2.1. Persecution of the democratic opposition in Venezuela

Verbatim reports

Motions for resolutions B8-0375/2014, B8-0376/2014, B8-0377/2014, B8-0378/2014, B8-0379/2014 and B8-0380/2014 (2014/2998(RSP))

Luis de Grandes Pascual, Josef Weidenholzer, Mark Demesmaeker, Ignazio Corrao, Fernando Maura Barandiarán and Javier Couso Permuy introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Jaromír Štětina, on behalf of the PPE Group, Francisco Assis, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Karol Karski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kostas Chrysogonos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Klaus Buchner, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Karol Karski and Javier Nart, Amjad Bashir, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Tunne Kelam, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Bas Belder, Renate Weber and Inês Cristina Zuber.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Carlos Iturgaiz, Claudia Tapardel, Andrew Lewer and Miguel Viegas.

The following spoke: Benedetto Della Vedova (President-in-Office of the Council).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 18.12.2014, item 8.1.