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Thursday, 7 July 2011 - Strasbourg
1.Opening of the sitting
 2.Documents received
 3.Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
 4.Modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament (debate)
 5.Progress on mine action (short presentation)
 6.Statement by the President
 7.Voting time
  
7.1.European Year for Active Ageing (2012) ***I (vote)
  
7.2.Situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (vote)
  
7.3.EU external policies in favour of democratisation (vote)
  
7.4.Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (vote)
  
7.5.Changes to Schengen (vote)
  
7.6.Parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (vote)
  
7.7.Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (vote)
  
7.8.Modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament (vote)
  
7.9.Progress on mine action (vote)
 8.Explanations of vote
 9.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
 10.Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
 11.Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
  
11.1.Democratic Republic of Congo, mass rape in South Kivu province
  
11.2.Indonesia, including attacks on minorities
  
11.3.India, in particular the death sentence on Davinder Pal Singh
 12.Voting time
  
12.1.Democratic Republic of Congo, mass rape in South Kivu province (vote)
  
12.2.Indonesia, including attacks on minorities (vote)
  
12.3.India, in particular the death sentence on Davinder Pal Singh (vote)
 13.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
 14.Decisions concerning certain documents
 15.Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
 16.Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
 17.Dates of forthcoming sittings
 18.Adjournment of the session
 ATTENDANCE REGISTER


IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.


2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from committees

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (COM(2011)0370 - C7-0168/2011 - 2011/0172(COD))
EN - In accordance with Rules 124(1) and 125(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal.

referred to

responsible :

ITRE

opinion :

ENVI

- Draft Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (COM(2011)0403 - C7-0186/2011 - 2011/2152(ACI))

referred to

responsible :

AFCO

opinion :

BUDG, CONT

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries (COM(2011)0396 - C7-0187/2011 - 2011/0176(COD))

referred to

responsible :

INTA

opinion :

DEVE, AFET, BUDG

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2011 - Section III - Commission (N7-0063/2011 - C7-0188/2011 - 2011/2153(GBD))

referred to

responsible :

BUDG

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 of 3 May 1998 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (COM(2011)0296 - C7-0189/2011 - 2011/0128(NLE))

referred to

responsible :

ECON

2) from Members, a proposal for a recommendations (Rule 121)

- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group. Recommendation to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (B7-0391/2011)

referred to

responsible :

AFET

opinion :

DEVE


3. Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)

Commission statement: Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union

Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Frédéric Daerden, Sylvie Goulard, Janusz Wojciechowski, Jacky Hénin, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Stéphane Le Foll, Patrizia Toia, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Spyros Danellis.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sari Essayah, Marc Tarabella, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Giovanni La Via, Gilles Pargneaux, Karima Delli, Elie Hoarau, Jaroslav Paška, Mario Mauro, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

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

- Marije Cornelissen and José Bové, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pervenche Berès, Alejandro Cercas, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos and Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (B7-0397/2011);

- Csaba Őry, Giovanni La Via, Georgios Papastamkos and Mariya Nedelcheva, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (B7-0398/2011);

- Sylvie Goulard, George Lyon, Marian Harkin, Louis Michel and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (B7-0399/2011);

- Patrick Le Hyaric, Ilda Figueiredo, Gabriele Zimmer, Elie Hoarau, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Alfreds Rubiks and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (B7-0455/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.7.


4. Modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament (debate)

Report on the proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976 [2009/2134(INI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0176/2011)

Andrew Duff presented his report and replied to a blue card question from Ashley Fox.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: György Schöpflin, on behalf of the PPE Group, Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group and who also replied to three blue card questions from Nicole Sinclaire, Olle Schmidt and Rainer Wieland, Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Søren Bo Søndergaard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jo Leinen, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, Béla Kovács, Non-attached Member, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Edvard Kožušník, Satu Hassi, Helmut Scholz, Oreste Rossi, Nicole Sinclaire, Carlo Casini, Marita Ulvskog, Niccolò Rinaldi, Julie Girling, Jaroslav Paška, Diane Dodds, Rafał Trzaskowski, Jo Leinen, Olle Schmidt, Salvatore Iacolino, Zigmantas Balčytis, Andrey Kovatchev, Matthias Groote, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Sophie Auconie and Rainer Wieland.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Hannu Takkula, Ulrike Lunacek, Ilda Figueiredo, Dimitar Stoyanov, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Jean-Pierre Audy, Seán Kelly and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki and Andrew Duff.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.8.


