12. Order of business

Verbatim reports

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the February I and II 2011 sittings (PE 457.601/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday
The Verts/ALE and ALDE groups had requested the inclusion on the agenda of a statement by Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, on the Rule of Law in Russia.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, giving reasons for the request, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, supporting it, and Adrian Severin, on behalf of the S&D Group, opposing it.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (170 in favour, 132 against, 25 abstentions).

The statement was included as the third item on the agenda for Tuesday morning.

The following deadlines had been set:

- motions for resolution: Tuesday 15 February 2011, 10.00

- amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 16 February 2011, 10.00

- amendments to joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 16 February 2011, 11.00

The vote would take place on Thursday, 17 February 2011.

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The PPE group had requested the inclusion on the agenda of a Commission statement on the situation in Lampedusa.

The following spoke: Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, giving reasons for the request, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, supporting it and making a small change the title of the debate.

Parliament approved the request.

The following spoke: Rui Tavares.

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, asking for the debate to be entitled "Measures in support of Italy and other Member States affected by exceptional migratory flows".

Parliament approved the request.

Wednesday

No changes.

Thursday
The EFD group had requested the inclusion on the agenda of the oral question to the Commission on the use of the European Arrest Warrant in the Julian Assange case.

The following spoke: Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, giving reasons for the request, Edit Herczog and Martin Schulz.

Parliament rejected the request.

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The order of business was thus established.