14. EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region - Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy - European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance - Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on an EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region [2014/2214(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Ivan Jakovčić (A8-0279/2015)

Report on cohesion policy and the review of the Europe 2020 strategy [2014/2246(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Fernando Ruas (A8-0277/2015)

Report on the European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation [2015/2052(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: José Blanco López (A8-0268/2015)

Question for oral answer (O-000127/2015) by Iskra Mihaylova, on behalf of the REGI Committee, to the Commission: Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (2015/2772(RSP)) (B8-1103/2015)

Ivan Jakovčić, Fernando Ruas, and José Blanco López - who refused to reply to a blue-card question from Tania González Peñas - introduced the reports.

Younous Omarjee moved the question.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Dubravka Šuica (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Marco Affronte (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Franc Bogovič, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Krehl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrew Lewer, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, and Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME
Vice-President

The following spoke: Davor Škrlec, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rosa D'Amato, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Stanislav Polčák, Michela Giuffrida, Notis Marias, Martina Anderson, Bronis Ropė, Bill Etheridge, Konstantinos Papadakis, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Andrea Cozzolino, Edward Czesak, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Andrey Novakov, Victor Boştinaru, Joachim Zeller, Mercedes Bresso, Krzysztof Hetman, Tonino Picula, Marc Joulaud, Liliana Rodrigues, Tamás Deutsch, Massimo Paolucci, Maria Spyraki, Werner Kuhn and Ivana Maletić.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ricardo Serrão Santos, Sofia Sakorafa, Tania González Peñas and Miguel Viegas.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu, Ivan Jakovčić, Fernando Ruas and José Blanco López.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 128(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: the three reports would be put to the vote on 28 October 2015 (minutes of 28.10.2015, item 7.9, minutes of 28.10.2015, item 7.10 and minutes of 28.10.2015, item 7.11); the question for oral answer O-000127/2015 would be put to the vote at the next part-session.