20. Protecting the best interest of the child (across borders) in Europe (debate)

Verbatim reports

Question for oral answer (O-000027/2016) by Pavel Svoboda, on behalf of the JURI Committee, and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Council: Protecting the best interest of the child (across borders) in Europe (2016/2665(RSP)) (B8-0359/2016)

Question for oral answer (O-000028/2016) by Pavel Svoboda, on behalf of the JURI Committee, and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Protecting the best interest of the child (across borders) in Europe (2016/2665(RSP)) (B8-0360/2016)

Pavel Svoboda and Cecilia Wikström moved the questions.

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Josef Weidenholzer, on behalf of the S&D Group, Rikke Karlsson, on behalf of the ECR Group, António Marinho e Pinto, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kostadinka Kuneva, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tomáš Zdechovský, and Eleonora Evi, on behalf of the EFDD Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gilles Lebreton, Julia Pitera, Edouard Martin, Jana Žitňanská, Mireille D'Ornano, Mairead McGuinness, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Michaela Šojdrová, Jude Kirton-Darling, Daniel Buda, Emil Radev, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut and Therese Comodini Cachia.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Tomáš Zdechovský, Nicola Caputo, Julie Ward, Notis Marias and Ivan Jakovčić.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate, tabled pursuant to Rule 128(5):

— Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the PETI Committee, on safeguarding the best interests of the child across the EU on the basis of petitions addressed to the European Parliament (2016/2575(RSP)) (B8-0487/2016)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2016, item 4.5.