2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)
In accordance with Rule 135, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:
I. Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish (2015/2732(RSP))
- Mark Demesmaeker, Charles Tannock, Angel Dzhambazki, Notis Marias, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Geoffrey Van Orden, Jana Žitňanská, Branislav Škripek and David Campbell Bannerman, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish(B8-0575/2015),
- Marisa Matias, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Paloma López Bermejo, Eleonora Forenza, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Curzio Maltese, Kostas Chrysogonos, Kostadinka Kuneva, Stelios Kouloglou and Martina Michels, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish(B8-0576/2015),
- Cristian Dan Preda, Tomáš Zdechovský, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Davor Ivo Stier, Dubravka Šuica, David McAllister, György Hölvényi, Giovanni La Via, Michaela Šojdrová, Jiří Pospíšil, Lara Comi, Eduard Kukan, Patricija Šulin, Jarosław Wałęsa, Kinga Gál, Claude Rolin, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Therese Comodini Cachia, Csaba Sógor, Ivana Maletić, Luděk Niedermayer, Marijana Petir, József Nagy, Jeroen Lenaers, Ivan Štefanec, Pavel Svoboda, Tunne Kelam, Thomas Mann, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Joachim Zeller, Jaromír Štětina, Barbara Kudrycka, Roberta Metsola, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Seán Kelly, Elisabetta Gardini and Andrej Plenković, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish (B8-0577/2015),
- Barbara Lochbihler, Davor Škrlec, Karima Delli, Ernest Urtasun, Eva Joly, Bronis Ropė, Bodil Valero and Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Ignazio Corrao, on the situation in Syria, in particular in Palmyra, and the case of Mazen Darwish (B8-0578/2015),
- Marietje Schaake, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Frédérique Ries, Marielle de Sarnez, Filiz Hyusmenova, Hilde Vautmans, Martina Dlabajová, Ivo Vajgl, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Gérard Deprez, Jozo Radoš, Petras Auštrevičius, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Ivan Jakovčić, Fredrick Federley, Robert Rochefort, Louis Michel, Pavel Telička, Petr Ježek, Dita Charanzová, Antanas Guoga, Hannu Takkula, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nedzhmi Ali, Nathalie Griesbeck, Urmas Paet and José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish (B8-0579/2015),
- Josef Weidenholzer, Arne Lietz, Victor Boştinaru, Richard Howitt, Elena Valenciano, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Silvia Costa, Afzal Khan, Nicola Caputo, Claudia Tapardel, Janusz Zemke, Jeppe Kofod, Liliana Rodrigues, Michela Giuffrida, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Miroslav Poche, Momchil Nekov, Alessia Maria Mosca, Andi Cristea, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Zigmantas Balčytis, Goffredo Maria Bettini, Vincent Peillon, Elena Gentile, Enrico Gasbarra, Demetris Papadakis, Nikos Androulakis, Tonino Picula, Jonás Fernández, Julie Ward, Brando Benifei, Theresa Griffin, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Eric Andrieu, Marlene Mizzi, Isabella De Monte, Hugues Bayet, Biljana Borzan, Victor Negrescu, Emilian Pavel, Flavio Zanonato, Krystyna Łybacka, Nicola Danti, Marc Tarabella, Renato Soru, Maria Grapini, Siôn Simon, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Tibor Szanyi, Javi López, Csaba Molnár, Viorica Dăncilă, Péter Niedermüller, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Jytte Guteland, Olle Ludvigsson and Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Nathan Gill, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the situation in Syria, in particular in Palmyra, and the case of Mazen Darwish (B8-0585/2015).
II. Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (2015/2733(RSP))
- Cristian Dan Preda, Giovanni La Via, Jiří Pospíšil, Lara Comi, David McAllister, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Patricija Šulin, Kinga Gál, Jarosław Wałęsa, Therese Comodini Cachia, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Luděk Niedermayer, Tomáš Zdechovský, József Nagy, Jeroen Lenaers, Ivan Štefanec, Tunne Kelam, Thomas Mann, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Joachim Zeller, Jaromír Štětina, Roberta Metsola and Seán Kelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0546/2015),
- Ernest Urtasun, Heidi Hautala, Linnéa Engström, Barbara Lochbihler, Ulrike Lunacek, Terry Reintke, Judith Sargentini, Jordi Sebastià and Monika Vana, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0547/2015),
- Ignazio Corrao, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Daniela Aiuto and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0582/2015),
- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0583/2015),
- Malin Björk, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Marisa Matias, Miloslav Ransdorf, Pablo Iglesias, Stelios Kouloglou, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Kostadinka Kuneva, Ángela Vallina, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Paloma López Bermejo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Barbara Spinelli and Eleonora Forenza, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0586/2015),
- Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Sophia in 't Veld, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Frédérique Ries, Marielle de Sarnez, Filiz Hyusmenova, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Martina Dlabajová, Ivo Vajgl, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Gérard Deprez, Jozo Radoš, Petras Auštrevičius, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marietje Schaake, Ivan Jakovčić, Robert Rochefort, Louis Michel, Petr Ježek, Antanas Guoga, Fredrick Federley, Nedzhmi Ali, Nathalie Griesbeck, Urmas Paet, Pavel Telička, Dita Charanzová, Hilde Vautmans and José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0588/2015),
- Josef Weidenholzer, Victor Boştinaru, Francisco Assis, Richard Howitt, Elena Valenciano, Iratxe García Pérez, Maria Arena, Jeppe Kofod, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Afzal Khan, Nicola Caputo, Neena Gill, Claudia Tapardel, Goffredo Maria Bettini, Janusz Zemke, Liliana Rodrigues, Michela Giuffrida, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Miroslav Poche, Momchil Nekov, Alessia Maria Mosca, Andi Cristea, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Zigmantas Balčytis, Elena Gentile, Enrico Gasbarra, Demetris Papadakis, Nikos Androulakis, Tonino Picula, Jonás Fernández, Julie Ward, Brando Benifei, Theresa Griffin, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Eric Andrieu, Marlene Mizzi, Isabella De Monte, Hugues Bayet, Biljana Borzan, Victor Negrescu, Emilian Pavel, Flavio Zanonato, Krystyna Łybacka, Marc Tarabella, Maria Grapini, Siôn Simon, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Tibor Szanyi, Csaba Molnár, Viorica Dăncilă, Péter Niedermüller, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Jytte Guteland, Olle Ludvigsson, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy (B8-0591/2015).
III. Situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (2015/2734(RSP))
- Ignazio Corrao, Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0580/2015),
- Charles Tannock, Mark Demesmaeker, Geoffrey Van Orden, Valdemar Tomaševski, Jana Žitňanská, Branislav Škripek, Angel Dzhambazki, Peter van Dalen, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga and Ian Duncan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0581/2015),
- Pablo Iglesias, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Malin Björk, Marisa Matias, Kateřina Konečná, Miloslav Ransdorf, Jiří Maštálka, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Paloma López Bermejo, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Javier Couso Permuy, Ángela Vallina, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Kostadinka Kuneva, Patrick Le Hyaric, Kostas Chrysogonos, Eleonora Forenza, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0584/2015),
- Cristian Dan Preda, Thomas Mann, Davor Ivo Stier, Krzysztof Hetman, Dubravka Šuica, Giovanni La Via, Michaela Šojdrová, Jiří Pospíšil, Lara Comi, David McAllister, Eduard Kukan, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Patricija Šulin, Jarosław Wałęsa, Kinga Gál, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Claude Rolin, Therese Comodini Cachia, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Csaba Sógor, Ivana Maletić, Luděk Niedermayer, Tomáš Zdechovský, Marijana Petir, Ivo Belet, József Nagy, Jeroen Lenaers, Ivan Štefanec, Pavel Svoboda, Tunne Kelam, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Joachim Zeller, Jaromír Štětina, Barbara Kudrycka, Roberta Metsola, Seán Kelly, Elisabetta Gardini and Andrej Plenković, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0587/2015),
- Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler and Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0589/2015),
- Dita Charanzová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Frédérique Ries, Marielle de Sarnez, Filiz Hyusmenova, Hilde Vautmans, Martina Dlabajová, Ivo Vajgl, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Pavel Telička, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Gérard Deprez, Jozo Radoš, Petras Auštrevičius, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marietje Schaake, Ivan Jakovčić, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Robert Rochefort, Louis Michel, Petr Ježek, Antanas Guoga, Hannu Takkula, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Fredrick Federley, Nedzhmi Ali, Nathalie Griesbeck, Urmas Paet and José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0590/2015),
- Josef Weidenholzer, Victor Boştinaru, Richard Howitt, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Claude Moraes, Elena Valenciano, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Goffredo Maria Bettini, Afzal Khan, Janusz Zemke, Nicola Caputo, Neena Gill, Claudia Tapardel, Jeppe Kofod, Liliana Rodrigues, Michela Giuffrida, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Miroslav Poche, Momchil Nekov, Alessia Maria Mosca, Andi Cristea, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Zigmantas Balčytis, Simona Bonafè, Vincent Peillon, Elena Gentile, Miriam Dalli, Enrico Gasbarra, Demetris Papadakis, Nikos Androulakis, Tonino Picula, Jonás Fernández, Julie Ward, Brando Benifei, Theresa Griffin, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Eric Andrieu, Marlene Mizzi, Isabella De Monte, Hugues Bayet, Biljana Borzan, Victor Negrescu, Emilian Pavel, Flavio Zanonato, Krystyna Łybacka, Nicola Danti, Marc Tarabella, Renato Soru, Maria Grapini, Siôn Simon, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Tibor Szanyi, Javi López, Csaba Molnár, Viorica Dăncilă, Péter Niedermüller, Sorin Moisă, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Jytte Guteland, Olle Ludvigsson and Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes (B8-0592/2015).
Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 162.
3. State of EU-Russia relations (debate)
Report on the state of EU-Russia relations [2015/2001(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Gabrielius Landsbergis (A8-0162/2015)
Gabrielius Landsbergis introduced the report.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liisa Jaakonsaari, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gilles Lebreton, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Aymeric Chauprade, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sandra Kalniete, Cristian Dan Preda, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Richard Howitt, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krystyna Łybacka, Mark Demesmaeker, Paavo Väyrynen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Tamás Meszerics, who also replied to a blue-card question by Steven Woolfe, James Carver, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Mario Borghezio, Elmar Brok, Victor Boştinaru, Ryszard Czarnecki, Petras Auštrevičius, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Carver, Miloslav Ransdorf, who also replied to a blue-card question by Rebecca Harms, Heidi Hautala, Peter Lundgren, Diane Dodds, Sandra Kalniete, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrejs Mamikins, Geoffrey Van Orden, Hilde Vautmans, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Sofia Sakorafa, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Pavel Svoboda, Ana Gomes and Bas Belder.
IN THE CHAIR: Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF Vice-President
The following spoke: Yana Toom, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marju Lauristin, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bogusław Liberadzki, Krisztina Morvai, Othmar Karas, Bogusław Liberadzki, Ulrike Trebesius, Jiří Maštálka, Udo Voigt, Francisco José Millán Mon, Neena Gill, Beata Gosiewska, Kaja Kallas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Georg Mayer (the President refuted that sanctions had been adopted preventing the Russian Ambassador from having access to Parliament's premises), Andrej Plenković, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, on the refutal by the President, Eugen Freund, Charles Tannock, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Tonino Picula, Eduard Kukan, Andi Cristea, Alojz Peterle, Boris Zala, Tunne Kelam, Francisco Assis, Jaromír Štětina, Zigmantas Balčytis, Gunnar Hökmark, Brando Benifei, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Knut Fleckenstein, Andrey Kovatchev, Lars Adaktusson, Daniel Buda, Siegfried Mureşan, Dariusz Rosati, Andrea Bocskor and Bendt Bendtsen.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Georgios Kyrtsos, Nicola Caputo and Ivan Jakovčić.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Gabrielius Landsbergis.
