2006 - 2007

MINUTES

of the sitting of

Tuesday 16 January 2007

P6_PV(2007)01-16 PE 382.953 EN EN KEYS TO SYMBOLS USED * Consultation procedure ** I Cooperation procedure: first reading ** II Cooperation procedure: second reading *** Assent procedure ***I Codecision procedure: first reading ***II Codecision procedure: second reading ***III Codecision procedure: third reading (The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission)

INFORMATION RELATING TO VOTING TIME Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments.

ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs DEVE Committee on Development INTA Committee on International Trade BUDG Committee on Budgets CONT Committee on Budgetary Control ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism REGI Committee on Regional Development AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH Committee on Fisheries CULT Committee on Culture and Education JURI Committee on Legal Affairs LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PETI Committee on Petitions

ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR POLITICAL GROUPS PPE-DE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats PSE Socialist Group in the European Parliament ALDE Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Group Verts/ALE Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance GUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left IND/DEM Independence and Democracy Group ITS Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group NI Non-attached Members Contents 1. Opening of sitting...... 3

2. Announcement of the candidates for election to the office of President...... 3

3. Election of the President of the European Parliament...... 3

4. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations)....4

5. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament...... 4

6. Election of Quaestors of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations)...... 5

7. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (continuation)...... 5

8. Election of Quaestors of the European Parliament...... 6

9. Agenda for next sitting...... 7

10. Closure of sitting...... 7

ATTENDANCE REGISTER...... 9

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MINUTES

IN THE CHAIR: Giovanni BERLINGUER

Oldest Member

1. Opening of sitting Giovanni Berlinguer (oldest Member), acting as President under Rule 11 of the Rules of Procedure, declared the sitting open at 10.05.

2. Announcement of the candidates for election to the office of President Giovanni Berlinguer (oldest Member) informed the House that he had, in accordance with the Rules, received the nominations of Jens-Peter Bonde, Monica Frassoni, Hans-Gert Poettering and Francis Wurtz. He then drew lots to appoint eight tellers. The following were appointed: Åsa Westlund, Edit Herczog, Mogens N.J. Camre, Jamila Madeira, Ioannis Kasoulides, Thomas Wise, Gitte Seeberg and Dariusz Rosati. The following spoke on their nominations: Jens-Peter Bonde, Monica Frassoni, Hans-Gert Poettering and Francis Wurtz.

3. Election of the President of the European Parliament Giovanni Berlinguer (oldest Member) explained the voting procedure to the House. The vote was taken.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.05 and resumed at 12.00)

Giovanni Berlinguer read out the results of the vote:

- Members voting: 715

- Blank or void: 26

- Votes cast: 689

- Absolute majority: 345

(The list of Members voting is published as an annex to these minutes.)

The outcome was as follows:

- Jens-Peter Bonde: 46 votes

P6_PV(2007)01-16 PE 382.953 - 3 EN - Francis Wurtz: 48 votes

- Monica Frassoni: 145 votes

- Hans-Gert Poettering: 450 votes

Hans-Gert Poettering had obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast. Giovanni Berlinguer proclaimed him President of the European Parliament and congratulated him on his election.

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert POETTERING

President

Hans-Gert Poettering made a brief speech to mark his election in which he outlined his programme and paid tribute to his predecessor, Josep Borrell Fontelles.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, , on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, 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, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bruno Gollnisch, on behalf of the ITS Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission).

4. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations) On a proposal by the President, the deadline for submitting nominations for the election of the Vice- Presidents was set at 14.00 that day. The election would be held at 15.00.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.40 and resumed at 15.00)

5. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament The President announced that he had received the following nominations for Vice-President: Adam Bielan, Luigi Cocilovo, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Mario Mauro, Edward McMillan-Scott, Luisa Morgantini, Pierre Moscovici, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Gérard Onesta, , Manuel António dos Santos, Marek Siwiec, Alejo Vidal-Quadras and Diana Wallis. As the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the President proposed electing the Vice-Presidents by acclamation under Rule 12(1) and then holding a ballot to determine their order of precedence. The House agreed to the proposal. The 14 candidates were elected Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament by acclamation. Reinhard Rack spoke on the voting procedure. The vote was taken. 6. Election of Quaestors of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations) On a proposal by the President, the deadline for submitting nominations for the election of the Quaestors was set at 17.00 that day. The election would take place at 18.00.

P6_PV(2007)01-16 PE 382.953 - 4 EN (The sitting was suspended at 15.25 and resumed at 18.00) 7. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (continuation) The President read out the results of the vote: - Members voting: 703 - Blank or void: 7 - Votes cast: 696 (The list of Members voting is published as an annex to these minutes.)

Votes obtained were as follows, in descending order: - Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou 322 votes - Alejo Vidal-Quadras 300 votes - Gérard Onesta 285 votes - Edward McMillan-Scott 274 votes - Mario Mauro 262 votes - Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez 260 votes - Luigi Cocilovo 234 votes - Mechtild Rothe 217 votes - Luisa Morgantini 207 votes - Pierre Moscovici 207 votes - Manuel António dos Santos 193 votes - Diana Wallis 192 votes - Marek Siwiec 180 votes - Adam Bielan 128 votes

The President reminded the House of the provisions of Rule 14(2). 8. Election of Quaestors of the European Parliament The President announced that he had received the following nominations for Quaestors: Mia De Vits, Szabolcs Fazakas, , Astrid Lulling, Jan Mulder and James Nicholson. As the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the President proposed electing the Quaestors by acclamation under Rule 12(1), and then holding a ballot to determine their order of precedence. The House agreed to the proposal. The six candidates were elected Quaestors by acclamation. The President explained the voting procedure. A secret ballot was held using the electronic voting system. The President invited the tellers to join him at the President's bench and then read out the results of the vote:

P6_PV(2007)01-16 PE 382.953 - 5 EN - Members voting: 669 - Blank or void: 16 - Votes cast: 653

(The list of Members voting is published as an annex to these minutes.) Votes obtained were as follows, in descending order: - James Nicholson 334 votes - Astrid Lulling 298 votes - Mia De Vits 285 votes - Ingo Friedrich 280 votes - Szabolcs Fazakas 267 votes - Jan Mulder265 votes

Maria Carlshamre had been present during the vote but technical problems had meant that her vote had not been recorded. ° ° ° °

The heads of the EU institutions would be informed of the membership of the new Bureau. 9. Agenda for next sitting The agenda for the next sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 382.948/OJME).

10. Closure of sitting The sitting closed at 18.15.

Julian Priestley Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Secretary-General Vice-President

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16.1.2007

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Ali, Allister, Alvaro, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Athanasiu, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Badia I Cutchet, Bărbuleţiu, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, Birutis, Bliznashki, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Buruiană-Aprodu, Bushill- Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chervenyakov, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Christova, Chruszcz, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Coşea, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Konstantin Dimitrov, Martin Dimitrov, Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitrescu, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn- Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Gobbo, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Hellvig, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis- Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Holm, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Husmenova, Hutchinson, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kelemen, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Koch- Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer,

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