15. Situation of journalists in Turkey (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP))

Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission) 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: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Beatrix von Storch, Kati Piri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Mark Demesmaeker, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Edouard Ferrand, on behalf of the ENF Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Bas Belder, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Bodil Valero, Beatrix von Storch, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michaela Šojdrová, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, who also replied to a blue-card question by Costas Mavrides, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Sofia Sakorafa, Ernest Maragall, Tunne Kelam, Eugen Freund, Eleni Theocharous and Patrick Le Hyaric.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michaela Šojdrová, Costas Mavrides, Nikolay Barekov, Stelios Kouloglou, Lefteris Christoforou, Jean-Paul Denanot, Angel Dzhambazki, Liliana Rodrigues and Georgi Pirinski.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Csaba Sógor, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Javier Couso Permuy, Klaus Buchner, Eduard Kukan and Julie Ward.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu.

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

—   Marine Le Pen, Edouard Ferrand, Mireille D’Ornano, Marcel de Graaff, Gerolf Annemans, Janice Atkinson, Harald Vilimsky and Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, on behalf of the ENF Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1158/2016);

—   Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1162/2016);

—   Elena Valenciano, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Nikos Androulakis, Zigmantas Balčytis, Hugues Bayet, Brando Benifei, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Simona Bonafè, Biljana Borzan, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Nicola Caputo, Andrea Cozzolino, Miriam Dalli, Viorica Dăncilă, Isabella De Monte, Tanja Fajon, Jonás Fernández, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Enrico Gasbarra, Michela Giuffrida, Theresa Griffin, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Eva Kaili, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Javi López, Krystyna Łybacka, Vladimír Maňka, Louis-Joseph Manscour, Costas Mavrides, Sorin Moisă, Alessia Maria Mosca, Victor Negrescu, Momchil Nekov, Demetris Papadakis, Emilian Pavel, Vincent Peillon, Pina Picierno, Tonino Picula, Kati Piri, Miroslav Poche, Liliana Rodrigues, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Siôn Simon, Tibor Szanyi, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Paul Tang, Claudia Țapardel, Marc Tarabella, Julie Ward, Carlos Zorrinho and Miltiadis Kyrkos, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1163/2016);

—   Charles Tannock, Mark Demesmaeker, Angel Dzhambazki, Ruža Tomašić and Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1167/2016);

—   Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Eleonora Forenza, Marisa Matias, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Patrick Le Hyaric, Barbara Spinelli, Tania González Peñas, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Ángela Vallina, Malin Björk, Paloma López Bermejo, Merja Kyllönen, Martina Michels, Sofia Sakorafa, Curzio Maltese, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Kostadinka Kuneva, Stelios Kouloglou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Javier Couso Permuy and Marina Albiol Guzmán, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1168/2016);

—   Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marietje Schaake, Pavel Telička, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, María Teresa Giménez Barbat, Petras Auštrevičius, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Dita Charanzová, Marielle de Sarnez, Gérard Deprez, José Inácio Faria, Marian Harkin, Ivan Jakovčić, Valentinas Mazuronis, Louis Michel, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Carolina Punset, Jasenko Selimovic, Ivo Vajgl, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Paavo Väyrynen, Cecilia Wikström and Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1170/2016);

—   Cristian Dan Preda, Renate Sommer, Elmar Brok, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska and Manolis Kefalogiannis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1171/2016);

—   Rebecca Harms, Bodil Valero, Ernest Maragall, Ska Keller, Barbara Lochbihler, Benedek Jávor, Ulrike Lunacek and Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation of journalists in Turkey (2016/2935(RSP)) (B8-1172/2016).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.10.2016, item 8.6.

(The sitting was suspended for a short time)