6. Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (debate)

Verbatim reports

Oral question (O-000113/2012) by Rafał Trzaskowski, Andreas Schwab, Simon Busuttil, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Csaba Őry, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Romana Jordan, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz and Małgorzata Handzlik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, Olga Sehnalová and Marek Siwiec, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, Robert Rochefort, Renate Weber, Marielle de Sarnez, Marian Harkin and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (B7-0115/2012)

Oral question (O-000115/2012) by Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (B7-0116/2012)

Rafał Trzaskowski and Evelyne Gebhardt moved the oral question B7-0115/2012.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO
Vice-President

Sarah Ludford, Tatjana Ždanoka and Adam Bielan moved the oral question B7-0115/2012.

Cornelia Ernst moved the oral question B7-0116/2012.

Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Olga Sehnalová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the EFD Group, Simon Busuttil, Ioan Enciu, Cecilia Wikström, Jaroslav Paška, Auke Zijlstra, Csaba Őry, Tanja Fajon and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Indrek Tarand and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik.

The following spoke: Hubert Pirker on the conduct of the debate.

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

- Rafał Trzaskowski, Andreas Schwab, Simon Busuttil, Csaba Őry, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Romana Jordan, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Małgorzata Handzlik, Othmar Karas, Danuta Jazłowiecka and Hubert Pirker, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Enciu, Evelyne Gebhardt, Olga Sehnalová and Marek Siwiec, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, Jürgen Creutzmann, Robert Rochefort, Kristiina Ojuland, Renate Weber, Marielle de Sarnez, Marian Harkin, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, Judith Sargentini, Tatjana Ždanoka and Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Milan Cabrnoch, Adam Bielan, Roberts Zīle and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary (B7-0248/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.7.