19. Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (debate)

Verbatim reports

- (O-000036/2011) by Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Paul Rübig, Daniel Caspary and Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (B7-0017/2011);

- (O-000043/2011/rév.1) by Lena Ek, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Fiona Hall, Marielle De Sarnez, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marietje Schaake and Michael Theurer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (B7-0020/2011);

- (O-000041/2011) by Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Raw materials strategy for Europe (B7-0207/2011).

Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Lena Ek and Konrad Szymański moved the oral questions.

Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral questions.

The following spoke: Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Daniel Caspary, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Charles Goerens and Teresa Riera Madurell.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Zigmantas Balčytis, João Ferreira, Edit Herczog, Judith A. Merkies and Adam Gierek.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani.

The debate closed.