C 103 E/38 Official Journal of the EN 28.4.2005

Thursday 22 July 2004 6. Statement by the President-designate of the Commission (continuation of debate)

(The debate had begun the previous day. See Minutes of 21.07.2004, Item 12.)

The following spoke: Hartmut Nassauer, , Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Monica Frassoni, Miloslav Ransdorf, Philippe de Villiers, Marcin Libicki, Peter Baco, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Marilisa Xeno- giannakopoulou, Emma Bonino, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Miguel Portas.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT Vice-President

The following spoke: Robert Kilroy-Silk, Seán Ó Neachtain, Andreas Mölzer, José Ignacio Salafranca Sán- chez-Neyra, Dariusz Kajetan Rosati, Sarah Ludford, Roberto Musacchio, Bastiaan Belder, Ģirts Valdis Kris- tovskis, Luca Romagnoli, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Inger Segelström, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Carlos Coelho, Lilli Gruber, Gunnar Hökmark, Véronique De Keyser, Anna Záborská, Mia De Vits, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Reino Paasilinna.

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President

The following spoke: John Attard-Montalto, Libor Rouček, and José Manuel Durão Barroso.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.20 to allow the political groups to meet. It resumed at 11.45.)

7. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

Ottaviano Del Turco had informed the Presidency that he had been present but that his name was not on the attendance register. * **

The following spoke: Alessandra Mussolini on negative remarks that Godfrey William Bloom had reportedly made in the press about women; Miroslav Ouzký, who regretted that three PPE-DE Group Members had not been appointed to any committee (the President confirmed that all Members could belong to a committee and said he would ask the Chairman of the PPE-DE Group to remedy the situation as soon as possible); and Godfrey William Bloom, who made a personal statement in response to Alessandra Mussolini's comments.

8. Voting time

8.1. Appointments to committees (vote)

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents: Appointments to committees

Adopted