10. Situation in Poland (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Situation in Poland (2015/3031(RSP))

The President made a short statement introducing the debate.

Bert Koenders (President-in-Office of the Council) and Frans Timmermans (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Beata Szydło (Prime Minister of Poland).

The following spoke: Esteban González Pons, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Michał Marusik, on behalf of the ENF Group, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, non-attached Member, Milan Zver, Tanja Fajon, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Sophia in 't Veld, Barbara Spinelli, Judith Sargentini, Petr Mach, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, (the President reminded the spectators in the gallery that they were not to express their approval or otherwise) Aymeric Chauprade, Jan Olbrycht, Josef Weidenholzer, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Cecilia Wikström, Patrick Le Hyaric, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Nicolas Bay, Beata Szydło, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, non-attached Member, Michał Marusik, on behalf of the ENF Group, Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Enrique Guerrero Salom, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Esteban González Pons, on behalf of the PPE Group.

The following spoke: Beata Szydło.

The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt on the speech by Beata Szydło, who responded.

The following spoke: Bert Koenders, Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission) and Frans Timmermans.

The following spoke: Beata Szydło.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 123(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: at a later part-session.