19. Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs - Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) - European territorial cooperation - best practices and innovative measures - EU strategy for the Alpine region (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on implementation of the thematic objective ‘enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs’ – Article 9(3) of the Common Provisions Regulation [2015/2282(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Rosa D'Amato (A8-0162/2016)

Report on Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) [2015/2278(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso (A8-0159/2016)

Report on European Territorial Cooperation - best practices and innovative measures [2015/2280(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Iskra Mihaylova (A8-0202/2016)

Report on an EU Strategy for the Alpine region [2015/2324(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Mercedes Bresso (A8-0226/2016)

Rosa D'Amato, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Iskra Mihaylova and Mercedes Bresso presented their reports.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jérôme Lavrilleux (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Renata Briano (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Daniela Aiuto (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Ulrike Müller (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Krzysztof Hetman, on behalf of the PPE Group, Viorica Dăncilă, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ruža Tomašić, on behalf of the ECR Group, Petras Auštrevičius, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martina Michels, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michèle Rivasi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Julia Reid, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Olaf Stuger, on behalf of the ENF Group, Lampros Fountoulis, non-attached Member, Claudia Schmidt, Liliana Rodrigues, Remo Sernagiotto, Matthijs van Miltenburg, Curzio Maltese, Ernest Maragall, Beatrix von Storch, Mireille D'Ornano, Joachim Zeller, Derek Vaughan, Arne Gericke, Ivan Jakovčić, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Mario Borghezio, Franc Bogovič, Monika Smolková, Franz Obermayr, Herbert Dorfmann, Michela Giuffrida, Julie Ward and Csaba Molnár.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andrey Novakov, Maria Grapini, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Miguel Viegas, Dominique Bilde and Eleftherios Synadinos.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu, Rosa D'Amato, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Iskra Mihaylova and Mercedes Bresso.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2016, item 4.16, minutes of 13.9.2016, item 4.1, minutes of 13.9.2016, item 4.2 and minutes of 13.9.2016, item 4.17.