C 300 E/16 Official Journal of the European Union EN 9.12.2006 Tuesday 13 June 2006 4. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity Renato Brunetta had written to the President requesting that his parliamentary immunity be upheld in the context of legal proceedings pending before a court in Venice. Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee. 5. Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled) Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions: I. EAST TIMOR — Frithjof Schmidt and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on East Timor (B6-0337/2006), — Ilda Figueiredo, Pedro Guerreiro and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on East Timor (B6-0359/2006), — Johan Van Hecke, Marios Matsakis and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on East Timor (B6-0362/2006), — John Bowis, José Ribeiro e Castro, João de Deus Pinheiro, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pasqualina Napoletano and Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group on East Timor (B6-0364/2006), — Gintaras Didžiokas, on behalf of the UEN Group, on East Timor (B6-0367/2006). II. SYRIA: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS — Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Cecilia Malmström, Marios Matsakis, Frédérique Ries and Anneli Jäät- teenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Syria (B6-0342/2006), — Pasqualina Napoletano and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group, on human rights violations in Syria (B6-0350/2006), — Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on human rights in Syria (B6-0360/2006), — Jana Hybášková, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Syria: violation of human rights (B6-0365/2006), — Cem Özdemir and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Syria (B6-0370/2006), — Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Syria (B6-0372/2006). III. NORTH KOREA: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS — István Szent-Iványi, Marios Matsakis, Frédérique Ries and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on North Korea (B6-0341/2006), — Jonas Sjöstedt and Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the death penalty in North Korea (B6-0361/2006), — Pasqualina Napoletano and Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, on violations of human rights in North Korea (B6-0363/2006), — Hubert Pirker, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on violations of human rights in North Korea (B6-0366/2006), 9.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 300 E/17 Tuesday 13 June 2006 — Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on violations of human rights in North Korea (B6-0368/2006), — Gérard Onesta, Gisela Kallenbach and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on violations of human rights in North Korea (B6-0369/2006). Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142. 6. Seventh framework programme (2007-2013) ***I — Nuclear research and training activities (2007-2011) * (debate) Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) [COM(2005)0119 — C6-0099/2005 — 2005/0043(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A6-0202/2006) Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities (2007 to 2011) — Building the Europe of knowledge [COM(2005)0119 — C6-0112/ 2005 — 2005/0044(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A6-0203/2006) Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission) spoke. Jerzy Buzek introduced the reports. The following spoke: Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Alyn Smith (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Thijs Berman (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Rosa Miguélez Ramos (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Aloyzas Sakalas (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Hiltrud Breyer, on Aloyzas Sakalas's remarks, Britta Thomsen (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Philippe Busquin, on behalf of the PSE Group, Vittorio Prodi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Umberto Pirilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group. IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS Vice-President The following spoke: Lydia Schenardi, Non-attached Member, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Robert Goebbels, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Rebecca Harms, Esko Seppänen, Roberta Angelilli, Bastiaan Belder, Maciej Marian Giertych, Satu Hassi (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Renato Brunetta, Pia Elda Locatelli, Frédé- rique Ries, Hiltrud Breyer, Jacky Henin, Angelika Niebler, Teresa Riera Madurell, Anne Laperrouze, Vladimír Remek, Peter Baco, Nikolaos Vakalis, Catherine Trautmann, Patrizia Toia, Roberto Musacchio, Luca Rom- agnoli and John Purvis. IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH Vice-President The following spoke: Britta Thomsen, Lena Ek, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Reino Paasilinna, Peter Liese, Hannes Swoboda, Françoise Grossetête, Andres Tarand, Ján Hudacký, Erika Mann, Carlo Casini, Edite Estrela, Daniel Caspary, Edit Herczog, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Dorette Corbey, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Jan Christian Ehler, Carmen Fraga Estévez, Nina Škottová, Jerzy Buzek, Philippe Busquin, who expressed his disappointment that the Council had not attended the debate (the President noted his remarks), and Janez Potočnik. The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 15.06.2006, Item 9.2 and Minutes of 15.06.2006, Item 9.3. (The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.).