3. Report of the extraordinary European Council meeting (23 April 2015) - The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies (debate)

Verbatim reports

European Council and Commission statement: Report of the extraordinary European Council meeting (23 April 2015) - The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies (2015/2660(RSP))

Donald Tusk (President of the European Council) and Jean-Claude Juncker (President 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 István Ujhelyi, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alessandra Mussolini, Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Steven Woolfe, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth on the speech by Sophia in 't Veld, Malin Björk, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Philippe Lamberts, José Inácio Faria on the conduct of the debate (the President gave some details of the applicable rules), Matteo Salvini, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Eleonora Forenza, and Monika Hohlmeier.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Cornelia Ernst to put a blue-card question to Monika Hohlmeier who replied, Tanja Fajon, who also replied to a blue-card question by Mario Borghezio, Helga Stevens, Cecilia Wikström, who also replied to a blue-card question by Kristina Winberg, Barbara Spinelli, who also replied to a blue-card question by Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Ska Keller, Tiziana Beghin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Silvia Costa, Konstantinos Papadakis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Fredrick Federley, Esteban González Pons, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marina Albiol Guzmán, Birgit Sippel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Emmanouil Glezos, Timothy Kirkhope, who also replied to a blue-card question by Vicky Ford, Louis Michel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gianluca Buonanno, Cornelia Ernst, Jean Lambert, Kristina Winberg, Lampros Fountoulis, Roberta Metsola, Victor Boştinaru, Jussi Halla-aho, Jean Arthuis, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Eva Joly and Laura Ferrara.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marine Le Pen, Giovanni La Via, Patrizia Toia, Ruža Tomašić, Filiz Hyusmenova, Kostas Chrysogonos, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Harald Vilimsky, Elmar Brok, Iratxe García Pérez, Notis Marias, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Michał Marusik, Carlos Coelho, Jörg Leichtfried, Marcel de Graaff, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Kashetu Kyenge, Davor Ivo Stier, Claude Moraes, Barbara Kudrycka, Elena Valenciano, Alessandra Mussolini, Sylvie Guillaume, Frank Engel, Alfred Sant, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Ana Gomes, Dubravka Šuica, Richard Howitt, Iliana Iotova, Miltiadis Kyrkos and Pier Antonio Panzeri.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: David Casa, Marlene Mizzi, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Ulrike Lunacek, Marijana Petir, Ignazio Corrao, Csaba Sógor and Michela Giuffrida.

The following spoke: Dimitris Avramopoulos (Member of the Commission) and Donald Tusk.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2).

- Monika Hohlmeier, Roberta Metsola, Elissavet Vozemberg, Elmar Brok, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Rachida Dati, Davor Ivo Stier, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Barbara Matera, Alessandra Mussolini, Ivo Belet, Daniel Buda, Cristian Dan Preda, Arnaud Danjean, Elisabetta Gardini, Lara Comi, Dubravka Šuica, Fernando Ruas, Massimiliano Salini, Lorenzo Cesa, Emil Radev, Ivana Maletić and Andrej Plenković, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the recent migrant ship tragedies in the Mediterranean 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0367/2015)

- Laura Ferrara and Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015), including the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0377/2015);

- Ska Keller, Judith Sargentini, Bodil Valero, Eva Joly, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Davor Škrlec, Ulrike Lunacek, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015) - Latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0378/2015);

- Timothy Kirkhope, Jussi Halla-aho, Helga Stevens, Branislav Škripek, Geoffrey Van Orden, Angel Dzhambazki, Ruža Tomašić, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Marek Jurek, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Janusz Wojciechowski, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Stanisław Ożóg, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Beatrix von Storch, Daniel Dalton and Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0379/2015);

- Guy Verhofstadt, Cecilia Wikström, Louis Michel, Frédérique Ries, Marielle de Sarnez, Philippe De Backer, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gérard Deprez and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0380/2015);

- Barbara Spinelli, Cornelia Ernst, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Martina Anderson, Malin Björk, Kostas Chrysogonos, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Eleonora Forenza, Tania González Peñas, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Pablo Iglesias, Patrick Le Hyaric, Younous Omarjee, Curzio Maltese, Marisa Matias, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Sofia Sakorafa, Kostadinka Kuneva and Emmanouil Glezos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015) - Latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies 2015/2660(RSP) (B8-0381/2015).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.4.2015, item 10.67.