- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing 'ERASMUS FOR ALL' - The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport (COM(2011)0788 - C7-0436/2011 - 2011/0371(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).
referred to
responsible:
CULT
opinion:
FEMM, DEVE, AFET, EMPL, BUDG, ITRE, LIBE
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (COM(2011)0821 - C7-0448/2011 - 2011/0386(COD))
referred to
responsible:
ECON
opinion:
EMPL, BUDG
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR) (COM(2011)0794 - C7-0453/2011 - 2011/0374(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
IMCO
opinion:
JURI
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR) (COM(2011)0793 - C7-0454/2011 - 2011/0373(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
IMCO
opinion:
JURI
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 53/2011 - Section III – Commission (N7-0105/2011 - C7-0455/2011 - 2011/2305(GBD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the allocation of slots at European Union airports (Recast) (COM(2011)0827 - C7-0458/2011 - 2011/0391(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).
referred to
responsible:
TRAN
opinion:
JURI
- Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (17227/2011 - C7-0459/2011 - 2011/0819(NLE))
referred to
responsible:
ECON
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (COM(2011)0778 - C7-0461/2011 - 2011/0389(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
JURI
opinion:
ITRE, ECON, IMCO
- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): the contribution of the EIT to a more innovative Europe (COM(2011)0822 - C7-0462/2011 - 2011/0387(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
ITRE
opinion:
CULT, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, BUDG, JURI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020) (COM(2011)0834 - C7-0463/2011 - 2011/0394(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
ITRE
opinion:
FEMM, EMPL, BUDG, ECON, IMCO, TRAN
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules for the participation and dissemination in 'Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)' (COM(2011)0810 - C7-0465/2011 - 2011/0399(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
ITRE
opinion:
BUDG
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) (COM(2011)0809 - C7-0466/2011 - 2011/0401(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
ITRE
opinion:
FEMM, CULT, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, BUDG, JURI, TRAN, REGI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (COM(2011)0817 - C7-0467/2011 - 2011/0384(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
ITRE
opinion:
CULT, EMPL, BUDG, JURI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (COM(2011)0855 - C7-0468/2011 - 2011/0416(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).
referred to
responsible:
AGRI
- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (16894/2011 - C7-0469/2011 - 2011/0207(NLE))
referred to
responsible:
DEVE
opinion:
INTA
2) from committees, a report
- *Report on the Council recommendation for appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (17227/2011 - C7-0459/2011 - 2011/0819(NLE)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sharon Bowles (A7-0443/2011)
3. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)
In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:
I. Azerbaijan, notably the case of Rafiq Tagi
- Charles Tannock, Valdemar Tomaševski, Tadeusz Cymański, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Marek Henryk Migalski, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Azerbaijan (B7-0701/2011);
- Véronique De Keyser, Hannes Swoboda, Kristian Vigenin, María Muñiz De Urquiza and Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Rafiq Tagi (B7-0703/2011);
- Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Rui Tavares and Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Rafiq Tagi (B7-0705/2011);
- Elmar Brok, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Zuzana Roithová, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Eduard Kukan, Giovanni La Via and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Rafiq Tagi (B7-0706/2011);
- Marietje Schaake, Leonidas Donskis, Robert Rochefort, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Marielle de Sarnez, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Frédérique Ries, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Rafiq Tagi (B7-0709/2011).
II. Situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Rolandas Paksas, Jaroslav Paška and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0702/2011);
- Charles Tannock, Marina Yannakoudakis, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Valdemar Tomaševski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Tadeusz Cymański, Andrea Češková and Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0704/2011);
- Véronique De Keyser, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Rovana Plumb, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0707/2011);
- Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jean Lambert, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Keith Taylor, Rui Tavares, Marije Cornelissen, Ulrike Lunacek, Jill Evans and Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0708/2011);
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Mikael Gustafsson, Cornelia Ernst, Patrick Le Hyaric, Willy Meyer and Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0710/2011);
- Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Zuzana Roithová, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Eduard Kukan, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Filip Kaczmarek, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein and Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0711/2011);
- Norica Nicolai, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marietje Schaake, Elizabeth Lynne, Alexandra Thein, Robert Rochefort, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle de Sarnez, Louis Michel, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Edward McMillan-Scott, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Frédérique Ries, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan (B7-0713/2011).
