19. Commission decision to activate Article 7 (1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Commission decision to activate Article 7 (1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (2018/2541(RSP))

Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Josef Weidenholzer, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Spinelli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Stanisław Żółtek, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Janusz Korwin-Mikke, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans.

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

—   Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on the Commission’s decision to activate Article 7(1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (2018/2541(RSP)) (B8-0119/2018);

—   Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the Commission’s decision to activate Article 7(1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (2018/2541(RSP)) (B8-0120/2018);

—   Auke Zijlstra, Nicolas Bay, Janice Atkinson, Lorenzo Fontana, Gilles Lebreton and Harald Vilimsky, on behalf of the ENF, on the Commission decision to activate Article 7(1) TEU as regards the situation in Poland (2018/2541(RSP)) (B8-0121/2018).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 1.3.2018, item 8.13.