5. Progress on mine action (short presentation)

Report on Progress on Mine Action [2011/2007(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A7-0211/2011)

Geoffrey Van Orden made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Maria Eleni Koppa, Ulrike Lunacek, Franz Obermayr and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 7.9.


(The sitting was suspended at 11.45 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

6. Statement by the President

The President made a statement marking the sixth anniversary of the bombings in London on 7 July 2005.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.


7. 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.


7.1. European Year for Active Ageing (2012) ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012) [COM(2010)0462 - C7-0253/2010 - 2010/0242(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Martin Kastler (A7-0061/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2011)0332)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0332)

The following spoke:

Martin Kastler (rapporteur), before the vote, to make a statement under Rule 138(4).


7.2. Situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa (vote)

The announcement of motions for resolutions had taken place on 6 July 2011 (minutes of 6.7.2011, item 12).

Motions for resolution B7-0389/2011, B7-0390/2011, B7-0446/2011, B7-0447/2011, B7-0449/2011, B7-0453/2011 and B7-0454/2011.

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0389/2011

(replacing B7-0389/2011, B7-0446/2011, B7-0447/2011, B7-0449/2011 and B7-0454/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Ioannis Kasoulides, Gabriele Albertini, Hans-Gert Pöttering, 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, Andrey Kovatchev, Nadezhda Neynsky, Seán Kelly, Artur Zasada, Georgios Koumoutsakos and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Véronique De Keyser, Hannes Swoboda, Kristian Vigenin, Pino Arlacchi, Emine Bozkurt, Corina Creţu, Rosario Crocetta, Harlem Désir, Saïd El Khadraoui, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Maria Eleni Koppa, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Vincent Peillon, Raimon Obiols, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Roberto Gualtieri, Carmen Romero López and Boris Zala, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ivo Vajgl, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Sonia Alfano, Niccolò Rinaldi, Louis Michel, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Frédérique Ries, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Jelko Kacin and Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Hélène Flautre, Barbara Lochbihler, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Reinhard Bütikofer, Margrete Auken, Ulrike Lunacek, Judith Sargentini, Rui Tavares and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Charles Tannock, Geoffrey Van Orden, Robert Atkins, Ashley Fox and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0333)

(Motions for resolutions B7-0390/2011 and B7-0453/2011 fell.)


7.3. EU external policies in favour of democratisation (vote)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0334)


7.4. Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (vote)

The announcement of motions for resolutions had taken place on 6 July 2011 (minutes of 6.7.2011, item 15).

Motions for resolution B7-0396/2011, B7-0448/2011, B7-04502011, B7-0451/2011 and B7-0452/2011.

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0396/2011

(replacing B7-0396/2011, B7-0448/2011, B7-04502011, B7-0451/2011 and B7-0452/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

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, Inese Vaidere, Jacek Protasiewicz, Zuzana Roithová, Giovanni La Via, Andrey Kovatchev, Joachim Zeller and Monica Luisa Macovei, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Hannes Swoboda, Véronique De Keyser, Knut Fleckenstein, Kristian Vigenin and Pino Arlacchi, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle De Sarnez, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Graham Watson, Guy Verhofstadt, Fiona Hall, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Edward McMillan-Scott, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen and Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Werner Schulz, Rebecca Harms, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Charles Tannock, Konrad Szymański, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Jacek Włosowicz, Zbigniew Ziobro, Tadeusz Cymański, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Paweł Robert Kowal, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Marek Henryk Migalski and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group,

Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0335)

The following had spoken:


Kristiina Ojuland, before the vote, to move an oral amendment following paragraph 5, which was accepted, and Hannes Swoboda, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 6, which was accepted.