III. Tunisia: the case of Zacharia Bouguira
- Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Rolandas Paksas, Jaroslav Paška and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Tunisia, the case of Zacharia Bouguira (B7-0712/2011);
- Véronique De Keyser and Pier Antonio Panzeri, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Tunisia, the case of Zacharia Bouguira (B7-0714/2011);
- Hélène Flautre, Malika Benarab-Attou, Barbara Lochbihler, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Judith Sargentini, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the case of Zacharia Bouguira in Tunisia (B7-0716/2011);
- Charles Tannock, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Valdemar Tomaševski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Tunisia, recent breaches of human rights (B7-0717/2011);
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Jacky Hénin and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Tunisia, the case of Zacharia Bouguira (B7-0718/2011);
- Tokia Saïfi, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Zuzana Roithová, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Eduard Kukan, Giovanni La Via and Filip Kaczmarek, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Tunisia, particularly the case of Zacharia Bouguira (B7-0719/2011);
- Marietje Schaake, Robert Rochefort, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle de Sarnez, Louis Michel, Edward McMillan-Scott, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Graham Watson, Frédérique Ries, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Tunisia, the case of Zacharia Bouguira (B7-0720/2011).
Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.
4. Decision on urgent procedure
Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 142) for:
- Draft Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana [C7-0121/2011 – 08202/2011 – 2010/0392(NLE)]
The following spoke: Crescenzio Rivellini (rapporteur).
The request for urgent procedure was rejected.
5. Conclusions of the European Council meeting (8-9 December 2011) (debate)
European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (8-9 December 2011)
Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Joseph Daul, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alyn Smith, Nicole Sinclaire, Werner Langen, David-Maria Sassoli, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, who also replied to a blue-card question by Martin Schulz, and Pascal Canfin.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK Vice-President
The following spoke: Timothy Kirkhope, who also replied to a blue-card question by Vicky Ford, Paul Murphy, Mario Borghezio, Marine Le Pen, Mario Mauro, Udo Bullmann, Marielle de Sarnez, Derk Jan Eppink, Rolandas Paksas, Barry Madlener, Corien Wortmann-Kool, who also replied to a blue-card question by Niki Tzavela, Glenis Willmott, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicole Sinclaire, Sharon Bowles, Daniel Hannan, Philip Claeys, Jean-Pierre Audy, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Koumoutsakos, Catherine Trautmann, Valdemar Tomaševski, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Anni Podimata, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Edit Herczog, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Edite Estrela, Paulo Rangel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liisa Jaakonsaari, Jörg Leichtfried, Marietta Giannakou, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anni Podimata, Roberto Gualtieri and Marianne Thyssen.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Graham Watson, Philippe Lamberts, Peter van Dalen, Angelika Werthmann, Roberta Angelilli, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Charles Goerens, Othmar Karas, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo and Ana Gomes.
The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso.
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President
The following spoke: Herman Van Rompuy.
The following spoke: Nicole Sinclaire on comments made by Guy Verhofstadt.
The debate closed.
6. Voting time
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.
6.1. Revision of the MFF to address additional financing needs of the ITER project (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to address additional financing needs of the ITER project [2011/2080(ACI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0433/2011)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
Alain Lamassoure (Chair of the BUDG Committee) moved an oral amendment to add four new paragraphs, which was accepted.
6.2. Draft amending budget No 7/2011 - Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund - Spain and Italy (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 7/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III - Commission [2011/2301(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (A7-0436/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
6.3. Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Spain (earthquake in Lorca) and Italy (Veneto flooding) (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2011)0792 - C7-0424/2011- 2011/2300(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0437/2011)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
6.4. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/002 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Construction of buildings / Italy (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/002 IT/Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Construction of buildings from Italy) [COM(2011)0480 - C7-0384/2011- 2011/2279(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0438/2011)
(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
6.5. Right to information in criminal proceedings ***I (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right to information in criminal proceedings [COM(2010)0392 - C7-0189/2010- 2010/0215(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Birgit Sippel (A7-0408/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
6.6. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr K. Pinxten - BE) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Karel Pinxten as a Member of the European Court of Auditors [C7-0349/2011 - 2011/0814(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0417/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
6.7. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr H. Otbo - DK) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Henrik Otbo as a Member of the European Court of Auditors [C7-0345/2011 - 2011/0810(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0416/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)
6.8. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr J-F. Corona Ramón - ES) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Juan-Francisco Corona Ramón as a Member of the Court of Auditors [C7-0343/2011 - 2011/0808(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0422/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group, who asked that the vote should be postponed under Rule 198(3), Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, to support this request, and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, to oppose it.
