Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection [05538/2011 - C7-0044/2011- 2010/0384(NLE)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0021/2011)
Klaus-Heiner Lehne introduced the recommendation.
The following spoke: Enikő Győri (President-in-Office of the Council).
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Raffaele Baldassarre, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernhard Rapkay, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marielle Gallo, Edvard Kožušník, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Luigi Berlinguer, Antonio Masip Hidalgo and Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Edit Herczog, Toine Manders, Malcolm Harbour, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Schwab, Adam Gierek, Zuzana Roithová and Małgorzata Handzlik.
The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Enikő Győri and Klaus-Heiner Lehne.