IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Programme of activities of the Polish presidency of the Council (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Programme of activities of the Polish presidency of the Council

Donald Tusk (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Robert Goebbels, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Bogusław Liberadzki, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Paweł Robert Kowal, José Bové, Niki Tzavela, Nicole Sinclaire, Markus Ferber, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Marita Ulvskog, Marielle De Sarnez, Zbigniew Ziobro, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Siwiec, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Barry Madlener, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michał Tomasz Kamiński and who objected to comments made off-microphone by Martin Schulz, who justified his comments, Mario Mauro, Rovana Plumb, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zbigniew Ziobro, Arnaud Danjean, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Paulo Rangel, Ivailo Kalfin, Jan Olbrycht, Marek Siwiec, Danuta Maria Hübner, Leonardo Domenici, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Jacek Protasiewicz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Henryk Migalski.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ádám Kósa, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Jaroslav Paška, Angelika Werthmann, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso and Donald Tusk.

The following spoke: Barry Madlener, making a personal statement in response to Martin Schulz's previous speech, and Martin Schulz to explain what he had said.

The debate closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

3. Financial, economic and social crisis: measures and initiatives to be taken (debate)

Report on the financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken [2010/2242(INI)] – Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A7-0228/2011)

Pervenche Berès introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jan Vincent-Rostowski (President-in-Office of the Council) and Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Pascal Canfin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Hannes Swoboda, Wolf Klinz, Roberts Zīle, Patrick Le Hyaric, Rolandas Paksas, Marine Le Pen, Frank Engel, Patrizia Toia, Sylvie Goulard, Ilda Figueiredo, Iliana Ivanova, Anni Podimata, Burkhard Balz, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Regina Bastos, Kinga Göncz, Iuliu Winkler, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Vito Bonsignore, Elisa Ferreira, Krišjānis Kariņš, Monika Hohlmeier, Bendt Bendtsen and Thomas Mann.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik.

The following spoke: Robert Atkins on the organisation of the debates.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ana Gomes and Alfreds Rubiks.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn and Ludwik Kotecki (President-in-Office of the Council).

(Continuation of the debate, see: minutes of 6.7.2011, item 5)

4. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Muhammad Yunus, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, who had taken a seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

5. Financial, economic and social crisis: measures and initiatives to be taken (continuation of debate)

(For the title of the report see minutes of 6.7.2011, item 3)

The following spoke: Pervenche Berès (rapporteur).

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2011, item 6.11.

6. Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

°
° ° °

The following spoke: Sajjad Karim on racist attacks against him and his family.

6.1. List of travel documents entitling the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the list of travel documents entitling the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa and on setting up a mechanism for establishing this list [COM(2010)0662 - C7-0365/2010- 2010/0325(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0237/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0321)

6.2. European broadband – Investing in digitally driven growth (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on European Broadband – investing in digitally driven growth [2010/2304(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Niki Tzavela (A7-0221/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0322)

6.3. Personal data protection in the European Union (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union [2011/2025(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Axel Voss (A7-0244/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

Axel Voss (rapporteur) had made a statement under Rule 138(4).

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0323)

6.4. Food information to consumers ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 and repealing Directives 87/250/EEC, 90/496/EEC, 1999/10/EC, 2000/13/EC, 2002/67/EC, 2008/5/EC and Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 [17602/1/2010 - C7-0060/2011- 2008/0028(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (A7-0177/2011)

(Qualified majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

Renate Sommer (rapporteur) had made a statement under Rule 138(4).

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2011)0324)

6.5. Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences [17506/1/2010 - C7-0074/2011- 2008/0062(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0208/2011)

(Qualified majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2011)0325)

The following had spoken:

After the vote, Inés Ayala Sender (rapporteur) and Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission).

6.6. Multiannual financial framework for 2007-2013 *** (vote)

Interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2007-2013 [16973/2010 - C7-0024/2011- 2010/0048(APP)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0253/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0326)

Parliament declined to give its consent to the proposal for a Council regulation.

The following spoke:

Reimer Böge (rapporteur), before the vote.

6.7. Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012 (vote)

Motions for resolution tabled pursuant to Rule 35(3):

- József Szájer and Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the Commission Work Programme for 2012 (B7-0381/2011)

- Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, on preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012 (B7-0383/2011)

- Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012 (B7-0384/2011)

- Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012 (B7-0385/2011)

- Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the preparation of the Commission Work Programme for 2012 (B7-0386/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0381/2011

(replacing B7-0381/2011, B7-0383/2011 and B7-0384/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0327)

(Motions for resolutions B7-0385/2011 and B7-0386/2011 fell.)

6.8. Legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and on related feed and food controls (vote)

Report on EU legislation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) and on related feed and food controls - implementation and outlook [2010/2249(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (A7-0195/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0328)

The following spoke:

Carl Schlyter, before the vote, to point out a translation error in the Swedish version of the voting list.

6.9. Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners (vote)

Report on aviation security, with a special focus on security scanners [2010/2154(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A7-0216/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0329)

The following spoke:

Jörg Leichtfried, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 4, which was accepted.