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.
4.1. Adjustment rate for direct payments in respect of 2015 ***I (Rule 150)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council fixing the adjustment rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for direct payments in respect of calendar year 2015 [COM(2015)0141 - C8-0083/2015 - 2015/0070(COD)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Czesław Adam Siekierski (A8-0174/2015)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
4.2. EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (vote)
Report on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 [2014/2152(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Maria Noichl (A8-0163/2015)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (tabled by the PPE Group)
4.3. Intellectual property rights in third countries (vote)
Report on Strategy for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries [2014/2206(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Alessia Maria Mosca (A8-0161/2015)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
4.4. Intellectual property rights: an EU action plan (vote)
Report on ‘Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Action Plan’ [2014/2151(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda (A8-0169/2015)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit of Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia.
6. Explanations of vote
Written explanations of vote:
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 183 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
Oral explanations of vote:
Report: Czesław Adam Siekierski - A8-0174/2015 Peter Jahr, Daniel Hannan, Jørn Dohrmann, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Ivana Maletić, Marijana Petir and Luke Ming Flanagan
Report: Maria Noichl - A8-0163/2015 Michaela Šojdrová, Markus Pieper, Dubravka Šuica, Peter Jahr, Daniel Hannan, Filiz Hyusmenova, Pablo Iglesias, Marek Jurek, Marijana Petir, Marian Harkin, Seán Kelly, Jill Seymour, Bill Etheridge, David Coburn, Maria Spyraki, Luke Ming Flanagan and Steven Woolfe
Report: Alessia Maria Mosca - A8-0161/2015 Ivana Maletić and Steven Woolfe
Report: Pavel Svoboda - A8-0169/2015 Marie-Christine Boutonnet, Ivana Maletić and Seán Kelly.
7. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the Europarl website under 'Plenary/Votes/Results of Votes (Results of roll-call votes)'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
(The sitting was suspended at 13.10 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN Vice-President
8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
9. Conclusion of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol *** - EU-Iceland agreement on Iceland participation in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol *** (debate)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder [10400/2014 - C8-0029/2015 - 2013/0376(NLE)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Elisabetta Gardini (A8-0167/2015)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and Iceland, on the other part, concerning Iceland's participation in the joint fulfilment of commitments of the European Union, its Member States and Iceland for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [10883/2014 - C8-0088/2015 - 2014/0151(NLE)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0166/2015)
Elisabetta Gardini and Giovanni La Via presented their recommendations.
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Miriam Dalli, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ian Duncan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Sylvie Goddyn, Non-attached Member, Krišjānis Kariņš, Jo Leinen, Julie Girling, José Inácio Faria, Lynn Boylan, Julia Reid, Olaf Stuger, Dubravka Šuica, Iratxe García Pérez, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Eleonora Evi, Zoltán Balczó, Marijana Petir, Laurenţiu Rebega, Mark Demesmaeker, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Anne-Marie Mineur, Roger Helmer, Massimo Paolucci, Simona Bonafè and Tibor Szanyi.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Krzysztof Hetman, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică and Csaba Sógor.
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete, Elisabetta Gardini and Giovanni La Via.
Report on European Energy Security Strategy [2014/2153(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Algirdas Saudargas (A8-0164/2015)
Algirdas Saudargas introduced the report.
