The following document had been received from a committee:
- Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (2009/2161(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Kinga Gál (A7-0344/2010)
3. Oral questions (submission)
The following oral question had been tabled by Members (Rule 115):
- (O-0201/2010) by Stephen Hughes, Pervenche Berès and Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Economic governance and Article 9 of the Treaty of Lisbon (B7-0661/2010).
4. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)
In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:
I. Malaysia: the practice of caning
- Véronique De Keyser, Marc Tarabella and Barbara Weiler, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the practice of caning in Malaysia (B7-0708/2010);
- Marietje Schaake, Marielle De Sarnez, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Kristiina Ojuland and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Malaysia: the practice of caning (B7-0713/2010);
- Barbara Lochbihler, Emilie Turunen, Christian Engström, Gerald Häfner, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the practice of caning in Malaysia (B7-0717/2010);
- Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Malaysia: the practice of caning (B7-0725/2010);
- Elmar Brok, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Dominique Baudis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Malaysia: the practice of caning (B7-0726/2010);
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Rui Tavares and Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Malaysia: the practice of caning (B7-0730/2010).
II. Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population
- Véronique De Keyser, Michael Cashman and Corina Creţu, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0709/2010);
- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0710/2010);
- Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Alexandra Thein, Kristiina Ojuland, Sophia in 't Veld, Renate Weber and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0711/2010);
- Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0718/2010);
- Alf Svensson, Monica Luisa Macovei, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Filip Kaczmarek and Dominique Baudis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0727/2010);
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Eva-Britt Svensson, Cornelia Ernst, Rui Tavares, Marisa Matias, Ilda Figueiredo and João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Uganda: the Bahati Bill and discrimination against the LGBT population (B7-0729/2010).
III. Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai
- Niccolò Rinaldi, Marielle De Sarnez, Charles Goerens, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake and Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0712/2010);
- Véronique De Keyser, Richard Howitt, David-Maria Sassoli and Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0715/2010);
- Charles Tannock, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0719/2010);
- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Filip Kaczmarek, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Bogusław Sonik, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0728/2010);
- Rui Tavares, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0731/2010);
- Hélène Flautre, Barbara Lochbihler and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai (B7-0732/2010).
Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.
5. Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) (debate)
Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon [2009/2161(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Kinga Gál (A7-0344/2010)
Kinga Gál introduced the report.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Krisztina Morvai, Non-attached Member, Salvatore Iacolino, Michael Cashman, Daniël van der Stoep, Milan Zver, Kinga Göncz, Monica Luisa Macovei, Joanna Senyszyn and Ádám Kósa.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Záborská, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Sonia Alfano, Ilda Figueiredo, Franz Obermayr, Alajos Mészáros and Vilija Blinkevičiūtė.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Kinga Gál.
Report on the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Protection Order [00002/2010 - C7-0006/2010- 2010/0802(COD)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López (A7-0354/2010)
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López introduced the report.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Monica Luisa Macovei, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia Costa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Emine Bozkurt and Nathalie Griesbeck.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI Vice-President
The following spoke: Véronique Mathieu, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Salvatore Iacolino and Heidi Hautala.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Sonia Alfano, Cornelia Ernst, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Krisztina Morvai, Angelika Werthmann and Antonyia Parvanova.
The following spoke: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Carmen Romero López and Viviane Reding.
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA [COM(2010)0095 - C7-0087/2010- 2010/0065(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Co-rapporteurs: Edit Bauer and Anna Hedh (A7-0348/2010)
Edit Bauer and Anna Hedh introduced the report.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Andrea Češková, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member, Barbara Matera, Silvia Costa, Nadja Hirsch, Peter van Dalen, Ilda Figueiredo, Niki Tzavela, Regina Bastos, Claude Moraes, Axel Voss and Britta Thomsen.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Olga Sehnalová, Sonia Alfano, Elie Hoarau, Oreste Rossi and Krisztina Morvai.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Edit Bauer and Anna Hedh.
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed an official delegation of religious leaders and representatives of the Christian community in the Middle East, from Iraq and Lebanon, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
9. Voting time
Detailed voting results (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.
