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IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

16. Freedom of expression and press freedom in the EU (debate)

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Commission statement: Freedom of expression and press freedom in the EU

Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Simon Busuttil, Kinga Göncz, Sophia in 't Veld, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, Rui Tavares, John Bufton, Hans-Peter Martin, Marco Scurria, Victor Boştinaru, Renate Weber, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Vladimír Remek, Mario Borghezio, Nicole Sinclaire, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ivailo Kalfin, Luigi de Magistris, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ivo Belet, David-Maria Sassoli, Cecilia Wikström, Georgios Papanikolaou, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz and Mariya Nedelcheva.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Iosif Matula, Ioan Enciu, Chris Davies, Anna Záborská, Margrete Auken, Salvatore Iacolino, Seán Kelly, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Hella Ranner and Oreste Rossi.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.