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| 8.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 113/229 |
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8.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 113/229

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MINUTES

(2008/C 113 E/05)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 14.15.

2.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Agenda

The President proposed, in view of recent events in Tibet and with the agreement of the political groups, the following amendment to the afternoon's agenda:

| — | the insertion, as the second item on the agenda, after the debate on the results of the European Council (Brussels, 13/14 March 2008), of Council and Commission statements on the situation in Tibet. The sitting would be extended to take account of this. |
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the insertion, as the second item on the agenda, after the debate on the results of the European Council (Brussels, 13/14 March 2008), of Council and Commission statements on the situation in Tibet. The sitting would be extended to take account of this.

The House agreed to the proposal.

The debate on the statements on the situation in Tibet would be wound up with the tabling of motions for resolutions.

The vote would take place on Thursday 10.04.2008 at 10.30.

The following deadlines had been set:

| — | motions for resolution: Wednesday 02.04.2008 at 12.00; |
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motions for resolution: Wednesday 02.04.2008 at 12.00;

| — | joint motions for resolutions and amendments: Monday 07.04.2008 at 12.00. |
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joint motions for resolutions and amendments: Monday 07.04.2008 at 12.00.

4.   Results of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)

(debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: Results of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008)

Janez Janša (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Adina-Ioana Vălean, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Giles Chichester, Hannes Swoboda, Lena Ek, Mario Borghezio, Ilda Figueiredo, Jens-Peter Bonde, Irena Belohorská, Othmar Karas, Linda McAvan, Diana Wallis, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Philip Claeys, Elmar Brok, Udo Bullmann, Mojca Drčar Murko, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Genowefa Grabowska, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Avril Doyle, Péter Olajos and Jerzy Buzek.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Evelyne Gebhardt, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Ewa Tomaszewska.

The following spoke: Janez Janša and José Manuel Barroso.

The debate closed.

5.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed the members of a delegation from the Tibetan Parliamentin- Exile led by its Speaker, Karma Chophel, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

6.   Situation in Tibet (debate)

(debate)

Council and Commission statements: Situation in Tibet

The President made an introductory statement in which he emphasised that the European Parliament had long supported respect for human rights in Tibet. Making reference to the incidents that had taken place in Lhasa and elsewhere since 10 March 2008, he condemned, on Parliament's behalf, all forms of violence and declared his solidarity with the Dalai Lama, who had accepted an invitation to come to the European Parliament in December 2008 as part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. He underlined the importance of dialogue between the European Union and China and expressed the hope that the Beijing Olympic Games would be a success, while emphasising that certain conditions had to be fulfilled, particularly as regards respect for the cultural and religious identity of the Tibetan people and freedom of the press.

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marco Pannella, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Charles Tannock, Józef Pinior, Dirk Sterckx, Konrad Szymański, Thomas Mann, Adrian Severin, Bronisław Geremek, Marcin Libicki, Edward McMillan-Scott and Janez Lenarčič.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jacek Protasiewicz, Cornelis Visser, John Purvis, José Ribeiro e Castro, Milan Horáček, Tunne Kelam, Ana Maria Gomes, Ewa Tomaszewska, Marios Matsakis, Zuzana Roithová, Lasse Lehtinen, Helga Trüpel, Marco Cappato, Christopher Beazley, Mario Borghezio, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Zita Pleštinská, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Vytautas Landsbergis.

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

As the motions for a resolution tabled were not yet available, they would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: 10.04.2008.

10.04.2008

7.   Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 201(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 179(3), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

‘If Parliament, acting pursuant to Rule 175 of the Rules of Procedure, has conferred a task on a temporary committee, no committees shall be asked for their opinions, unless determined otherwise on the basis of the mandate approved by Parliament or of decisions taken by the temporary committee in the light of that mandate.’

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members (Rule 201(4)) before the Minutes of the current sitting were adopted it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

8.   Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held on 09.04.2008 and 10.04.2008.

9.   Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 18.00.

Harald Rømer

Secretary-General

Hans-Gert Pöttering

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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