Minutes of the Sitting of 18 January 2011
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C 108 E/18 EN Official Journal of the European Union 7.4.2011 Tuesday 18 January 2011 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 18 JANUARY 2011 (2011/C 108 E/02) Contents Page 1. Opening of the sitting . 20 2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled) . 20 3. EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** - EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (debate) . 21 4. Welcome . 22 5. EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** - EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (continuation of debate) . 22 6. Review of the Belgian presidency of the Council (debate) . 22 7. Voting time . 23 7.1. Mergers of public limited liability companies (codified version) ***I (Rule 138) (vote) 23 7.2. Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the EC and Jordan, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU *** (Rule 138) (vote) . 23 7.3. EC-West African Economic and Monetary Union air services agreement *** (Rule 138) (vote) . 24 7.4. Marketing of construction products ***II (vote) . 24 7.5. European Consensus on humanitarian aid (vote) . 24 7.6. Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (vote) . 25 8. Explanations of vote . 25 9. Corrections to votes and voting intentions . 25 10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 26 11. Documents received . 26 12. Question Hour with the President of the Commission . 29 12.1. Free questions . 29 12.2. Innovation and energy . 29 13. Patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare ***II (debate) . 29 14. European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias - Asthma inhalers (debate) 30 15. Question Time (Commission) . 31 7.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 108 E/19 Tuesday 18 January 2011 Contents (continued) Page 16. Situation in Haiti one year after the earthquake (debate) . 32 17. Waste crisis in Campania (debate) . 33 18. Violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (debate) . 34 19. Agenda of the next sitting . 35 20. Closure of the sitting . 35 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 36 ANNEX I RESULTS OF VOTES . 37 1. Mergers of public limited liability companies (codified version) ***I . 37 2. Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the EC and Jordan, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU *** . 37 3. EC-West African Economic and Monetary Union air services agreement *** . 38 4. Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products ***II . 38 5. European Consensus on humanitarian aid . 38 6. Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security . 40 ANNEX II RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 43 1. A7-0363/2010 – Jiří Maštálka – Single vote . 43 2. A7-0375/2010 – Michèle Striffler – § 9 . 44 3. A7-0375/2010 – Michèle Striffler – § 13/1 . 45 4. A7-0375/2010 – Michèle Striffler – § 13/2 . 47 5. A7-0375/2010 – Michèle Striffler – § 31 . 48 6. A7-0375/2010 – Michèle Striffler – § 32 . 49 7. A7-0376/2010 – Daciana Octavia Sârbu – § 14/1 . 51 8. A7-0376/2010 – Daciana Octavia Sârbu – § 14/2 . 52 9. A7-0376/2010 – Daciana Octavia Sârbu – § 14/3 . 54 C 108 E/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 7.4.2011 Tuesday 18 January 2011 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 18 JANUARY 2011 IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN Vice-President 1. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 9.00. 2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled) In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions: I. Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer — Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Pakistan: murder of the governor of Punjab (B7-0041/2011); — Marietje Schaake, Norica Nicolai, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Frédérique Ries, Sonia Alfano, Marielle De Sarnez, Kristiina Ojuland and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (B7-0045/2011); — Charles Tannock, Peter van Dalen, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Marek Henryk Migalski and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Pakistan: murder of the governor of Punjab (B7-0059/2011); — Eija-Riitta Korhola, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (B7-0060/2011); — Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (B7-0061/2011); — Rui Tavares, Joe Higgins, Helmut Scholz, Cornelia Ernst and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Pakistan: murder of the governor of Punjab (B7-0062/2011); — Jean Lambert, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (B7-0063/2011). II. Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti — Francesco Enrico Speroni, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7-0042/2011); — Niccolò Rinaldi, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7-0048/2011); — Judith Sargentini and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7-0050/2011); 7.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 108 E/21 Tuesday 18 January 2011 — Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Carlo Casini, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7- 0064/2011); — Hannes Swoboda, Gianni Pittella and David-Maria Sassoli, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7-0065/2011); — Charles Tannock, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Marek Henryk Migalski and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (B7-0066/2011). III. Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh — Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0043/2011); — Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Frédérique Ries, Marielle De Sarnez, Sonia Alfano, Kristiina Ojuland and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0049/2011); — Charles Tannock, Struan Stevenson, Marek Henryk Migalski, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0067/2011); — María Muñiz De Urquiza and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0068/2011); — José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor and Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7- 0069/2011); — Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0070/2011); — Barbara Lochbihler, Isabelle Durant, Emilie Turunen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on human rights in Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (B7-0071/2011). Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149. 3. EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** - EC-Serbia Stabili sation and Association Agreement (debate) Recommendation on the draft Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part [15619/1/2007 - C7-0341/2010- 2007/0255(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Jelko Kacin (A7-0362/2010) Council and Commission statements: EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement Jelko Kacin introduced the recommendation. C 108 E/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 7.4.2011 Tuesday 18 January 2011 Enikő Győri (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements. The following spoke: György Schöpflin, on behalf of the PPE Group. 4. Welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from Serbia – led by Božidar Đelić, the Deputy Prime Minister – who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors’ gallery. 5. EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** - EC-Serbia Stabili sation and Association Agreement (continuation of debate) Recommendation on the draft Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part [15619/1/2007 - C7-0341/2010- 2007/0255(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign