Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part [10209/2012 - C7-0189/2012- 2010/0310(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A7-0411/2012)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (deputising for the rapporteur) introduced the recommendation.
Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The following spoke: Maria Badia i Cutchet (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Eleni Koppa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nick Griffin, Non-attached Member, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Ana Gomes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Struan Stevenson, Alexandra Thein, Konrad Szymański, Fiorello Provera, Krzysztof Lisek, Silvia Costa, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Norica Nicolai, Charles Tannock, Frank Vanhecke, Eduard Kukan, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Jacek Olgierd Kurski and Tunne Kelam.
IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS Vice-President
The following spoke: Emine Bozkurt, Mirosław Piotrowski, Sari Essayah, Adam Bielan and Ryszard Czarnecki.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Marina Yannakoudakis, Jaroslav Paška, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Andreas Mölzer and Oreste Rossi.
The following spoke: Lucinda Creighton and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):
- Mario Mauro, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the EU-Iraq Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (2012/2850(RSP)) (B7-0006/2013).