6.10. Women and business leadership (vote)

Report on women and business leadership [2010/2115(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A7-0210/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0330)

6.11. Financial, economic and social crisis: measures and initiatives to be taken (vote)

Report on the financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken [2010/2242(INI)] - Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A7-0228/2011)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0331)

7. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

The following spoke: Franz Obermayr on the organisation of the debates.

°
° ° °

Oral explanations of vote:

Recommendation for second reading: Renate Sommer - A7-0177/2011

Francesco De Angelis, Jens Rohde, Giommaria Uggias, Erminia Mazzoni, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Siiri Oviir, Licia Ronzulli, Mitro Repo, Peter Jahr, Marian Harkin, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Anna Záborská, Ashley Fox and Lara Comi

Recommendation for second reading: Inés Ayala Sender - A7-0208/2011

Jim Higgins, Ville Itälä, Siiri Oviir, Mitro Repo, Peter Jahr, Oldřich Vlasák, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Bruno Gollnisch, Daniel Hannan and Carlo Fidanza

Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012 - RC-B7-0381/2011

Ashley Fox

Report: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt - A7-0195/2011

Giommaria Uggias

Report: Luis de Grandes Pascual - A7-0216/2011

Carlo Fidanza, Jim Higgins, Ville Itälä, Siiri Oviir and Syed Kamall

Report: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou - A7-0210/2011

Siiri Oviir, Licia Ronzulli, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Andrea Češková and Anna Záborská

Report: Pervenche Berès - A7-0228/2011

Siiri Oviir, Anna Záborská, Seán Kelly, Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall, Csaba Sógor and Bendt Bendtsen

8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

(The sitting was suspended at 14.55 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Estelle Grelier had made it known that she had been present but that her name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Situation in the Arab world and North Africa - Situation in Yemen - Situation in Syria (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in the Arab world and North Africa

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Yemen

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Syria

Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member.

(Continuation of the debate: see minutes of 6.7.2011, item 12)

11. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies led by Carlos Alberto Leréia, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defence, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

Elmar Brok spoke on the display of banners in the Chamber (the President said he would refer the matter to the authorities responsible).

12. Situation in the Arab world and North Africa - Situation in Yemen - Situation in Syria (continuation of debate)

(For the title of the statements, see minutes of 6.7.2011, item 10)

The following spoke: Ioannis Kasoulides, Hannes Swoboda, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Konrad Szymański, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Nicole Sinclaire, Mário David, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Peter van Dalen, Ulrike Lunacek, Helmut Scholz, Andrew Henry William Brons, Elmar Brok, Saïd El Khadraoui, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Geoffrey Van Orden, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Murphy, Malika Benarab-Attou, Charalampos Angourakis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michał Tomasz Kamiński, and Hans-Gert Pöttering.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ivo Vajgl, to put a blue-card question to Hans-Gert Pöttering, who replied, Richard Howitt, Marielle De Sarnez, Adam Bielan, Paul Murphy, Mario Mauro, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Niccolò Rinaldi, Struan Stevenson, Francisco José Millán Mon, Kader Arif, Louis Michel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Goerens, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Cristian Dan Preda, Ana Gomes, Ivo Vajgl, Sajjad Karim, David-Maria Sassoli, Ashley Fox, Monica Luisa Macovei, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Emma McClarkin, Marietta Giannakou, Emine Bozkurt, Elena Băsescu, Proinsias De Rossa, Nadezhda Neynsky and Boris Zala.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Alf Svensson, Maria Eleni Koppa, Sari Essayah, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Salvatore Iacolino, Simon Busuttil, Marco Scurria and Georgios Papanikolaou.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Seán Kelly, Corina Creţu, Antonyia Parvanova, Marian Harkin, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška and Mariya Nedelcheva.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Jacek Włosowicz, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in the Arab World (B7-0389/2011);

-Fiorello Provera, Rolandas Paksas, Lorenzo Fontana, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Mara Bizzotto, Jaroslav Paška, Bastiaan Belder and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (B7-0390/2011);

- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ivo Vajgl, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Sonia Alfano, Niccolò Rinaldi, Louis Michel, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain the context of the situation in the Arab World and North Africa (B7-0446/2011);

- Hélène Flautre, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Barbara Lochbihler, Ulrike Lunacek, Jean-Paul Besset, Rui Tavares, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Judith Sargentini, Malika Benarab-Attou, Margrete Auken, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Catherine Grèze, Reinhard Bütikofer and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the Arab world (B7-0447/2011);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Ioannis Kasoulides, Gabriele Albertini, Angelika Niebler, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Andrzej Grzyb, Tokia Saïfi, Michael Gahler, Filip Kaczmarek, Dominique Vlasto, Krzysztof Lisek, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Mário David, Marco Scurria, Simon Busuttil, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Elena Băsescu, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Nadezhda Neynsky, Seán Kelly and Artur Zasada, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (B7-0449/2011);

- Willy Meyer, Patrick Le Hyaric and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (B7-0453/2011);

- Véronique De Keyser, Hannes Swoboda, Kristian Vigenin, Pino Arlacchi, Emine Bozkurt, Corina Creţu, Rosario Crocetta, Harlem Désir, Richard Howitt, Maria Eleni Koppa, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Vincent Peillon, Carmen Romero López and Boris Zala, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (B7-0454/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.2.

