de Magistris, Alexander Alvaro and Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the expulsion of Roma from France (B7-0503/2010);

- Hélène Flautre, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Margrete Auken, Reinhard Bütikofer, Marije Cornelissen, Karima Delli, Franziska Keller, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Keith Taylor, Bart Staes, Catherine Grèze and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation of the Roma people in Europe (B7-0504/2010).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 9.9.2010, item 5.2.