9.1. Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Portugal - floods; France - Xynthia (storm)(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0578 - C7-0323/2010- 2010/2237(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0335/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.2. Draft amending budget No 9/2010: EU Solidarity Fund (floods in Portugal, Xynthia (storm), France) - Economic recovery: European offshore wind grid system (vote)(Rule 138)
Report on Council's position on Draft amending budget No 9/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission [17633/2010 - C7-0409/2010- 2010/2238(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: László Surján (A7-0341/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
9.3. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: SI/Mura, Slovenia (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0582 - C7-0334/2010- 2010/2243(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0336/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.4. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG/Germany(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0568 - C7-0332/2010- 2010/2241(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0337/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.5. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Wielkopolskie Automotive from Poland (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0616 - C7-0347/2010- 2010/2253(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0359/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.6. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Aragón - Retail trade from Spain(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0615 - C7-0346/2010- 2010/2252(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0358/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.7. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Comunidad Valenciana - Textiles/Spain(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0613 - C7-0345/2010- 2010/2251(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0357/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.8. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Comunidad Valenciana - natural stone from Spain(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0617 - C7-0344/2010- 2010/2250(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0356/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.9. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Lear from Spain (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0625 - C7-0360/2010- 2010/2265(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0351/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.10. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: H.Cegielski-Poznań from Poland(Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0631 - C7-0361/2010- 2010/2266(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0352/2010)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION
9.11. Extension of the scope of Directive 2003/109/EC to beneficiaries of international protection ***I (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection [COM(2007)0298 - C6-0196/2007- 2007/0112(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A7-0347/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
9.12. EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas *** (Rule 138)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas [11324/2010 - C7-0391/2010- 2010/0106(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0345/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
9.13. EU rapid response capability (Rule 138)(vote)
Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on setting up an EU rapid response capability [2010/2096(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Iva Zanicchi (A7-0332/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)
9.14. Regulation of trading in financial instruments (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on regulation of trading in financial instruments - dark pools etc. [2010/2075(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Kay Swinburne (A7-0326/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)
9.15. Strengthening Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Security in the European Union – an EU CBRN Action Plan (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on strengthening chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security in the European Union - an EU CBRN Action Plan [2010/2114(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0349/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 15)
9.16. Good governance and EU regional policy (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission [2009/2231(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Ramona Nicole Mănescu (A7-0280/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network [COM(2009)0322 - C7-0055/2009- 2009/0098(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A7-0342/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 17)
9.18. Single application procedure for residence and work ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State [COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007- 2007/0229(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0265/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 18)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL
Rejected
During the vote, Francesco Enrico Speroni had spoken on the voting results being displayed in the Chamber.
The following had spoken after the vote: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission), who gave the Commission's position, Alejandro Cercas, who asked for a clearer position to be provided, Véronique Mathieu (rapporteur) on the outcome of the vote, and Neelie Kroes.
Having established that the Commission would not be withdrawing its proposal, the President confirmed that the matter was referred back to committee responsible under Rule 56(3).
9.19. European Protection Order ***I (vote)
Report on the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Protection Order [00002/2010 - C7-0006/2010- 2010/0802(COD)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López (A7-0354/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 19)
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (rapporteur) and Carmen Romero López (rapporteur), before the vote on the amended proposal.
9.20. Trafficking in human beings ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA [COM(2010)0095 - C7-0087/2010- 2010/0065(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Co-rapporteurs: Edit Bauer and Anna Hedh (A7-0348/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 20)
9.21. EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation *** (vote)
Recommendation to the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation [15507/2010 - C7-0392/2010- 2010/0108(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0346/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 21)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
9.22. Territorial, social and economic cohesion (vote)
Report on achieving real territorial, social and economic cohesion within the EU - a sine qua non for global competitiveness? [2009/2233(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Petru Constantin Luhan (A7-0309/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 22)
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.
Alojz Peterle said that, at voting time, he had wished to vote in favour of the reports by Reimer Böge (A7-0335/2010), László Surján (A7-0341/2010) and Barbara Matera (A7-0336/2010).
(The sitting was suspended at 13.10 and resumed at 15.05.)
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President
12. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
13. Question Hour with the President of the Commission
13.1. Free questions
The following put questions and supplementary questions to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who replied: Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, José Bové, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member.
13.2. Wikileaks – cyber security
The following spoke under the 'catch the eye' procedure to put questions to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who replied: Carlos Coelho, Edit Herczog, Graham Watson, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Georgios Papanikolaou, Ana Gomes, Sonia Alfano, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Tunne Kelam, Derek Vaughan, Mario Borghezio, Sarah Ludford, Franz Obermayr and Petru Constantin Luhan.
Question Hour with the President of the Commission closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA Vice-President
14. Parliament's position on the new 2011 Draft Budget as modified by the Council (debate)
Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, all sections, as modified by the Council [17635/2010 - C7-0411/2010- 2010/2290(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska and Helga Trüpel (A7-0369/2010)
Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska and Helga Trüpel introduced the report.
The following spoke: Melchior Wathelet (President-in-Office of the Council) and Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: László Surján, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabelle Durant, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Göran Färm, who also answered a blue card question from Lucas Hartong, Carl Haglund, Martin Callanan, Bastiaan Belder, Angelika Werthmann, Alain Lamassoure, Hynek Fajmon, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Peter van Dalen and José Manuel Fernandes.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Zigmantas Balčytis, Riikka Manner, François Alfonsi, Diane Dodds, Michel Dantin and Edit Herczog.