7.5. Changes to Schengen (vote)

The announcement of motions for resolutions had taken place on 6 July 2011 (minutes of 6.7.2011, item 16).

Motions for resolution B7-0392/2011, B7-0393/2011, B7-04002011, B7-0441/2011, B7-0456/2011 and B7-0457/2011.

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0392/2011

(replacing B7-0392/2011, B7-0393/2011, B7-04002011 and B7-0456/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Carlos Coelho, Roberta Angelilli and Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Martin Schulz, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Claude Moraes, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Sylvie Guillaume and Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Guy Verhofstadt, 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, Antonyia Parvanova, Ivo Vajgl and Alexander Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Rebecca Harms, Judith Sargentini, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ulrike Lunacek and Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0336)

(Motions for resolutions B7-0441/2011 and B7-0457/2011 fell.)


7.6. Parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (vote)

The motion for a resolution had been announced on 6 July 2011 (minutes of 6.7.2011, item 18).

Motion for a resolution B7-0388/2011.

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0337)


7.7. Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (vote)

The announcement of motions for resolutions had taken place on 7 July 2011 (minutes of 7.7.2011, item 2).

Motions for resolution B7-0397/2011, B7-0398/2011, B7-03992011 and B7-0455/2011.

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0397/2011

(replacing B7-0397/2011, B7-0398/2011, B7-03992011 and B7-0455/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Csaba Őry, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Giovanni La Via and Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Pervenche Berès, Alejandro Cercas, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos and Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Sylvie Goulard, George Lyon, Marian Harkin, Louis Michel, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Frédérique Ries and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Marije Cornelissen, José Bové, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Karima Delli, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ilda Figueiredo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Bairbre de Brún and Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0338)


7.8. Modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament (vote)

Report on the proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976 [2009/2134(INI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0176/2011)

(Simple majority)

ANNEX II -PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT OF THE TREATIES

ANNEX III – PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING THE ELECTORAL ACT OF 1976

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

The following spoke: Andrew Duff (rapporteur), to ask that the report be referred back to committee under Rule 175(2).

Parliament agreed to the request. The matter was deemed to have been referred back to the committee responsible.


7.9. Progress on mine action (vote)

Report on Progress on Mine Action [2011/2007(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A7-0211/2011)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0339)


8. 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.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report Martin Kastler - A7-0061/2011
Salvatore Iacolino, Mitro Repo, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Peter Jahr, Alajos Mészáros, Filip Kaczmarek, Daniel Hannan and Seán Kelly

Situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa - RC-B7-0389/2011
Mitro Repo

Report Véronique De Keyser - A7-0231/2011
Adam Bielan, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Mitro Repo, Daniel Hannan and Seán Kelly

Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December - RC-B7-0396/2011
Adam Bielan and Kristian Vigenin

Changes to Schengen - RC-B7-0392/2011
Mitro Repo, Peter Jahr, Kristian Vigenin and Daniel Hannan

Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union - RC-B7-0397/2011
Peter Jahr

Report Geoffrey Van Orden - A7-0211/2011
Mitro Repo


9. 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 12.50 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS
Vice-President

10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.


11. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 5.7.2011, item 2)


11.1. Democratic Republic of Congo, mass rape in South Kivu province

Motions for resolution B7-0442/2011, B7-0443/2011, B7-0458/2011, B7-0459/2011, B7-0460/2011 and B7-0461/2011

Charles Tannock, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Michèle Striffler, Marietje Schaake and Véronique De Keyser introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Monica Luisa Macovei, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Seán Kelly and Corina Creţu.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sari Essayah, Mitro Repo, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Barbara Lochbihler, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monika Smolková, Zuzana Roithová, Rovana Plumb and Michael Cashman.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 12.1.


