15. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)

Verbatim reports

Oral question (O-000218/2011) by Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Alexander Alvaro, Cecilia Wikström, Sarah Ludford, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Stanimir Ilchev, Louis Michel, Metin Kazak, Sonia Alfano and Gianni Vattimo, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0628/2011)

Oral question (O-000221/2011) by Cornelia Ernst, Willy Meyer and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0629/2011)

Oral question (O-000222/2011) by Cornelia Ernst, Willy Meyer and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0630/2011)

Oral question (O-000223/2011) by Claude Moraes, Ioan Enciu and Iliana Malinova Iotova, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area (B7-0439/2011)

Oral question (O-000224/2011) by Marian-Jean Marinescu, Andrey Kovatchev, Carlos Coelho, Mariya Nedelcheva, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Oana Antonescu, Simon Busuttil, Georgios Papanikolaou and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0440/2011)

Oral question (O-000225/2011) by Marian-Jean Marinescu, Andrey Kovatchev, Carlos Coelho, Mariya Nedelcheva, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Oana Antonescu, Simon Busuttil, Georgios Papanikolaou and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0621/2011)

Oral question (O-000234/2011) by Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Council: Entry of Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen Area (B7-0631/2011)

Oral question (O-000235/2011) by Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Entry of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area (B7-0632/2011)

Renate Weber, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Claude Moraes, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Mara Bizzotto moved the oral questions.

Piotr Stachańczyk (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iliana Malinova Iotova, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho, Ioan Enciu, Stanimir Ilchev, Judith Sargentini, Peter van Dalen, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Dimitar Stoyanov and Corina Creţu, Philip Claeys, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Victor Boştinaru and Monika Flašíková Beňová, Andrey Kovatchev, Mitro Repo, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Csanád Szegedi, Sari Essayah, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ioan Enciu, Emine Bozkurt, Kinga Gál, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Monika Hohlmeier, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Georgios Papanikolaou, Tanja Fajon and Anna Hedh.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eduard Kukan, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Elena Oana Antonescu, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Mariya Nedelcheva and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Piotr Stachańczyk.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Marian-Jean Marinescu, Andrey Kovatchev, Carlos Coelho, Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Monica Luisa Macovei, Mariya Nedelcheva, Elena Oana Antonescu, Georgios Papanikolaou and Véronique Mathieu, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Claude Moraes, Ioan Enciu, Iliana Malinova Iotova and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Alexander Alvaro, Cecilia Wikström, Sarah Ludford, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Stanimir Ilchev, Louis Michel, Metin Kazak, Sonia Alfano, Gianni Vattimo and Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Tatjana Ždanoka and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0532/2011);

- Mara Bizzotto and Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (B7-0533/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.10.2011, item 6.10.