IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/138/EC on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) as regards the dates of its transposition and application and the date of repeal of certain Directives (COM(2012)0217 - C7-0125/2012 - 2012/0110(COD))

2) from Members: motions for resolutions (Rule 120)

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the more efficient use of transport (B7-0265/2012)

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on reducing waste volumes (B7-0266/2012)

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on honing interactive policy making (B7-0267/2012)

3. Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (motions for resolutions tabled)

Council and Commission statements: Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko

The debate had been held on 22 May 2012 (minutes of 22.5.2012, item 5).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Libor Rouček, Kristian Vigenin, Marek Siwiec, Bogusław Liberadzki, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (B7-0235/2012);

- Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marielle de Sarnez, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Robert Rochefort, Kristiina Ojuland and Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Ukraine and the case of Yulia Tymoshenko (B7-0237/2012);

- Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Indrek Tarand and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Ukraine, and the case of Yulia Tymoshenko (B7-0244/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Michael Gahler, Roberta Angelilli, Elena Băsescu, Ivo Belet, Andrzej Grzyb, Anna Ibrisagic, Ioannis Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eduard Kukan, Krzysztof Lisek, Mario Mauro, Francisco José Millán Mon, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Bernd Posselt, Cristian Dan Preda, Jacek Protasiewicz, Zuzana Roithová, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Ukraine (B7-0245/2012);

- Zbigniew Ziobro, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Tadeusz Cymański, Jacek Włosowicz and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Ukraine (B7-0246/2012);

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki, Janusz Wojciechowski and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Ukraine (B7-0247/2012).

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.2.

4. Fight against homophobia in Europe (motions for resolutions tabled)

Council and Commission statements: Fight against homophobia in Europe

The debate had been held on 22 May 2012 (minutes of 22.5.2012, item 11).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Véronique Mathieu, Michèle Striffler, Mariya Nedelcheva, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the fight against homophobia in Europe (B7-0234/2012);

- Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Marije Cornelissen, Judith Sargentini and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the fight against homophobia in Europe (B7-0236/2012);

- Michael Cashman, Claude Moraes, Sylvie Guillaume, Knut Fleckenstein, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the fight against homophobia in Europe (B7-0238/2012);

- Cornelis de Jong, Mikael Gustafsson, Cornelia Ernst, Younous Omarjee, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Marisa Matias, Nikolaos Chountis, Patrick Le Hyaric and Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the fight against homophobia in Europe (B7-0242/2012)

- Sophia in 't Veld, Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Frédérique Ries, Kristiina Ojuland, Gianni Vattimo, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marietje Schaake, Louis Michel, Jan Mulder and Edward McMillan-Scott, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the fight against homophobia in Europe (B7-0243/2012);

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.3.

5. Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (debate)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value [2011/2285(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0160/2012)

Edit Bauer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Mariya Nedelcheva, on behalf of the PPE Group, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Siiri Oviir, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Katharina Brantner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Andrea Češková, on behalf of the ECR Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gabriele Zimmer (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Iratxe García Pérez, Antonyia Parvanova, Ana Miranda, Marina Yannakoudakis, Christa Klaß, Joanna Senyszyn, Norica Nicolai, Marije Cornelissen, David Campbell Bannerman, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Mikael Gustafsson, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Silvia Costa, Julie Girling, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Anna Záborská, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Roberta Angelilli, Marita Ulvskog, Seán Kelly, Frédéric Daerden, Elena Băsescu and Barbara Matera.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Iosif Matula, Anna Hedh, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Romana Jordan, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik and Edit Bauer.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.6.

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

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.

7. General provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions for Macro-Financial Assistance to third countries [COM(2011)0396 - C7-0187/2011- 2011/0176(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Metin Kazak (A7-0157/2012)

Metin Kazak introduced the report.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Nadezhda Neynsky (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Eleni Koppa, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alexander Mirsky and Charles Goerens.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik and Metin Kazak.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.1.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

8. Composition of Parliament

On 16 May 2012 the competent French authorities had announced that Kader Arif, Pascal Canfin, Stéphane Le Foll and Vincent Peillon had been appointed members of the French Government.

Since, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, this office was incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Parliament established under Rule 4(4) of its Rules of Procedure that the vacancies would take effect from 16 May 2012 and informed the Member State concerned thereof.

9. Continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations (written declaration)

Written declaration 0004/2012, tabled by Mary Honeyball, Véronique De Keyser, Seán Kelly, Bill Newton Dunn and Marie-Christine Vergiat on continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations had been signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members and therefore, pursuant to Rule 123(3) and (4), would be forwarded to the addressees and published with the texts adopted at that sitting (P7_TA(2012)0230), with a record in the minutes of the names of the signatories (minutes of 24.5.2012, Annex 1).

The following spoke: Mary Honeyball and Seán Kelly.

10. 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.

10.1. General provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions for Macro-Financial Assistance to third countries [COM(2011)0396 - C7-0187/2011- 2011/0176(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Metin Kazak (A7-0157/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0220)

The following had spoken:

Metin Kazak (rapporteur), who under Rule 57(2) made a formal proposal to Parliament as to whether the vote on the draft legislative resolution should proceed.

Parliament decided to postpone the vote on the draft legislative resolution. The matter was deemed to be referred back to the committee responsible for reconsideration.

10.2. Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0235/2012, B7-0237/2012, B7-0244/2012, B7-0245/2012, B7-0246/2012 and B7-0247/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0235/2012

(replacing B7-0235/2012, B7-0237/2012, B7-0244/2012, B7-0245/2012 and B7-0247/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Michael Gahler, Roberta Angelilli, Elena Băsescu, Ivo Belet, Anne Delvaux, Andrzej Grzyb, Anna Ibrisagic, Ioannis Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eduard Kukan, Krzysztof Lisek, Mario Mauro, Francisco José Millán Mon, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Bernd Posselt, Cristian Dan Preda, Jacek Protasiewicz, Zuzana Roithová, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Libor Rouček, Kristian Vigenin, Marek Siwiec, Bogusław Liberadzki, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marielle de Sarnez, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Robert Rochefort, Kristiina Ojuland, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Paweł Robert Kowal, Ryszard Czarnecki, Janusz Wojciechowski, Konrad Szymański, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0221)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0246/2012 fell.)

10.3. Fight against homophobia in Europe (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0234/2012, B7-0236/2012, B7-0238/2012, B7-0242/2012 and B7-0243/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0234/2012

(replacing B7-0234/2012, B7-0236/2012, B7-0238/2012, B7-0242/2012 and B7-0243/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

Michèle Striffler, Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Michael Cashman, Claude Moraes, Sylvie Guillaume, Knut Fleckenstein, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Sophia in 't Veld, Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Frédérique Ries, Kristiina Ojuland, Gianni Vattimo, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marietje Schaake, Louis Michel, Jan Mulder, Edward McMillan-Scott, Alexander Alvaro and Nadja Hirsch, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Judith Sargentini, Ulrike Lunacek, Catherine Grèze, Marije Cornelissen, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Cornelis de Jong, Mikael Gustafsson, Cornelia Ernst, Younous Omarjee, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Marisa Matias, Alda Sousa, Nikolaos Chountis, Patrick Le Hyaric and Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0222)

10.4. A resource-efficient Europe (vote)

Report on a resource-efficient Europe [2011/2068(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0161/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0223)

10.5. Youth opportunities initiative (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0233/2012

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0224)

10.6. Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value [2011/2285(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0160/2012)

(Qualified majority required for adoption of the motion for a resolution)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0225)

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

Motion for a resolution B7-0248/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0226)

11. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the EFD and Verts/ALE Groups, Parliament ratified the following proposals:

Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering: Marta Andreasen was no longer a member

Committee on Development: Keith Taylor to replace Franziska Keller

Committee on International Trade: Franziska Keller to replace Keith Taylor.

12. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Metin Kazak - A7-0157/2012

Iva Zanicchi, Peter Jahr, Elena Băsescu and Charles Tannock

Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko - RC-B7-0235/2012

Iva Zanicchi, Norica Nicolai, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, Peter Jahr, Elena Băsescu and Charles Tannock

Jean-Pierre Audy spoke on the meeting of the informal European Council the previous day.

Report: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy - A7-0161/2012

George Lyon, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Christa Klaß

Youth opportunities initiative -B7-0233/2012

Anthea McIntyre, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Seán Kelly

Report: Edit Bauer - A7-0160/2012

Mitro Repo, Charles Tannock, Seán Kelly and Monica Luisa Macovei

Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary - B7-0248/2012

Elena Băsescu

13. 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 12.50 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Vice-President

14. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

15. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 22.5.2012, item 3)

15.1. Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Motions for resolution B7-0239/2012, B7-0240/2012, B7-0249/2012, B7-0250/2012, B7-0251/2012, B7-0255/2012 and B7-0257/2012

Ana Miranda, Véronique De Keyser, Renate Weber (who also replied to two blue-card questions by Véronique De Keyser and María Muñiz De Urquiza), Cristian Dan Preda and Inês Cristina Zuber introduced the motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group, María Muñiz De Urquiza, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Cristian Dan Preda, Eduard Kukan and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jean-Pierre Audy, Ana Gomes, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Janusz Wojciechowski, Jaroslav Paška, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 16.1.

15.2. Azerbaijan

Motions for resolution B7-0252/2012, B7-0253/2012, B7-0254/2012, B7-0256/2012, B7-0258/2012 and B7-0259/2012

Raül Romeva i Rueda (deputising for Ulrike Lunacek), Marietje Schaake, Véronique De Keyser (who also replied to a blue-card question by Frank Engel), and Monica Luisa Macovei introduced the motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Corina Creţu, who also replied to a blue-card question by Metin Kazak, and Norica Nicolai, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bernd Posselt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sari Essayah, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Janusz Wojciechowski, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Evgeni Kirilov, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bernd Posselt, Eduard Kukan and Ana Gomes.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 16.2.

15.3. Situation of North Korean refugees

Motions for resolution B7-0241/2012, B7-0260/2012, B7-0261/2012, B7-0262/2012, B7-0263/2012 and B7-0264/2012

Gerald Häfner, Kristiina Ojuland and Frank Engel introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Sari Essayah, on behalf of the PPE Group, Joanna Senyszyn, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Cristian Dan Preda and Gerald Häfner to put a blue-card question to Joanna Senyszyn, who replied.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Monica Luisa Macovei, Ana Gomes, Elena Băsescu, Mitro Repo and Eija-Riitta Korhola.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 16.3.

16. 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.

16.1. Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0239/2012, B7-0240/2012, B7-0249/2012, B7-0250/2012, B7-0251/2012, B7-0255/2012 and B7-0257/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0239/2012

(replacing B7-0239/2012, B7-0249/2012 and B7-0257/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

Véronique De Keyser, María Muñiz De Urquiza and Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ana Miranda, Rui Tavares, Ulrike Lunacek and Catherine Grèze, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0239/2012

Rejected

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0240/2012

(replacing B7-0240/2012, B7-0250/2012, B7-0251/2012 and B7-0255/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eduard Kukan, Bogusław Sonik, Tunne Kelam and Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Renate Weber, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland, Louis Michel, Marielle de Sarnez, Robert Rochefort, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sonia Alfano and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Charles Tannock, Oldřich Vlasák, Jan Zahradil and Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0227)

16.2. Azerbaijan (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0252/2012, B7-0253/2012, B7-0254/2012, B7-0256/2012, B7-0258/2012 and B7-0259/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0252/2012

(replacing B7-0252/2012, B7-0253/2012, B7-0254/2012, B7-0256/2012 and B7-0258/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

Monica Luisa Macovei, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eduard Kukan and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Mitro Repo and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Marietje Schaake, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Jan Mulder, Leonidas Donskis, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Graham Watson, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0228)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0259/2012 fell.)

16.3. Situation of North Korean refugees (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0241/2012, B7-0260/2012, B7-0261/2012, B7-0262/2012, B7-0263/2012 and B7-0264/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0241/2012

(replacing B7-0241/2012, B7-0260/2012, B7-0261/2012, B7-0263/2012 and B7-0264/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Herbert Reul, Frank Engel, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Bogusław Sonik, Tunne Kelam and Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Jelko Kacin, Fiona Hall, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland, Robert Rochefort, Edward McMillan-Scott, Louis Michel, Marielle de Sarnez, Leonidas Donskis, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Sonia Alfano and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Gerald Häfner, Rui Tavares and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock and Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0229)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0262/2012 fell.)

17. 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.

18. Composition of Parliament

The competent Hungarian authority had announced the election of János Áder as President of Hungary.

Parliament took note of this and, pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, established that his seat was vacant with effect from 10 May 2012.

19. Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)

FEMM Committee

- The situation of women in North Africa (2012/2102(INI))
(opinion: DEVE)

JURI Committee

- Improving access to justice: legal aid in cross-border civil and commercial disputes (2012/2101(INI))
(opinion: LIBE, IMCO)

- Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth (2012/2098(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, DEVE, CULT, AFET, ENVI, ITRE, INTA, IMCO, EMPL)

REGI Committee

- Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union (2012/2100(INI))
(opinion: ENVI)

- The role of EU cohesion policy and their actors in implementing the new European energy policy (2012/2099(INI))
(opinion: ITRE)

- The European Solidarity Fund, implementation and application (2012/2075(INI))

EMPL Committee

- Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (2012/2097(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, DEVE, CULT, AFET, ENVI, ITRE, INTA, IMCO, JURI)

AFET Committee

- Cyber Security and Defence (2012/2096(INI))

- The role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in case of climate driven crises and natural disaster (2012/2095(INI))
(opinion: ENVI)

- A Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy (2012/2094(INI))
(opinion: INTA)

AFCO Committee

- Constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union (2012/2078(INI))
(opinion: ECON, REGI)

Exceptionally, the Conference of Presidents had authorised the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to appoint two co-rapporteurs.

AGRI Committee

- Promotion measures and information provision for agricultural products: what strategy for promoting the tastes of Europe (2012/2077(INI))
(opinion: ENVI, BUDG, INTA, IMCO, REGI)

Modified referrals to committees

FEMM Committee

- The EU 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development (2012/2063(INI))
referred to responsible: DEVE
opinion: FEMM, AFET, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, ITRE, JURI, LIBE, INTA

EMPL Committee

- Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, and the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (COM(2012)0011 - C7-0025/2012 - 2012/0011(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE
opinion: EMPL, ITRE, ECON, IMCO

PETI Committee

- The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010) (2011/2069(INI))
referred to responsible: LIBE
opinion: PETI, FEMM

Associated committees (Rule 50)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 16 May 2012)

JURI Committee

- Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth (2012/2098(INI))
Associated committees JURI, EMPL
(opinion: EMPL, FEMM, DEVE, CULT, AFET, ENVI, ITRE, INTA, IMCO)

- Amendment of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC (COM(2011)0683 - C7-0380/2011 - 2011/0307(COD))
Associated committees: JURI, ECON

(opinion: ECON, DEVE, AFET, EMPL, INTA)

- A common European sales law (COM(2011)0635 - C7-0329/2011 - 2011/0284(COD))
Associated committees: JURI, IMCO

(opinion: IMCO, ECON)

EMPL Committee

- Corporate social responsibility: promoting the interests of society and opening the way to a sustainable and inclusive recovery (2012/2097(INI))
Associated committees: EMPL, JURI

(opinion: JURI, FEMM, DEVE, CULT, AFET, ENVI, ITRE, INTA, IMCO)

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

- Establishment for the period 2014 to 2020 of the Rights and Citizenship Programme (COM(2011)0758 - C7-0438/2011 - 2011/0344(COD))
Associated committees: LIBE, FEMM, EMPL

(opinion: FEMM, EMPL, PETI, BUDG, JURI, IMCO)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 19 April 2012)

AFET Committee

- establishment of a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries (COM(2011)0843 - C7-0495/2011 - 2011/0411(COD))
Associated committees: AFET, INTA

(opinion: INTA, DEVE, BUDG, ITRE)

TRAN Committee

- Groundhandling services at Union airports and repealing Council Directive 96/67/EC (COM(2011)0824 - C7-0457/2011 - 2011/0397(COD))
Associated committees: TRAN, EMPL

(opinion: EMPL, ENVI, IMCO)

ITRE Committee

- Safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities (COM(2011)0688 - C7-0392/2011 - 2011/0309(COD))
Associated committees: ITRE, ENVI, JURI

(opinion: ENVI, JURI, EMPL, BUDG)

ECON Committee

- Criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation (COM(2011)0654 - C7-0358/2011 - 2011/0297(COD))
Associated committees: ECON, LIBE

(opinion: LIBE, JURI)

Decision to split a legislative procedure

At its meeting of 16 May 2012, the Conference of Presidents:

- cancelled its decision of 16 February 2012 to authorise, pursuant to Rule 51, the association of the ECON Committee and the IMCO Committee on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs and taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (FISCUS) and repealing Decisions No 1482/2007/EC and No 624/2007/EC (COM(2011)0706 – 2011/0341(COD)), and

- decided that the proposal should be split and that the two committees mentioned above should be authorised to draw up two separate legislative reports on the basis of the Commission proposal.

The ECON Committee and the IMCO Committee were invited to ensure that their reports would not contain contradictory or conflicting amendments concerning the same part of the legislative proposal.

20. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):

21. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 179(2), the minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.

22. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 11 to 14 June 2012.

23. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.40.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antinoro, Antonescu, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Băsescu, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Bratkowski, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bullmann, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Costello, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Davies, De Angelis, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Gräßle, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Klaß, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Nilsson, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivellini, Roatta, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Ţicău, Tirolien, Tomaševski, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zimmer, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Antičević Marinović, Borzan, Božinović, Grubišić, Jerković, Matušić, Picula, Plenković, Radoš, Vrbat, Vuljanić

Annex 1 - Continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations (written declaration)

Written declaration 0004/2012 tabled by Mary Honeyball, Véronique De Keyser, Seán Kelly, Bill Newton Dunn and Marie-Christine Vergiat on continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations (minutes of 24.5.2012, item 9 and P7_TA(2012)0230), which was signed by 398 Members:

Sonia Alfano, François Alfonsi, Magdi Cristiano Allam, Alexander Alvaro, Luís Paulo Alves, Josefa Andrés Barea, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Roberta Angelilli, Elena Oana Antonescu, Kader Arif, John Attard-Montalto, Sophie Auconie, Jean-Pierre Audy, Inés Ayala Sender, Liam Aylward, Georges Bach, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Zoltán Bagó, Zigmantas Balčytis, Raffaele Baldassarre, Burkhard Balz, Regina Bastos, Edit Bauer, Catherine Bearder, Ivo Belet, Sandrine Bélier, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Phil Bennion, Sergio Berlato, Luigi Berlinguer, Thijs Berman, Jean-Paul Besset, Slavi Binev, Lothar Bisky, Mara Bizzotto, Sebastian Valentin Bodu, Rita Borsellino, Victor Boştinaru, Philippe Boulland, José Bové, Sharon Bowles, Zuzana Brzobohatá, Udo Bullmann, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Jerzy Buzek, Alain Cadec, Wim van de Camp, Antonio Cancian, Pascal Canfin, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Salvatore Caronna, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, David Casa, Michael Cashman, Françoise Castex, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Jean-Marie Cavada, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Nessa Childers, Nikolaos Chountis, Ole Christensen, Nikos Chrysogelos, Minodora Cliveti, Carlos Coelho, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Lara Comi, Marije Cornelissen, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Emer Costello, Andrea Cozzolino, Michael Cramer, Corina Creţu, Rosario Crocetta, Tarja Cronberg, Joseph Cuschieri, George Sabin Cutaş, Frédéric Daerden, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Spyros Danellis, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Chris Davies, Francesco De Angelis, Véronique De Keyser, Karima Delli, Anne Delvaux, Marielle de Sarnez, Harlem Désir, Albert Deß, Nirj Deva, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Leonidas Donskis, Andrew Duff, Isabelle Durant, Robert Dušek, Frank Engel, Cornelia Ernst, Sari Essayah, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Edite Estrela, Tanja Fajon, Diogo Feio, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Carlo Fidanza, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hélène Flautre, Vicky Ford, Jacqueline Foster, Gaston Franco, Michael Gahler, Kinga Gál, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Iratxe García Pérez, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Elisabetta Gardini, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Marietta Giannakou, Adam Gierek, Charles Goerens, Bruno Gollnisch, Ana Gomes, Kinga Göncz, Louis Grech, Estelle Grelier, Nathalie Griesbeck, Mathieu Grosch, Françoise Grossetête, Andrzej Grzyb, Roberto Gualtieri, Sylvie Guillaume, Zita Gurmai, Mikael Gustafsson, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Fiona Hall, Thomas Händel, Malcolm Harbour, Marian Harkin, Satu Hassi, Jacky Hénin, Edit Herczog, Esther Herranz García, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Jim Higgins, Mary Honeyball, Brice Hortefeux, Richard Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ian Hudghton, Stephen Hughes, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Stanimir Ilchev, Vincenzo Iovine, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Yannick Jadot, Peter Jahr, Eva Joly, Romana Jordan, Philippe Juvin, Jelko Kacin, Filip Kaczmarek, Karin Kadenbach, Ivailo Kalfin, Jarosław Kalinowski, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Ioannis Kasoulides, Seán Kelly, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Evgeni Kirilov, Timothy Kirkhope, Mojca Kleva, Wolf Klinz, Jürgen Klute, Jaromír Kohlíček, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Ádám Kósa, Jan Kozłowski, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Werner Kuhn, Eduard Kukan, Alain Lamassoure, Jean Lambert, Philippe Lamberts, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Vytautas Landsbergis, Esther de Lange, Constance Le Grip, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jörg Leichtfried, Jo Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Bogusław Liberadzki, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Morten Løkkegaard, Veronica Lope Fontagné, Sabine Lösing, Sarah Ludford, Petru Constantin Luhan, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, George Lyon, Linda McAvan, Arlene McCarthy, Emma McClarkin, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Marian-Jean Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Jiří Maštálka, Barbara Matera, Véronique Mathieu, Marisa Matias, Iosif Matula, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Erminia Mazzoni, Nuno Melo, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Judith A. 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