9. Rio+20 earth summit (debate)

Verbatim reports

Oral question (O-000181/2011) by Jo Leinen, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: Key objectives for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 summit) in Rio de Janeiro (B7-0436/2011)

Oral question (O-000182/2011) by Jo Leinen, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Key objectives for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 summit) in Rio de Janeiro (B7-0437/2011)

Jo Leinen moved the oral questions.

Andrzej Kraszewski (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question B7-0436/2011.

Janez Potočnik and Connie Hedegaard (Members of the Commission) replied to question B7-0437/2011.

The following spoke: Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Giles CHICHESTER
Vice-President

The following spoke: Vittorio Prodi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sandrine Bélier, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Romana Jordan Cizelj and Dimitar Stoyanov, Nick Griffin, Non-attached Member, Richard Seeber, Judith A. Merkies, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Peter van Dalen, Satu Hassi, Derek Roland Clark, who also replied to a blue-card question by Karl-Heinz Florenz, Sophie Auconie, Rovana Plumb, Struan Stevenson, Bas Eickhout, Jaroslav Paška, Bogusław Sonik, Kriton Arsenis, Konrad Szymański, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Edite Estrela, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Maria Da Graça Carvalho.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Alajos Mészáros, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Miroslav Mikolášik, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, João Ferreira and Angelika Werthmann.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Andrzej Kraszewski.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Karl-Heinz Florenz, Vittorio Prodi, Corinne Lepage, Sandrine Bélier, Miroslav Ouzký and Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, on developing a common EU position ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (B7-0522/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: 29 minutes of 29.9.2011, item 10.3.