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| 10.6.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 151/1 |
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10.6.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 151/1

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Wednesday 7 April 2010MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 APRIL 2010

2010/C 151 E/01

Contents

| 1. | Resumption of the session |
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| 2. | Statements by the President |
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| 3. | Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |
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| 4. | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) |
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| 5. | Dates of forthcoming sittings |
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| 6. | Adjournment of the session |
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 APRIL 2010

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 APRIL 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

President

1.   Resumption of the session

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Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 14.35.

2.   Statements by the President

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Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the terrorist attacks of 29 March 2010 on the Moscow underground and expressed his condolences to the victims' families on Parliament's behalf. He added that the European Parliament condemned all terrorist attacks.

The President made a statement regarding the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish prisoners by Soviet forces at Katyń.

The President announced that the Commission would be represented by Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) at that day's debate as José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) was unable to attend.

3.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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The following spoke: Francesco Enrico Speroni, on the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (The President paid tribute to the victims).

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Marian Harkin had made it known that she had been present at the sitting of 24 March 2010 but that her name was not on the attendance register.

4.   Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate)

4.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010)

European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010)

Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Barry Madlener, Non-attached Member, Herman Van Rompuy, Maroš Šefčovič, Gunnar Hökmark, Gianluca Susta, Lena Ek, Derk Jan Eppink, Nikolaos Chountis, Mara Bizzotto, Martin Ehrenhauser, Jean-Pierre Audy, Pervenche Berès, Malcolm Harbour, Georgios Toussas, Frank Vanhecke, Marietta Giannakou, Kathleen Van Brempt, Othmar Karas, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Danuta Maria Hübner, Anni Podimata, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil and Csaba Őry.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Kriton Arsenis, Norica Nicolai, David Campbell Bannerman, Franz Obermayr and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Herman Van Rompuy.

The debate closed.

5.   Dates of forthcoming sittings

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Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 19 to 22 April 2010.

6.   Adjournment of the session

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Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.10.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Jerzy Buzek

President

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Wednesday 7 April 2010ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Angelilli, Antonescu, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Attard-Montalto, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Belder, Bélier, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Böge, Bontes, Borys, Boștinaru, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Bufton, Bușoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cercas, Chichester, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cozzolino, Crețu, Creutzmann, Cutaș, Cymański, Daerden, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, David, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Dehaene, Delli, Delvaux, de Magistris, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Ehrenhauser, Ek, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Estrela, Fajmon, Fajon, Farage, Färm, Feio, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flašíková Beňová, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Gallagher, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Gollnisch, Gomes, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Greze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Haug, Hautala, Jiří Havel, Hedh, Hénin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Iacolino, Iotova, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Alan Kelly, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, McGuinness, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matula, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Melo, Merkies, Mészáros, Migalski, Milana, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paleckis, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Parvanova, Pașcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Poręba, Posselt, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Rouček, Rübig, Saïfi, Sánchez Presedo, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scotta', Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Silvestris, Simon, Sippel, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Sógor, Sommer, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Strasser, Striffler, Sturdy, Susta, Swoboda, Szájer, Szymański, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tavares, Teixeira, Thomsen, Thun Und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Țicău, Tirolien, Tőkés, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Uspaskich, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Willmott, Wils, Włosowicz, Wortmann-Kool, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka

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