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Arne Lietz (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS Vice-President
The following spoke: Helmut Scholz (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Kateřina Konečná (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Filiz Hyusmenova (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Krišjānis Kariņš, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Miroslav Poche, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michèle Rivasi, Morten Helveg Petersen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Neoklis Sylikiotis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lefteris Christoforou, Benedek Jávor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Dario Tamburrano, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Nicolas Bay, Non-attached Member, Jerzy Buzek, who also replied to a blue-card question by Fredrick Federley, Kathleen Van Brempt, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jerzy Buzek, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, Fredrick Federley, João Ferreira, Peter Eriksson, Roger Helmer, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter Eriksson, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, András Gyürk, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zoltán Balczó, Miriam Dalli, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Evžen Tošenovský, Philippe De Backer, Sofia Sakorafa, Michèle Rivasi, Piernicola Pedicini, Barbara Kappel, Paul Rübig, Martina Werner, Dawid Bohdan Jackiewicz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Klaus Buchner, Kaja Kallas, Paloma López Bermejo, Bas Eickhout, Petr Mach, Gianluca Buonanno, Adam Szejnfeld, Zigmantas Balčytis, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Nils Torvalds, Bronis Ropė, who also replied to a blue-card question by Miroslav Mikolášik, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Henna Virkkunen, Flavio Zanonato and Anneleen Van Bossuyt.
IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Vice-President
The following spoke: Antanas Guoga, Davor Škrlec, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ivan Jakovčić, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Carlos Zorrinho, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Urmas Paet, Janusz Lewandowski, Adam Gierek, Massimiliano Salini, Theresa Griffin, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Gunnar Hökmark, Edouard Martin, Luděk Niedermayer, Csaba Molnár, Eva Paunova, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivan Štefanec, Eugen Freund, Georgios Kyrtsos, Eva Kaili, Inese Vaidere, Vladimír Maňka, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Paul Tang, Dariusz Rosati, José Inácio Faria and Peter Liese.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lefteris Christoforou, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Ruža Tomašić, Ivan Jakovčić, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias and Claudia Tapardel.
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete and Algirdas Saudargas.
Dimitris Avramopoulos (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Tanja Fajon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jussi Halla-aho, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Filiz Hyusmenova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jussi Halla-aho, and Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO Vice-President
The following spoke: Tomáš Zdechovský to put a blue-card question to Ska Keller, who replied, Diane James, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Vicky Maeijer, Non-attached Member, Alessandra Mussolini, Sylvie Guillaume, Helga Stevens, Angelika Mlinar, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Ignazio Corrao, Konstantinos Papadakis, Heinz K. Becker, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ska Keller, Soraya Post, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Martina Anderson, Gilles Lebreton, Emil Radev, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Caterina Chinnici, Ruža Tomašić, Dubravka Šuica, Notis Marias, Tomáš Zdechovský, Carlos Coelho, József Nagy and Csaba Sógor.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ivan Jakovčić.
The following spoke: Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The debate closed.
13. OLAF Supervisory Committee's annual report 2014 (debate)
Question for oral answer (O-000060/2015) byPetri Sarvamaa, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: OLAF Supervisory Committee's annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0553/2015);
Question for oral answer (O-000061/2015) byDennis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: OLAF Supervisory Committee's annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0554/2015);
Question for oral answer (O-000066/2015) by Michael Theurer, Martina Dlabajová, Nedzhmi Ali, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Dita Charanzová and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: OLAF investigations (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0555/2015);
Bart Staes, Petri Sarvamaa, Dennis de Jong and Michael Theurer moved the questions.
Dimitris Avramopoulos (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.
The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE Group, Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the S&D Group, Richard Sulík, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fernando Maura Barandiarán, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kostas Chrysogonos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jonathan Arnott, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Louis Aliot, Non-attached Member, Tomáš Zdechovský, Bogusław Liberadzki, Norica Nicolai, Marco Valli, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Monica Macovei, Georgi Pirinski, Zigmantas Balčytis and Caterina Chinnici.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andrey Novakov, Petri Sarvamaa, Tibor Szanyi, Ivan Jakovčić and Rosa D'Amato.
The following spoke: Dimitris Avramopoulos.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 128(5):
- Petri Sarvamaa and Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0539/2015);
- Marco Valli and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0540/2015);
- Dennis de Jong, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Tania González Peñas, Miguel Urbán Crespo and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0541/2015);
- Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the OLAF Supervisory Committee’s annual report 2014 (2015/2699(RSP)) (B8-0542/2015).