10. Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (debate)

Verbatim reports

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion

Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Mario Mauro, Richard Howitt, Marielle De Sarnez, Peter van Dalen, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Bastiaan Belder, Diane Dodds, Ernst Strasser, Guido Milana, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marina Yannakoudakis, Cornelis de Jong and Mario Borghezio.

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jaime Mayor Oreja, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Frédérique Ries, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Francisco José Millán Mon, Mitro Repo, Zbigniew Ziobro, Gay Mitchell, Maria Eleni Koppa, Mirosław Piotrowski, Doris Pack, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Eleni Theocharous, Miroslav Mikolášik, Peter Šťastný, Sari Essayah, Traian Ungureanu, Tunne Kelam, Simon Busuttil and Carlo Casini.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Magdi Cristiano Allam, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Alexandra Thein, Charles Tannock, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Franz Obermayr, Anna Záborská and László Tőkés.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

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

- Fiorello Provera, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Mario Borghezio, Oreste Rossi, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Niki Tzavela, Lorenzo Fontana and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (B7-0039/2011);

- Adrian Severin, Hannes Swoboda, David-Maria Sassoli, Richard Howitt, Gianni Pittella and Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (B7-0040/2011);

- Marietje Schaake, Metin Kazak, Vincenzo Iovine, Marielle De Sarnez, Charles Goerens, Frédérique Ries, Kristiina Ojuland, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation of Christians in relation to freedom of religion (B7-0051/2011);

- Willy Meyer, Ilda Figueiredo, Bairbre de Brún, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation of Christians in relation to freedom of religion (B7-0052/2011);

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Peter van Dalen, Marek Henryk Migalski, Mirosław Piotrowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański and Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation of Christians in relation to freedom of religion (B7-0054/2011);

- Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ioannis Kasoulides, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Ernst Strasser, Tunne Kelam, Doris Pack, Mário David, Francisco José Millán Mon, Gay Mitchell, Filip Kaczmarek, Marietta Giannakou, Carlo Casini, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Anna Záborská, Traian Ungureanu, Cristiana Muscardini, Andrzej Grzyb, Constance Le Grip, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Artur Zasada, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska and Sławomir Witold Nitras, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation of Christians in relation to freedom of religion (B7-0056/2011);

- Heidi Hautala, Margrete Auken, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (B7-0058/2011)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 7.2.