16. Turkey's progress in fulfilling the requirements of the Visa liberalisation roadmap (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Turkey's progress in fulfilling the requirements of the Visa liberalisation roadmap (2016/2719(RSP))

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (President-in-Office of the Council) and Dimitris Avramopoulos (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Tanja Fajon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Helga Stevens, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gilles Lebreton, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lefteris Christoforou, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Marine Le Pen, on behalf of the ENF Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Renate Sommer, and Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers and Kati Piri.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Branislav Škripek, Cecilia Wikström, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Bodil Valero, Mike Hookem, Mario Borghezio, Cristian Dan Preda, Knut Fleckenstein, who declined a blue-card question from Georgios Epitideios, Ulrike Trebesius, Martina Michels, Ernest Maragall, Vicky Maeijer, Renate Sommer, Iliana Iotova, Jan Zahradil, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Angel Dzhambazki, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, who also replied to a blue-card question by Costas Mavrides, Javi López, Peter van Dalen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gianluca Buonanno, Brice Hortefeux and Lefteris Christoforou.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ana Gomes, Michaela Šojdrová, Claudia Țapardel, Ivan Jakovčić, Nicola Caputo, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Costas Mavrides, Georgios Epitideios, Nikos Androulakis, Stanislav Polčák and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke: Dimitris Avramopoulos.

The debate closed.