17. Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)

CRE

Report on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 [2011/2244(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A7-0041/2012)

Report on women in political decision making - quality and equality [2011/2295(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Sirpa Pietikäinen (A7-0029/2012)

Sophia in 't Veld and Sirpa Pietikäinen presented their reports.

The following spoke: Franz Obermayr on the conduct of the debate.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Lívia Járóka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Antigoni Papadopoulou, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the EFD Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Mariya Nedelcheva, Katarína Neveďalová, Antonyia Parvanova, Ulrike Lunacek, Inês Cristina Zuber, Mara Bizzotto, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Sophia in 't Veld and Ulrike Lunacek, Silvia Costa, to clarify a point in the debate, Andrew Henry William Brons, Edit Bauer, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liisa Jaakonsaari, Silvia Costa, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Ana Miranda, Paul Nuttall, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Sirpa Pietikäinen and Sophia in 't Veld, Roberta Angelilli, Rovana Plumb and Gesine Meissner.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Christa Klaß, Marc Tarabella, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Zita Gurmai, Olle Schmidt, Barbara Matera, Maria Eleni Koppa, Astrid Lulling, Bogusław Liberadzki, who also replied to a blue-card question by Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Elena Băsescu, Jutta Steinruck, Erminia Mazzoni, Michael Cashman, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Elisabeth Köstinger, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Constance Le Grip and Andrea Češková, who also replied to a blue-card question by Edite Estrela.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Csaba Sógor, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Anna Záborská, Zuzana Roithová, Petru Constantin Luhan, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Emer Costello, Cornelia Ernst, Franz Obermayr and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding, Sophia in 't Veld and Sirpa Pietikäinen.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.3.2012, item 8.4 and minutes of 13.3.2012, item 8.5.