17. Accessibility of public sector bodies' websites ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites [COM(2012)0721 - C7-0394/2012 - 2012/0340(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A7-0460/2013)

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis introduced the report.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Tamás Deutsch (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Zoltán Bagó (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Małgorzata Handzlik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ádám Kósa, Catherine Stihler, Niccolò Rinaldi, Ruža Tomašić and Kinga Göncz.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness and Tadeusz Ross.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 26.2.2014, item 9.11.