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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2004 2009 Committee on Foreign Affairs AFET_PV(2008)-1201_1 MINUTES Meeting of 1 December 2008, from 15.00 to 18.30, and 2 December 2008, from 9.00 to 12.30 and from 15.00 to 18.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 15.15 on Monday 1 December 2008, with Ioan Mircea Paşcu (Vice-Chairman) in the chair. 1. Adoption of agenda AFET_OJ \PE416.282v03-00 Speakers: Philippe Morillon, Angelika Beer, Véronique De Keyser The agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Approval of minutes of the meeting of: 11 November 2008 PE 415.254v01-00 The minutes were approved. 3. Trade and Economic Relations with China AFET/6/65381 2008/2171(INI) Draftsman: Vural Öger (PSE) PA – PE412.236v01-00 AM – PE415.161v01-00 Responsible: INTA Corien Wortmann-Kool (EPP– PR – PE413.993v01-00 ED) Consideration of amendments Adoption of draft opinion *** electronic vote *** Speakers: Draftsman, Philippe Morillon, Christopher Beazley, Vytautas Landsbergis, Angelika Beer, Véronique De Keyser, Marco Cappato, Robin Ratchford (COM, DG PV\755951EN.doc PE416.389v01-00 EN EN TRADE), Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Angelika Beer, Charles Tannock In order to redraft COMP 2 the meeting adjourned at 15.45 and resumed at 16.00. Amendments adopted: 1, 2, 3, COMP 1, 6, COMP 2, 12, 13, COMP 3, 16, 17, 18 (Part 2) The draft opinion, as amended, was adopted by 23 votes to 0 with 0 abstention. 4. The Common Agricultural Policy and Global Food Security AFET/6/64243 2008/2153(INI) Draftsman: Bastiaan Belder (IND/DEM) PA – PE409.775v01-00 AM – PE415.151v01-00 Responsible: AGRI* Mairead Mcguinness (EPP– PR – PE414.317v01-00 ED) AM – PE415.174v01-00 Consideration of amendments Adoption of draft opinion *** electronic vote *** Speaker: Draftsman Amendments adopted: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 The draft opinion, as amended, was adopted with 25 votes to 0, with 0 abstention. 5. An EU-India Free Trade Agreement AFET/6/62895 2008/2135(INI) Draftsman: Charles Tannock (EPP–ED) PA – PE406.165v01-00 AM – PE415.160v01-00 Responsible: INTA Sajjad Karim (EPP–ED) PR – PE409.788v01-00 DV – PE415.245v01-00 Consideration of amendments Speakers: Draftsman, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Maria Eleni Koppa, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Christopher Beazley, Vytautas Landsbergis, Richard Wilkinson (COM, DG RELEX) 6. EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership AFET/6/68139 2008/2289(INI) B6-0437/2008 Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra PR – PE414.186v01-00 (EPP–ED) Responsible: AFET Opinions: DEVE – Decision: no opinion INTA Erika Mann (PSE) PA – PE416.285v01-00 PE416.389v01-00 2/11 PV\755951EN.doc EN Consideration of a draft recommendation Deadline for tabling amendments changed to: 10 December 2008, 12.00 Speaker: Rapporteur 7. The development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU AFET/6/66875 2008/2201(INI) Rapporteur: Laima Liucija Andrikienė (EPP–ED) PR – PE413.957v01-00 AM – PE414.370v02-00 Responsible: AFET Consideration of amendments Speakers: Rapporteur, Richard Howitt, Charles-Michel Guerts (COM, DG RELEX) Joint debate on items 10 and 11 8. Facing oil challenges AFET/6/66689 2008/2212(INI) COM(2008)0384 Draftsman: Justas Vincas Paleckis (PSE) PA – PE414.203v01-00 Responsible: ITRE Herbert Reul (EPP–ED) Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments : 11 December 2008, 12.00 9. 2nd Strategic Energy Review AFET/6/66806 2008/2239(INI) COM(2008)0781 Draftsman: Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos (EPP–ED) PA – PE414.226v01-00 Responsible: ITRE Anne Laperrouze (ALDE) Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments : 11 December 2008, 12.00 Speakers: Helmut Kuhne (on behalf of the draftsman), draftsman The meeting adjourned at 17.25 and resumed on Tuesday 2 December 2008 at 9.20 with Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Chairman) in the chair. PV\755951EN.doc 3/11 PE416.389v01-00 EN 10. Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean AFET/6/66775 2008/2231(INI) COM(2008)0319 Rapporteur: Pasqualina Napoletano (PSE) AM – PE414.032v02-00 PR – PE412.142v01-00 Responsible: AFET Opinions: INTA Kader Arif (PSE) AM – PE414.225v01-00 AD – PE412.166v02-00 AFCO Íñigo Méndez De Vigo (EPP– AM – PE414.187v01-00 ED) AD – PE412.192v02-00 FEMM Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) AM – PE415.212v01-00 PA – PE414.349v01-00 Consideration of amendments Speakers: Rapporteur, Marios Matsakis, Christopher Beazley 11. Exchange of views with Ms Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel Speakers: Jana Hybášková, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Véronique De Keyser, Marco Cappato, Konrad Szymański, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Luisa Morgantini, Vytautas Landsbergis, Klaus Hänsch, Robert Atkins, Marios Matsakis Point of order regarding the order of calling during debates: Speakers: Chairman, Christopher Beazley, Charles Tannock, Marios Matsakis, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra 12. The