(The sitting was suspended at 19.45 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

14. Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933)

The President introduced the debate and welcomed the fact that the Ukrainian Ambassador was present in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Adrian Severin, on behalf of the PSE Group, Grażyna Staniszewska, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Józef Pinior, Šarūnas Birutis, Milan Horáček, Wojciech Roszkowski, Georgios Toussas, Zbigniew Zaleski, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, István Szent-Iványi, Inese Vaidere, Tunne Kelam, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Ari Vatanen, Jana Hybášková, Urszula Gacek and Colm Burke.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani.

Motions for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- Rebecca Harms and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (B6-0571/2008);

- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Grażyna Staniszewska, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, István Szent-Iványi and Šarūnas Birutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (B6-0572/2008);

- Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Ewa Tomaszewska, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Adam Bielan, Wojciech Roszkowski, Konrad Szymański, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Guntars Krasts, Janusz Wojciechowski, Inese Vaidere, Roberts Zīle and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (B6-0573/2008);

- Joseph Daul, Charles Tannock, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Colm Burke, Tunne Kelam, Urszula Gacek and Zita Pleštinská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (B6-0574/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 23.10.2008, item 8.7.