14. Rule of law and freedom in Bulgaria (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Rule of law and freedom in Bulgaria

Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Rui Tavares, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Krisztina Morvai and Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Dimitar Stoyanov, to put a blue-card question to Graham Watson, who replied, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Gerard Batten and Krisztina Morvai, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Diane Dodds and Geoffrey Van Orden, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Graham Watson, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ana Gomes, Claude Moraes, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrey Kovatchev, Andrey Kovatchev, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrey Kovatchev, Monika Panayotova, who also replied to a blue-card question by Evgeni Kirilov, Kinga Göncz, Stanimir Ilchev, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrey Kovatchev, Nadezhda Neynsky, Tanja Fajon, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dimitar Stoyanov, and Mariya Gabriel.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ana Gomes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrey Kovatchev, Vladimir Urutchev, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García and Metin Kazak, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Antonyia Parvanova and Iliana Malinova Iotova, and Monika Panayotova, on the conduct of the debate.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Michael Gahler, Preslav Borissov, Zita Gurmai, Ivailo Kalfin, Antonyia Parvanova, Ivailo Kalfin, refusing to take a blue-card question by Andrey Kovatchev, Andrey Kovatchev, to put a blue-card question to Antonyia Parvanova, who replied, Metin Kazak, Jaroslav Paška and Franz Obermayr.

The debate closed.