16. Withdrawal Agreement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community *** (debate)

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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community [21105/3/2018 - C9-0148/2019 - 2018/0427(NLE)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Guy Verhofstadt (A9-0004/2020)

Guy Verhofstadt introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Nikolina Brnjac (President-in-Office of the Council) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Philippe Lamberts, on the organisation of the debate (the President gave explanations), Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Loiseau, on behalf of the Renew Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ID Group, Daniel Hannan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, non-attached Member, Danuta Maria Hübner, Richard Corbett, Caroline Voaden, Jill Evans, Jörg Meuthen, Geoffrey Van Orden, Martina Anderson, Mislav Kolakušić, Esteban González Pons, Pedro Silva Pereira, Bill Newton Dunn, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Geert Bourgeois, Matt Carthy, Seán Kelly, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Naomi Long, Molly Scott Cato, Jaak Madison, Anthea McIntyre, David McAllister, Katarina Barley, Luisa Porritt, Aileen McLeod, Laura Huhtasaari, Nosheena Mobarik, Esther de Lange, Theresa Griffin, Sheila Ritchie, Jordan Bardella, Vangelis Meimarakis, Brando Benifei, Judith Bunting, Siegfried Mureşan, Martin Horwood and François-Xavier Bellamy.

IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI
President

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Head of the Task-Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and Nikolina Brnjac.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.1.2020, item 17.1.