review of the "European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument" AFET/6/66792 2008/2236(INI) Rapporteur: Konrad Szymański (UEN) PR – PE412.336v01-00 Responsible: AFET Consideration of the draft report was postponed. Deadline for tabling amendments: 16 December 2008, 12.00 Speaker: Rapporteur Joint debate on items 15 and 16 PE416.389v01-00 4/11 PV\755951EN.doc EN 13. Exchange of views with Mr Ivica Bocevski, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 14. Motion for a resolution on the 2008 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia AFET/6/68617 Rapporteur: Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) RE – PE415.307v02-00 Consideration of draft motion for a resolution Deadline for tabling amendments : 16 December 2008, 12.00 Speakers: Rapporteur, Bernd Posselt, Hannes Swoboda, Jelko Kacin, Angelika Beer, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Maria Eleni Koppa, Marios Matsakis The meeting adjourned at 12.30 and resumed at 15.15 with Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Chairman) in the chair. 15. Exchange of views with Mr Hervé Morin, Minister of Defence of the French Republic, on European Security and Defence Policy Speakers: Karl von Wogau, Helmut Kuhne, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Tobias Pflüger, Maciej Marian Giertych, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Marios Matsakis, Ari Vatanen, Andrzej Wielowieyski, Paul Marie Coûteaux, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra Ioan Mircea Paşcu (Vice-Chairman) took the chair at 16.30. 16. Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) AFET/6/66811 2008/2241(INI) Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (EPP–ED) PR – PE414.998v01-00 Responsible: AFET Consideration of draft report Deadline for tabling amendments : 16 December 2008, 12.00 Speakers: Rapporteur, Hannes Swoboda, Martí Grau i Segú, Véronique De Keyser, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck PV\755951EN.doc 5/11 PE416.389v01-00 EN Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Chairman) took the chair at 16.55. 17. Motion for a resolution on Croatia's progress report 2008 AFET/6/68616 Rapporteur: Hannes Swoboda (PSE) RE – PE415.214v02-00 Consideration of draft motion for a resolution Deadline for tabling amendments : 16 December 2008, 12.00 Speakers: Rapporteur, Bernd Posselt, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Jelko Kacin, Erik Meijer, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Aurelio Juri, István Szent-Iványi, Hannes Swoboda 18. Motion for a resolution on Turkey's progress report 2008 AFET/6/68615 Rapporteur: Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP–ED) RE – PE414.936v01-00 Consideration of draft motion for a resolution Deadline for tabling amendments : 16 December 2008, 12.00 Speakers: Rapporteur, Hannes Swoboda, Joost Lagendijk, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Ioannis Kasoulides, Vural Öger, Philip Claeys, Maria Eleni Koppa, Zbigniew Zaleski, Elmar Brok *** Electronic vote *** 19. An EU-India Free Trade Agreement AFET/6/62895 2008/2135(INI) Draftsman: Charles Tannock (EPP–ED) PA – PE406.165v01-00 AM – PE415.160v01-00 Responsible: INTA Sajjad Karim (EPP–ED) PR – PE409.788v01-00 DV – PE415.245v01-00 Amendments adopted: COMP 1, ORAL AM 1, 3, 9, ORAL AM 2, 11, ORAL AM 3, 17 The draft opinion, as amended, was adopted with 43 votes to 2, with 5 abstentions. 20. The development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU AFET/6/66875 2008/2201(INI) Rapporteur: Laima Liucija Andrikienė (EPP–ED) PR – PE413.957v01-00 AM – PE414.370v02-00 Responsible: AFET Amendments adopted: COMP 1, 18, COMP 2, 22-25, 27 (part 1), 28, COMP 3-4, 35 PE416.389v01-00 6/11 PV\755951EN.doc EN (part 1), 36, 37, 39, 40, COMP 5, COMP 6, 45, 46 (parts 2, 3), 47, 49, 50, 52, COMP 7, 54, 55, 56, 59 (part 1), 60, 63 (part 2), COMP 8, 67, 68, 69 (part 1), 70, 73-75, 78, 79, 80 (parts 2-4), 1, COMP 9, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 The draft report, as amended, was adopted with 49 votes to 1, with 2 abstentions. 21. Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean AFET/6/66775 2008/2231(INI) COM(2008)0319 Rapporteur: Pasqualina Napoletano (PSE) AM – PE414.032v02-00 PR – PE412.142v01-00 Responsible: AFET Opinions: INTA Kader Arif (PSE) AM – PE414.225v01-00 AD – PE412.166v02-00 AFCO Íñigo Méndez De Vigo (EPP– AM – PE414.187v01-00 ED) AD – PE412.192v02-00 FEMM Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) AM – PE415.212v01-00 PA – PE414.349v01-00 Amendments adopted: COMP 1, ORAL AM 1-2, 12, COMP 2, ORAL AM 3-4, 27, COMP 3, 25, ORAL AM 5, COMP 4-7, 38, 42, ORAL AM 6, 49, COMP 8 (parts 1 & 3), COMP 9-12, 67, 68, 72, 73, 75, 77-80, 82, 85, 86, COMP 13, 90-93, 95, 96, COMP 14, ORAL AM 7, 98, ORAL AM 8-10, 99, INTA 6, INTA 8, INTA 10, INTA 12, INTA 17-19. Debate on compromise amendment 8 Speakers: Jana Hybášková, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Rapporteur Debate on FEMM suggestions Speakers: Zbigniew Zaleski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Rapporteur The draft report, as amended, was adopted with 36 votes to 5, with 1 abstention.