4. Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - EU comprehensive approach and coherence of EU external action (debate)

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Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) (2013/2633(RSP))

Report on the EU comprehensive approach and its implications for the coherence of EU external action [2013/2146(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Arnaud Danjean (A7-0138/2014)

Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

Arnaud Danjean introduced the report.

The following spoke: Ricardo Cortés Lastra (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Minodora Cliveti (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Reinhard Bütikofer and Charles Goerens, Nick Griffin, Non-attached Member, Krzysztof Lisek, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, who also replied to a blue-card question by Franz Obermayr, Norica Nicolai, Indrek Tarand, Ruža Tomašić, Willy Meyer, Cristian Dan Preda, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Andrew Duff, Mark Demesmaeker, Francisco José Millán Mon, Marek Siwiec, Marietje Schaake, Anna Ibrisagic, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Charles Goerens, Alojz Peterle, Andrzej Grzyb, Inese Vaidere, Davor Ivo Stier and Eduard Kukan.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Tonino Picula, Andrew Henry William Brons and Nikola Vuljanić

The following spoke: Arnaud Danjean and Catherine Ashton.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 3.4.2014, item 7.10.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President