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (333 in favour, 352 against, 11 abstentions).
6.9. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr V. Itälä - FI) and * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Ville Itälä as a Member of the European Court of Auditors [C7-0346/2011 - 2011/0811(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0418/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)
6.10. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr K. Cardiff - IE) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Kevin Cardiff as a Member of the Court of Auditors [C7-0347/2011 - 2011/0812(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0419/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)
6.11. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr P. Russo - IT) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Pietro Russo as a Member of the European Court of Auditors [C7-0348/2011 - 2011/0813(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0420/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)
6.12. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr V. Caldeira - PT) * (vote)
Report on the nomination of Vitor Manuel da Silva Caldeira as a Member of the European Court of Auditors [C7-0344/2011 - 2011/0809(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0423/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)
6.13. Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors (Mr H.G. Wessberg - SE)
Report on the nomination of Hans Gustaf Wessberg as a Member of the Court of Auditors [C7-0342/2011 - 2011/0807(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0415/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European protection order [15571/1/2011 - C7-0452/2011- 2010/0802(COD)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López (A7-0435/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14
6.15. Single application procedure for residence and work and ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State [13036/3/2011 - C7-0451/2011- 2007/0229(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0434/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 15)
6.16. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement Area and ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea [12607/2/2011 - C7-0370/2011- 2009/0129(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0392/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)
6.17. Annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities and ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities [10765/1/2011 - C7-0323/2011- 2009/0035(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0393/2011)
(Qualified majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 17)
6.18. Financial management for Members States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to financial stability ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability [COM(2011)0481 - C7-0218/2011- 2011/0209(COD)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0405/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 18)
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
Oral explanations of vote:
ReportReimer Böge - A7-0433/2011 Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris and Diane Dodds
Report Birgit Sippel - A7-0408/2011 Erminia Mazzoni, Jim Higgins, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Kay Swinburne and Anna Záborská
Recommendation for second reading:Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López - A7-0435/2011 Raffaele Baldassarre, Erminia Mazzoni, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Peter Jahr, Jim Higgins, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, (Daniel Hannan on the debate that morning, and Anna Maria Corazza Bildt on the fact that he had not spoken on the subject), Anna Záborská and Kay Swinburne
Recommendation for second reading: Véronique Mathieu - A7-0434/2011 Raffaele Baldassarre, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Adam Bielan, Daniel Hannan, Kay Swinburne, Syed Kamall and Anna Záborská
Recommendation for second reading: Crescenzio Rivellini - A7-0392/2011 Peter Jahr, Robert Dušek, Jim Higgins and Syed Kamall
Recommendation for second reading: Klaus-Heiner Lehne - A7-0393/2011 Raffaele Baldassarre and Jim Higgins
Report Paolo De Castro - A7-0405/2011 George Lyon, Antonello Antinoro and David Campbell Bannerman
ReportRobert Sturdy - A7-0365/2011 Gianluca Susta, Francesco De Angelis and Adam Bielan
8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
(The sitting was suspended at 13.20 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President
9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
10. Common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - Impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU)
Report of the impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector in the EU Member States [2011/2177(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Krzysztof Lisek (A7-0428/2011)
Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement
Krzysztof Lisek introduced the report.
The following spoke: Evžen Tošenovský (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Eleni Koppa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Reinhard Bütikofer, Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sampo Terho, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Arnaud Danjean, Roberto Gualtieri, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Niki Tzavela, who also replied to a blue-card question by Geoffrey Van Orden, Diane Dodds, Michael Gahler, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, who also replied to a blue-card question by Geoffrey Van Orden, Othmar Karas who also replied to a blue-card question by Franz Obermayr, Ana Gomes, Cristian Dan Preda and Kyriakos Mavronikolas.
IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS Vice-President
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam and Georgios Koumoutsakos.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Monika Smolková, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Michail Tremopoulos, João Ferreira, Nicole Sinclaire, Petru Constantin Luhan and Peter Skinner.
The following spoke: Krzysztof Lisek, Geoffrey Van Orden, on Peter Skinner's comments, and Catherine Ashton.
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Human rights
Catherine Ashton (Vice President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement
The following spoke: Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group, Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nicole Sinclaire, on the conduct of the debate, Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Eduard Kukan, Gay Mitchell, on the conduct of the debate, and Véronique De Keyser.
IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT Vice-President
The following spoke: Kristiina Ojuland, Peter van Dalen, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Ana Gomes, Edward McMillan-Scott, Andrzej Grzyb and Alf Svensson.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Struan Stevenson, Franz Obermayr, Sajjad Karim, Andrew Henry William Brons and Bastiaan Belder.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.
The following spoke: Véronique De Keyser on the attack by a gunman, in which several people had died, that had taken place that afternoon in Liège (Belgium).
The debate closed.
12. EU-Russia summit (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU-Russia summit
Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Knut Fleckenstein and Bernd Posselt.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Vice-President
The following spoke: Kristian Vigenin.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure:Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ivo Vajgl, Charles Tannock, Andreas Mölzer and Nicole Sinclaire.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):
- Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz, Barbara Lochbihler, Bart Staes, Tarja Cronberg, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Indrek Tarand, Rui Tavares, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the EU-Russia summit (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0693/2011);
- Hannes Swoboda, Véronique De Keyser, Knut Fleckenstein, Kristian Vigenin, Boris Zala, Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the EU-Russia Summit in Brussels (15 December 2011) (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0694/2011);
- Kristiina Ojuland, Guy Verhofstadt, Leonidas Donskis, Robert Rochefort, Edward McMillan-Scott, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Sonia Alfano, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the EU-Russia summit (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0695/2011);
- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Marek Henryk Migalski, Geoffrey Van Orden, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Roberts Zīle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Janusz Wojciechowski, Konrad Szymański, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the EU-Russia summit (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0697/2011);
- Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the EU-Russia Summit (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0699/2011);
- Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Ioannis Kasoulides, Alojz Peterle, Elena Băsescu, Cristian Dan Preda, Tokia Saïfi, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Inese Vaidere, Arnaud Danjean, Nadezhda Neynsky, Mario Mauro, Joachim Zeller, Traian Ungureanu, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the upcoming EU-Russia Summit on 15 December 2011 and the outcome of the DUMA elections on 4 December 2011 (2011/2948(RSP)) (B7-0700/2011).
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Syria
Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Tokia Saïfi, Saïd El Khadraoui, Carmen Romero López and Pino Arlacchi.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marco Scurria.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
Report on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy [2011/2157(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Mário David and Marek Siwiec (A7-0400/2011)
Mário David and Marek Siwiec introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU Vice-President
The following spoke: Michèle Striffler (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Göran Färm (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Sylvana Rapti (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Hélène Flautre (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Csanád Szegedi, Non-attached Member, Monica Luisa Macovei, Kristian Vigenin, Charles Tannock, Francisco José Millán Mon, Ana Gomes, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Tokia Saïfi, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Traian Ungureanu, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Boris Zala, Elmar Brok and Teresa Riera Madurell.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Malika Benarab-Attou, Jaroslav Paška, Petru Constantin Luhan, Monika Smolková, Jan Kozłowski, Luís Paulo Alves and Iosif Matula.
The following spoke: Mário David, Marek Siwiec and Štefan Füle.
(The sitting was suspended at 20.20 and resumed at 21.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Giles CHICHESTER Vice-President
15. Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption [COM(2010)0490 - C7-0278/2010- 2010/0254(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Andres Perello Rodriguez (A7-0224/2011)
Andres Perello Rodriguez introduced the report.
The following spoke: Dacian Cioloş (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Pilar Ayuso, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mario Pirillo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Horst Schnellhardt, who also replied to a blue-card question by Carl Schlyter, Åsa Westlund, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Esther de Lange, Marc Tarabella, Oldřich Vlasák, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Seán Kelly and Mariya Nedelcheva.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Karin Kadenbach, Jaroslav Paška and Csanád Szegedi.
The following spoke: Dacian Cioloş and Andres Perello Rodriguez.
The following spoke: Horst Schnellhardt to put a blue-card question to Andres Perello Rodriguez, who replied.
16. Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents [COM(2010)0597 - C7-0356/2010- 2010/0298(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Bill Newton Dunn (A7-0246/2011)
Bill Newton Dunn introduced the report and also replied to a blue-card question by Csanád Szegedi.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Marc Tarabella (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE Group, Åsa Westlund, on behalf of the S&D Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Richard Seeber, Vladko Todorov Panayotov and Karin Kadenbach.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Carl Schlyter to clarify what he had said earlier (Antonio Tajani replied) and Bill Newton Dunn.