C 92 E/8 Official Journal of the European Union EN 20.4.2006

Monday 9 May 2005 Sittings of 25.05.2005 and 26.05.2005 — no changes * **

The order of business was thus established.

13. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Yannick Vaugrenard, Sophia in 't Veld, Jim Higgins, Gyula Hegyi, Georgios Karatzafe- ris, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Agnes Schierhuber, Pedro Guerreiro, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Jörg Leichtfried, Philip Claeys, Urszula Krupa, Adam Jerzy Bielan, Marios Matsakis, Carlo Fatuzzo, Ryszard Czar- necki, Vytautas Landsbergis, Gerard Batten, Bogdan Pęk and Sylwester Chruszcz.

14. Justice for the McCartney Family (debate)

Commission statement: Justice for the McCartney Family

The President welcomed Robert McCartney's sisters, who were in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: , on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, and , on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS Vice-President

The following spoke: Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, , on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, , on behalf of the UEN Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, James Nicholson, Gary Titley, Marian Harkin, Bairbre de Brún, Eoin Ryan, , , and Stavros Dimas.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2): — Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on justice for the family of Robert McCartney (B6-0279/2005); — Hans-Gert Poettering, Avril Doyle, Simon Coveney, Jim Higgins, Mairead McGuinness, and James Nicholson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, Proinsias De Rossa and Gary Titley, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson and Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Brian Crowley, Eoin Ryan and Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, on violence and criminality by the self-styled ‘Irish Repub- lican Army’ (IRA) in Northern Ireland, in particular the murder of Robert McCartneyon violence and criminality by the self-styled ‘Irish Republican Army’ (IRA) in Northern Ireland, in particular the murder of Robert McCartney (B6-0281/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.05.2005, Item 9.5