2. Protection of forest and environmental defenders in the EU (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Protection of forest and environmental defenders in the EU (2019/2939(RSP))

Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke Daniel Buda, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Arena, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Marie Toussaint, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Aurelia Beigneux, on behalf of the ID Group, Andrey Slabakov, on behalf of the ECR Group, Petros Kokkalis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alexander Bernhuber, Christel Schaldemose, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Anja Hazekamp, Stanislav Polčák, Sylwia Spurek, Pär Holmgren, Emmanuel Maurel, and Nicolás González Casares, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Buda.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Kateřina Konečná, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Mauri Pekkarinen and Mick Wallace.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica.

The debate closed.