18.  Improving access to finance for SMEs (debate)

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Report on improving access to finance for SMEs [2012/2134(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Philippe De Backer (A7-0001/2013)

Philippe De Backer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Anthea McIntyre (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Vladimír Maňka (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Rebecca Taylor (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Herbert Dorfmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Mojca Kleva Kekuš, on behalf of the S&D Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Othmar Karas, George Sabin Cutaş, Niccolò Rinaldi, Sajjad Karim, Mara Bizzotto, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Emer Costello, Ryszard Czarnecki, Sari Essayah, Sylvana Rapti, James Nicholson and Bendt Bendtsen.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Phil Prendergast, Csaba Sógor, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Jaroslav Paška, Petru Constantin Luhan, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Philippe De Backer.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.2.2013, item 7.3.