13. EU external policies in favour of democratisation (debate)

Report on EU external policies in favour of democratisation [2011/2032(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Véronique De Keyser (A7-0231/2011)

Véronique De Keyser introduced the report.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: Antigoni Papadopoulou (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Alf Svensson (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Eduard Kukan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Bufton, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andrzej Grzyb, Corina Creţu and Edward McMillan-Scott.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Mariya Nedelcheva, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Ana Gomes, Jaroslav Paška and Andreas Mölzer.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton and Véronique De Keyser.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.3.

14. Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kristian Vigenin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Evgeni Kirilov who also replied to a blue-card question by Sławomir Witold Nitras, Csanád Szegedi, Andrey Kovatchev, László Tőkés, György Schöpflin, Tunne Kelam, Damien Abad, Inese Vaidere, Krzysztof Lisek, Eleni Theocharous and Anna Ibrisagic, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dimitar Stoyanov.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Vytautas Landsbergis, Sławomir Witold Nitras, Charles Tannock, Elena Băsescu, Bastiaan Belder and Inese Vaidere, who clarified what she had said earlier.

°
° ° °

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

The debate closed.

15. Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December

Catherine Ashton (Vice President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marek Henryk Migalski to put a blue-card question to Knut Fleckenstein, who replied, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Béla Kovács, Non-attached Member, Traian Ungureanu, Marek Henryk Migalski, Jaroslav Paška to put a blue-card question to Traian Ungureanu, who replied, Werner Schulz to put a blue-card question to Marek Henryk Migalski, who replied, and Zuzana Roithová.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Inese Vaidere, Bastiaan Belder and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz, Bart Staes and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (B7-0396/2011);

- Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Ioannis Kasoulides, Alojz Peterle, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Cristian Dan Preda, Michael Gahler, Vytautas Landsbergis, Krzysztof Lisek, Traian Ungureanu, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Inese Vaidere, Jacek Protasiewicz, Zuzana Roithová and Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December 2011 (B7-0448/2011);

- Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle De Sarnez, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Graham Watson, Guy Verhofstadt, Fiona Hall, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Edward McMillan-Scott, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (B7-0450/2011);

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Tadeusz Cymański, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Marek Henryk Migalski and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (B7-0451/2011);

- Hannes Swoboda, Véronique De Keyser, Knut Fleckenstein, Kristian Vigenin and Pino Arlacchi, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (B7-0452/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.4.

16. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE Group:

AFET Committee: Tokia Saïfi to be a full member

INTA Committee: Franck Proust to be a full member to replace Tokia Saïfi

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Franck Proust to be a full member

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Franck Proust to be a full member.

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.

17. Changes to Schengen (debate)

Commission statement: Changes to Schengen

Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Weber, Renate, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Judith Sargentini, Manfred Weber, Claude Moraes, Tatjana Ždanoka, Cornelia Ernst and Mara Bizzotto.

IN THE CHAIR: Giles CHICHESTER
Vice-President

The following spoke: Timothy Kirkhope to congratulate the Vice-President.

The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Monika Flašíková Beňová, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Georgios Papanikolaou, Kinga Göncz, Mariya Nedelcheva, Sylvie Guillaume, Anna Hedh, Ioan Enciu, Iliana Malinova Iotova and Tanja Fajon.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Katarína Neveďalová, Simon Busuttil, Jaroslav Paška and Angelika Werthmann.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Rebecca Harms, Judith Sargentini, Tatjana Ždanoka and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on changes to Schengen (B7-0392/2011);

- Carlos Coelho, Manfred Weber, Roberta Angelilli, Giovanni La Via and Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, on changes to Schengen (B7-0393/2011);

- Martin Schulz, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Claude Moraes, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the changes to Schengen (B7-0400/2011);

- Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group on the changes to Schengen (B7-0441/2011);

- Renate Weber, Sarah Ludford, Louis Michel, Leonidas Donskis, Jan Mulder, Cecilia Wikström, Sonia Alfano, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Giommaria Uggias, Nadja Hirsch, Sophia in 't Veld, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gianni Vattimo, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Stanimir Ilchev and Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the changes to Schengen (B7-0456/2011);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelia Ernst, Willy Meyer, Eva-Britt Svensson, Miguel Portas, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on changes to Schengen (B7-0457/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.5.

18. Parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP

Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission.

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Gabriele Albertini, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the European Parliament’s approach to implementing Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol 1 to the Lisbon Treaty as regards parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (B7-0388/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.6.

19. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 466.235/OJJE).

20. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.45.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angourakis, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Băsescu, Bastos, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cronberg, Cutaş, Cymański, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Mita, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Fajmon, Fajon, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Griesbeck, Griffin, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McCarthy, McClarkin, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazzoni, Mélenchon, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella , Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Portas, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Proust , Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Alf Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zala, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka