17. Mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (2015/3034(RSP))

Federica Mogherini (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, Urmas Paet, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Javier Couso Permuy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bodil Valero, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mike Hookem, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Franz Obermayr, on behalf of the ENF Group, Konstantinos Papadakis, non-attached Member, Elmar Brok and Ana Gomes.

IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Hilde Vautmans, Sofia Sakorafa, Michèle Rivasi, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Gilles Pargneaux, Bernd Lucke, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Francisco José Millán Mon, Tonino Picula, Nikolay Barekov, Sandra Kalniete, Neena Gill, Andrej Plenković, Boris Zala, Tunne Kelam, Cristian Dan Preda and Andrey Kovatchev.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ruža Tomašić, Isabella Adinolfi, Notis Marias and Georgios Epitideios.

The following spoke: Federica Mogherini.

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

—   Cristian Dan Preda, Arnaud Danjean, Michael Gahler, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Elmar Brok, Andrej Plenković, Sandra Kalniete, Michèle Alliot-Marie, David McAllister, Tunne Kelam, Jaromír Štětina, Andrey Kovatchev, Lars Adaktusson, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Dubravka Šuica, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Fernando Ruas, Daniel Caspary, Alojz Peterle, Davor Ivo Stier, László Tőkés, Theodoros Zagorakis, Lorenzo Cesa, Dariusz Rosati, Francisco José Millán Mon, Tokia Saïfi and Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0043/2016);

—   Bodil Valero, Michèle Rivasi, Barbara Lochbihler, Heidi Hautala, Reinhard Bütikofer, Bart Staes, Indrek Tarand, Pascal Durand, Igor Šoltes, Davor Škrlec and Molly Scott Cato, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the implementation of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0045/2016);

—   Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Knut Fleckenstein, Richard Howitt, Victor Boştinaru, Gilles Pargneaux, Vincent Peillon, Ana Gomes, Afzal Khan, Tonino Picula, Neena Gill, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Sorin Moisă, Victor Negrescu and Boris Zala, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the implementation of Article 42(7) on the Treaty on European Union (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0051/2016);

—   Sabine Lösing, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Rina Ronja Kari, Fabio De Masi, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Martina Anderson, Sofia Sakorafa, Lynn Boylan, Matt Carthy, Liadh Ní Riada, Kostas Chrysogonos, Stelios Kouloglou, Kostadinka Kuneva, Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Javier Couso Permuy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0057/2016);

—   Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Louis Michel, Jozo Radoš, Marietje Schaake, Pavel Telička, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Hilde Vautmans, Guy Verhofstadt and Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the implementation of the mutual assistance clause, Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union 2015/3034(RSP) (B8-0058/2016);

—   Geoffrey Van Orden, Charles Tannock, Angel Dzhambazki, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski and Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0059/2016);

—   Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the implementation of Article 42(7) on the Treaty on European Union (2015/3034(RSP)) (B8-0060/2016).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.1.2016, item 8.4.