4. EU-USA agreement on the use and transfer of PNR to the US Department of Homeland Security *** (debate)

Verbatim reports

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the use and transfer of Passenger Name Records to the United States Department of Homeland Security [17433/2011 - C7-0511/2011- 2011/0382(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A7-0099/2012)

Sophia in 't Veld introduced the report.

The following spoke: Morten Bødskov (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Axel Voss, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sophia in 't Veld, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krisztina Morvai, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Graham Watson and Sophia in 't Veld, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Auke Zijlstra, Non-Attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alexander Alvaro, Manfred Weber, who also replied to three blue-card questions from Rui Tavares, Jan Philipp Albrecht and Jörg Leichtfried, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Alexander Alvaro, Judith Sargentini, Jacqueline Foster, who also replied to three blue-card questions from Sophia in 't Veld, Krisztina Morvai and Jan Philipp Albrecht, Mario Borghezio, Andreas Mölzer, Simon Busuttil, who also replied to a blue-card question by Carmen Romero López, Birgit Sippel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Hélène Flautre, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jacqueline Foster, Martin Ehrenhauser, Mario Mauro and Kinga Göncz.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Norica Nicolai, Rui Tavares, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Axel Voss and Jacqueline Foster, Angelika Werthmann, Frank Engel, Dimitrios Droutsas, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, Sylvie Guillaume, Carlos Coelho and David-Maria Sassoli.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Ana Gomes, Miroslav Mikolášik, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Petri Sarvamaa, Gesine Meissner, Phil Prendergast, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Sarah Ludford and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho on an interpretation problem during her previous speech, Krisztina Morvai under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure, and Jörg Leichtfried on the conduct of the debate.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Morten Bødskov and Sophia in 't Veld.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.4.2012, item 6.5.