13. Situation of the Roma in Member States (debate)

Verbatim reports

Oral question (O-000236/2011) by Raül Romeva i Rueda, Hélène Flautre, Franziska Keller, Rui Tavares, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Catherine Grèze, Karima Delli and Malika Benarab-Attou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: Roma rights in the EU - tackling anti-Gypsyism (B7-0649/2011);

Oral question (O-000237/2011) by Raül Romeva i Rueda, Hélène Flautre, Franziska Keller, Rui Tavares, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Catherine Grèze, Karima Delli and Malika Benarab-Attou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Roma rights in the EU - tackling anti-Gypsyism (B7-0650/2011);

Oral question (O-000241/2011) by Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Marisa Matias, Patrick Le Hyaric, Mikael Gustafsson and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: EU measures on Roma (B7-0651/2011);

Oral question (O-000242/2011) by Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Marisa Matias, Patrick Le Hyaric, Mikael Gustafsson and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: EU measures on Roma (B7-0652/2011);

Oral question (O-000259/2011) by Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hannes Swoboda, Claude Moraes, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kinga Göncz, Emine Bozkurt and Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: The situation of the Roma in Member States (B7-0644/2011);

Oral question (O-000260/2011) by Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hannes Swoboda, Claude Moraes, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kinga Göncz, Emine Bozkurt and Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: The situation of the Roma in Member States (B7-0645/2011);

Oral question (O-000274/2011) by Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Gianni Vattimo, Sonia Alfano, Sarah Ludford, Marielle De Sarnez, Jan Mulder, Cecilia Wikström, Alexander Alvaro, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Stanimir Ilchev and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Discrimination against, and persecution of, Roma in EU Member States and EU framework strategy, guidelines and actions (B7-0646/2011);

Oral question (O-000275/2011) by Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Gianni Vattimo, Sonia Alfano, Sarah Ludford, Marielle De Sarnez, Jan Mulder, Cecilia Wikström, Alexander Alvaro, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Stanimir Ilchev and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Discrimination against, and persecution of, Roma in EU Member States and EU framework strategy, guidelines and actions (B7-0647/2011);

Oral question (O-000288/2011) by Lívia Járóka and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: Abolition of Roma discrimination (B7-0654/2011);

Oral question (O-000289/2011) by Lívia Járóka and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Abolition of Roma discrimination (B7-0655/2011);

Oral question (O-000291/2011) by Mara Bizzotto and Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Council: Implementation of the Roma strategy (B7-0656/2011);

Oral question (O-000292/2011) by Mara Bizzotto and Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the Roma strategy (B7-0657/2011);

Hélène Flautre, Cornelia Ernst, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Renate Weber, Lívia Járóka and Mara Bizzotto moved the oral questions.

Elżbieta Radziszewska (President-in-Office of the Council) and Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Csaba Sógor, Kinga Göncz, Catherine Grèze, Bastiaan Belder and Elena Băsescu.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ioan Enciu, Anna Záborská, Emine Bozkurt, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Sylvie Guillaume, Georgios Papanikolaou, Iliana Malinova Iotova and Bernd Posselt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Bogusław Sonik, Monika Smolková, Catherine Bearder, Claudio Morganti, Bernd Posselt on what Claudio Morganti had said, Claudio Morganti, who replied, and Petru Constantin Luhan.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou and Elżbieta Radziszewska.

The debate closed.