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Tuesday 19 June 2007 — Pasqualina Napoletano, Ana Maria Gomes and Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Ethiopia (B6-0257/2007) — , Anders Wijkman, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0259/2007) III. BURMA — Vittorio Agnoletto and Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Burma (B6-0248/2007) — Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jules Maaten, Marios Matsakis, Lydie Polfer, Johan Van Hecke and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Burma (B6-0253/2007) — Gintaras Didžiokas, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0255/2007) — Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock, Marc Tarabella and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0256/2007) — Geoffrey Van Orden, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0258/2007) — and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Burma (B6-0262/2007)

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4. The situation in Palestine (debate)

Statement by the President of the : The situation in Palestine

Hans-Gert Pöttering (President) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, , on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Andreas Mölzer, on behalf of the ITS Group.

The debate closed.

5. Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society — Results of the Committee of Inquiry (debate)

Report on the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society [2006/2199(INI)] — Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0203/2007)

Draft recommendation, tabled by Diana Wallis, on behalf of the EQUI Committee, on the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (B6-0199/2007)

Diana Wallis presented the report and the draft recommendation.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Robert Atkins, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ashley Mote, on behalf of the ITS Group, and Jim Allister, Non-attached Member. 12.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 146 E/19

Tuesday 19 June 2007 IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President

The President welcomed a group of visitors from Salerno, Italy, who had taken their seats in the gallery.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, Peter Skinner, Marcin Libicki, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Harald Ettl, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Othmar Karas, Pervenche Berès, Marco Pannella, on a point of order (the President cut him off, as his remarks did not constitute a point of order), Neil Parish, Michael Cashman, , John Purvis and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.06.2007, Item 8.27.

6. Family life and study (debate)

Report on a regulatory framework for measures enabling young women in the European Union to combine family life with a period of studies [2006/2276(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (A6-0209/2007)

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou introduced the report.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Anna Záborská spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President

The following spoke: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alfonso Andria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Věra Flasarová, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, on behalf of the ITS Group, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Lissy Gröner, Karin Resetarits, Wojciech Roszkowski, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Eva-Britt Svensson, Georgios Karat- zaferis, Pál Schmitt, Edite Estrela, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Hélène Goudin, Roberta Alma Anastase, Teresa Riera Madurell, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Kathy Sinnott, Jerzy Buzek, Christa Prets, Anna Hedh, Gabriela Creţu, Catherine Stihler, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.06.2007, Item 8.28.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President

7. Deadline for the tabling of amendments

The following motion for a resolution had been adopted in committee:

Motion for a resolution, tabled by the DEVE Committee under Rule 81, on the draft Commission decision establishing a Regional Strategy Document 2007-2013 and a Multiannual Indicative Programme for Asia (B6-0265/2007)

The deadline for tabling amendments would be 20.06.2007, 10.00.

The vote would take place on 21.06.2007.