14. Approval by the European Parliament of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Debate)
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20.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 297 E/9 Wednesday 28 November 2007 14. Approval by the European Parliament of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (debate) Report on the approval by the European Parliament of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union [2007/2218(ACI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A6-0445/2007) The following spoke: Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission). Jo Leinen introduced the report. The following spoke: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Johannes Voggenhuber, 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, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Elmar Brok and Józef Pinior. IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO Vice-President The following spoke: Bronisław Geremek, Bernard Wojciechowski, Koenraad Dillen, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Libor Rouček, Irena Belohorská, Reinhard Rack and Carlos Carnero González. The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 29.11.2007, Item 7.29. 15. Common principles on flexicurity (debate) Report on the common principles on flexicurity [2007/2209(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Ole Christensen (A6-0446/2007) The following spoke: Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission). Ole Christensen introduced the report. The following spoke: Olle Schmidt (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Giovanni Berlinguer (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Tadeusz Zwiefka (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bernard Lehideux, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN C 297 E/10 Official Journal of the European Union EN 20.11.2008 Wednesday 28 November 2007 Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Thomas Mann, Jan Andersson, Siiri Oviir, Roberta Angelilli, Donata Gottardi, Manuel Lobo Antunes and Vladimír Špidla. The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 29.11.2007, Item 7.30. (The sitting was suspended at 17.05 and resumed at 17.10.) IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING President 16. Future of Europe (debate) Debate on the future of Europe with the participation of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Spanish Government, Member of the European Council. The President made a brief statement introducing the debate. The following spoke: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Spanish Government. The following spoke: Jaime Mayor Oreja, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, initially to condemn the poor attendance of the debate by members of the PPE-DE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Jacques Toubon. IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President The following spoke: Enrique Barón Crespo, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Guntars Krasts, David Hammerstein, Willy Meyer Pleite, Irena Belohorská, Manfred Weber, Bernard Poignant and Andrew Duff. IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC Vice-President The following spoke: Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Roger Helmer, Marianne Thyssen, Adrian Severin, Bogdan Pęk, Gerardo Galeote and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The debate closed..