16. Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Verbatim reports

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Venezuela (2016/2538(RSP))

The President, on behalf of Parliament, welcomed the Sakharov Prize nominee Mitsy Capriles de Ledezma and her delegation from Venezuela, who would follow the debate on the situation in Venezuela from the distinguished visitors' gallery.

Bert Koenders (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The following spoke: Esteban González Pons, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, on behalf of the S&D Group, José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Javier Couso Permuy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Esteban González Pons, to put a blue-card question to Javier Couso Permuy, who replied, and who declined a blue-card question from José Inácio Faria, Jordi Sebastià, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Edouard Ferrand, on behalf of the ENF Group, Elmar Brok, Francisco Assis, Dita Charanzová, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Elena Valenciano, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Davor Ivo Stier, Carlos Zorrinho, Francisco José Millán Mon and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Carlos Iturgaiz and Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio.

The following spoke: Bert Koenders.

The debate closed.