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, Melchior Wathelet, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska and Helga Trüpel.
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies [COM(2010)0289 - C7-0143/2010- 2010/0160(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A7-0340/2010)
Jean-Paul Gauzès introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olivier Chastel (President-in-Office of the Council) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Sebastian Valentin Bodu (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, and Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK Vice-President
The following spoke: Evelyn Regner.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Zigmantas Balčytis, Csanád Szegedi, Elena Băsescu and Gay Mitchell.
The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Olivier Chastel and Jean-Paul Gauzès.
16. Outcome of the Climate Change Conference in Cancún(debate)
Council and Commission statements: Outcome of the Climate Change Conference in Cancún
Joke Schauvliege (President-in-Office of the Council) and Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Richard Seeber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jo Leinen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nick Griffin, Non-attached Member, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Linda McAvan, Satu Hassi, Marisa Matias, Paul Nuttall, who also replied to a blue card question from Chris Davies, Elisabetta Gardini, Dan Jørgensen, Bas Eickhout, Romana Jordan Cizelj and Edite Estrela.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Oreste Rossi, João Ferreira, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Vittorio Prodi.
The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard and Joke Schauvliege.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President
17. Question Time (Commission)
Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B7-0655/2010).
John Dalli (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.
Question 16 (Tiziano Motti): European Parliament declaration of 23 June 2010 on setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders.
László Andor (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Tiziano Motti, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Georgios Papanikolaou.
Question 17 (Barbara Matera): Young people and the labour market.
László Andor answered the question and supplementaries by Barbara Matera, Nikolaos Chountis and Seán Kelly.
Question 18 (Marc Tarabella): Gender equality in decision-making.
Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Marc Tarabella, Mairead McGuinness and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.
Question 19 (Georgios Papanikolaou): Costs for Member States arising from interpretation, translation and information rights in criminal proceedings.
Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papanikolaou and Brian Crowley.
Question 25 (Jim Higgins): Enlargement of the EU to include Turkey.
Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Jim Higgins and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on the conduct of Question Time.
Question 24 (Bernd Posselt): Cooperation between Vojvodina and eastern Croatia.
Question 26 (Georgios Koumoutsakos): The rise of an increasingly virulent form of nationalism in Albania and its prospects of EU accession.
Štefan Füle answered the questions and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Georgios Koumoutsakos and Justas Vincas Paleckis.
Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).
Commission Question Time closed.
The following spoke: Barry Madlener on the conduct of Question Time.
(The sitting was suspended at 20.40 and resumed at 21.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS Vice-President
18. Energy Efficiency Action Plan (debate)
Report on Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan [2010/2107(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Bendt Bendtsen (A7-0331/2010)
Bendt Bendtsen introduced the report.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Peter Liese (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also answered a blue card question by Hannes Swoboda, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Marita Ulvskog, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Bas Eickhout, Zbigniew Ziobro, Jacky Hénin, Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Francesco De Angelis, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Ilda Figueiredo, Richard Seeber, Hannes Swoboda, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Zigmantas Balčytis, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Antonio Cancian, Mario Pirillo and Anni Podimata.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Jahr, Kriton Arsenis, Sonia Alfano, Oreste Rossi, Csanád Szegedi, Elena Băsescu and Catherine Stihler.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Bendt Bendtsen.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President
19. Repeal of directives regarding metrology ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directives 71/317/EEC, 71/347/EEC, 71/349/EEC, 74/148/EEC, 75/33/EEC, 76/765/EEC, 76/766/EEC, and 86/217/EEC regarding metrology [COM(2008)0801 - C6-0467/2008- 2008/0227(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Anja Weisgerber (A7-0050/2010)
Anja Weisgerber introduced the report.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Lara Comi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Edvard Kožušník, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Zuzana Roithová and Malcolm Harbour.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Anja Weisgerber.
Oral question (O-0195/2010) by Andreas Schwab, Anja Weisgerber, Marianne Thyssen, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Anna Hedh, Barbara Weiler, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Jürgen Creutzmann, Antonyia Parvanova, Nadja Hirsch, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Safety of toys (B7-0658/2010)
Anja Weisgerber, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Malcolm Harbour and Heide Rühle moved the oral question.
Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Lara Comi, on behalf of the PPE Group, María Irigoyen Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Zuzana Roithová, Sylvana Rapti and Catherine Stihler.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Csanád Szegedi and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani.
The debate closed.
Vote: 16 December 2010.
21. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 452.508/OJME).