11.2. Indonesia, including attacks on minorities

Motions for resolution B7-0394/2011, B7-0444/2011, B7-0462/2011, B7-0463/2011, B7-0464/2011, B7-0465/2011 and B7-0466/2011

Bastiaan Belder, Rui Tavares, Adam Bielan, Cristian Dan Preda, Kristiina Ojuland and Mitro Repo introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Csaba Sógor, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marc Tarabella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Ryszard Czarnecki.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Bogusław Sonik, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Elena Băsescu, Nirj Deva, Seán Kelly and Corina Creţu.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 12.2.


11.3. India, in particular the death sentence on Davinder Pal Singh

Motions for resolution B7-0395/2011, B7-0467/2011, B7-0468/2011, B7-0469/2011, B7-0470/2011, B7-0471/2011 and B7-0472/2011

Karima Delli, Cristian Dan Preda, Charles Tannock, Graham Watson and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Sari Essayah.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eija-Riitta Korhola, Corina Creţu, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Ryszard Czarnecki, and Charles Tannock, to put a blue-card question to Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, who replied.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2011, item 12.3.


12. 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.


12.1. Democratic Republic of Congo, mass rape in South Kivu province (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0442/2011, B7-0443/2011, B7-0458/2011, B7-0459/2011, B7-0460/2011 and B7-0461/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0442/2011

(replacing B7-0442/2011, B7-0443/2011, B7-0458/2011, B7-0459/2011, B7-0460/2011 and B7-0461/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Michèle Striffler, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Mario Mauro, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Martin Kastler, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Agnès Le Brun, Zuzana Roithová, Tadeusz Zwiefka and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Thijs Berman, Corina Creţu and Rovana Plumb, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Louis Michel, Charles Goerens, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marietje Schaake, Kristiina Ojuland, Sonia Alfano, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Frédérique Ries and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Isabelle Durant, Barbara Lochbihler, Judith Sargentini, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0340)


12.2. Indonesia, including attacks on minorities (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0394/2011, B7-0444/2011, B7-0462/2011, B7-0463/2011, B7-0464/2011, B7-0465/2011 and B7-0466/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0394/2011

(replacing B7-0394/2011, B7-0444/2011, B7-0462/2011, B7-0463/2011, B7-0464/2011, B7-0465/2011 and B7-0466/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Mario Mauro, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Zuzana Roithová, Agnès Le Brun, Martin Kastler, Csaba Sógor and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Véronique De Keyser, Mitro Repo, Marc Tarabella and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Marietje Schaake, Marielle De Sarnez, Kristiina Ojuland, Sonia Alfano, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Frédérique Ries, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Alexandra Thein and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Rui Tavares, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Gerald Häfner, Emilie Turunen, Christian Engström and Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Miguel Portas and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0341)

The following spoke:

Ana Gomes, before the vote.


12.3. India, in particular the death sentence on Davinder Pal Singh (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0395/2011, B7-0467/2011, B7-0468/2011, B7-0469/2011, B7-0470/2011, B7-0471/2011 and B7-0472/2011

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0395/2011

Rejected

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0467/2011

(replacing B7-0467/2011, B7-0468/2011, B7-0469/2011, B7-0470/2011, B7-0471/2011 and B7-0472/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Mario Mauro, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Agnès Le Brun, Martin Kastler, Zuzana Roithová and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Véronique De Keyser, Harlem Désir and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Graham Watson, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Kristiina Ojuland, Sonia Alfano, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Frédérique Ries, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Alexandra Thein and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Karima Delli, Barbara Lochbihler, Jean Lambert, Satu Hassi, Franziska Keller and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Marisa Matias and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0342)


13. 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.


14. Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)

DEVE Committee

- The 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (2011/2145(INI))
(opinion: INTA)

- The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2010 (2011/2120(INI))

ECON Committee

- Reform of the EU State Aid Rules on Services of General Economic Interest (2011/2146(INI))
(opinion: CULT, ENVI, EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI)

EMPL Committee

- The Mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work (2011/2147(INI))
(opinion: ENVI)

FEMM Committee

- Gender Mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament (2011/2151(INI))

IMCO Committee

- A new strategy for Consumer Policy (2011/2149(INI))
(opinion: JURI, ECON)

ITRE Committee

- Towards a space strategy for the European Union that benefits its citizens (2011/2148(INI))
(opinion: AFET, ENVI, INTA, TRAN, REGI)

TRAN Committee

- Functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air (2011/2150(INI))
(opinion: EMPL, IMCO)

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 90)

AFET Committee

- Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (2011/2133(INI))

- Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (2011/2132(INI))

Referral to committees

FEMM Committee

- EU Support for the ICC: Facing Challenges and Overcoming Difficulties (2011/2109(INI))
referred to responsible: AFET
opinion: FEMM, DEVE

AFET Committee

- Financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union (COM(2010)0815 - C7-0016/2011 - 2010/0395(COD))
referred to responsible: BUDG
opinion: AFET, ITRE, JURI, CONT, REGI

TRAN Committee

- The future of VAT (2011/2082(INI))
referred to responsible: ECON
opinion: ITRE, JURI, CONT, IMCO, TRAN

FEMM Committee

- The Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees (2011/2116(INI))
referred to responsible: EMPL
opinion: FEMM, JURI, ECON

ITRE Committee

- EU and China: Unbalanced Trade? (2010/2301(INI))
referred to responsible: INTA
opinion: DEVE, EMPL, ITRE, IMCO

- Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (COM(2011)0215 - C7-0099/2011 - 2011/0093(COD))
referred to responsible: JURI
opinion: ITRE


15. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):

Document number

Author

Signatures

0015/2011

Françoise Castex, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Vincent Peillon, Cristian Dan Preda, Ivo Vajgl

300

0016/2011

Geoffrey Van Orden, Gabriele Albertini, Alexander Alvaro, Frédérique Ries, Hannu Takkula

68

0017/2011

Richard Seeber, Ole Christensen, Carl Haglund, Isabella Lövin, Anna Rosbach

268

0018/2011

Martin Ehrenhauser

35

0019/2011

Andreas Mölzer

27

0020/2011

Peter Skinner

85

0021/2011

Jelko Kacin, Edward McMillan-Scott, Anna Rosbach, György Schöpflin, Jutta Steinruck

226

0022/2011

Gay Mitchell, Nirj Deva, Marian Harkin, Peter Skinner, Angelika Werthmann

347

0023/2011

Niki Tzavela, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Edit Herczog, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Fiorello Provera

144

0024/2011

Leonidas Donskis, Zigmantas Balčytis, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Justas Vincas Paleckis

52

0025/2011

Georgios Koumoutsakos, Hélène Flautre, Marian Harkin, Vittorio Prodi

272

0026/2011

Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Elisabeth Jeggle, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Janusz Wojciechowski

140

0027/2011

Patrick Le Hyaric, Margrete Auken, Véronique De Keyser, Niccolò Rinaldi

115

0028/2011

Paolo De Castro, Salvatore Caronna, Michel Dantin, Martin Häusling, Justas Vincas Paleckis

81

0029/2011

Sarah Ludford, Simon Busuttil, Ana Gomes, Barbara Lochbihler

95

0030/2011

Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Silvia Costa, Seán Kelly, Hannu Takkula, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu

33

0031/2011

Giovanni Collino

13

0032/2011

Philippe Juvin, José Bové, Edite Estrela, Corinne Lepage, Anna Rosbach

59

0033/2011

Britta Thomsen, Edit Bauer, Eva-Britt Svensson, Marc Tarabella, Marina Yannakoudakis

38

0034/2011

Nuno Teixeira, Luís Paulo Alves, Elie Hoarau, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves

35


16. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 179(2), the minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.


17. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 12 September 2011 to 15 September 2011.


18. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.35.

Klaus Welle

Jerzy Buzek

Secretary-General

President


ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antonescu, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, 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, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cronberg, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, 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, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Fajmon, Falbr, 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, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, 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, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Leinen, Lepage, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, 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, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, 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, Nitras, 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, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella , Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Proust, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, 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, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, 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, Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, 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, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Vlasák, Voss, Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka

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