Minutes of the sitting of 12 November 2014
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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12 November 2014MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 12 NOVEMBER 2014
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Contents







1.

 Resumption of the session
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2.

 Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
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3.

 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall (debate)
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4.

 Composition of Parliament
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5.

 Requests for waivers of parliamentary immunity
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6.

 Composition of committees and delegations
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7.

 Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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8.

 Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
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9.

 Documents received
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10.

 Delegated acts (Rule 105)
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11.

 Decisions concerning certain documents
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12.

 Welcome
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13.

 Order of business
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14.

 Statement by the President of the Commission
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15.

 Election of a Vice-President of the European Parliament (vote)
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16.

 Fight against tax avoidance (debate)
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17.

 Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report — 2013 (debate)
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18.

 Peace process in Northern Ireland (debate)
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19.

 Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (debate)
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20.

 Humanitarian situation in South Sudan (debate)
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21.

 Amendments to agreements with EEA countries and Switzerland (debate)
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22.

 One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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23.

 Agenda of the next sitting
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24.

 Closure of the sitting
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Minutes of the sitting of 12 November 2014

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.    Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 15.05.
2.    Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
Marielle de Sarnez had been present on Thursday 23 October 2014 but her name did not appear on the record of attendance.
Daniel Buda said he had wanted to vote against Amendment 11 to joint motion for a resolution RC-B8-0027/2014 on youth employment and to have abstained on Amendment 5 to this joint motion for a resolution (minutes of 17.7.2014, item 10.6). He had wanted to vote against Amendment 3 to joint motion for a resolution RC-B8-0071/2014 on the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine (minutes of 17.7.2014, item 10.8).
3.    25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall (debate)

Statement by the President: 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall (2014/2920(RSP))
The President made the statement.
The following spoke: Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hans-Olaf Henkel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Valentinas Mazuronis, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Mara Bizzotto, Non-attached Member.
The debate closed.
4.    Composition of Parliament
Miguel Arias Cañete, Andrus Ansip, Valdis Dombrovskis, Christos Stylianides, Marianne Thyssen and Corina Crețu had been appointed Members of the Commission with effect from 1 November 2014.
Under Rule 4(1) and (4) Parliament established that their seats were vacant from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
Tomislav Donchev had been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria with effect from 7 November 2014.
Under Rule 4(1) and (4) Parliament established that his seat was vacant from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
Francisco Sosa Wagner had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 20 October 2014.
Under Rule 4(3) Parliament established that his seat was vacant from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
The Estonian authorities had given notice of the election of Urmas Paet to replace Andrus Ansip as Member of Parliament with effect from 3 November 2014.
The Cypriot authorities had given notice of the election of Lefteris Christoforou to replace Christos Stylianides as Member of Parliament with effect from 3 November 2014.
The Latvian authorities had given notice of the election of Inese Vaidere to replace Valdis Dombrovskis as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 November 2014.
The Spanish authorities had given notice of the election of Carlos Iturgaiz to replace Miguel Arias Cañete as Member of Parliament with effect from 6 November 2014.
The Belgian authorities had given notice of the election of Tom Vandenkendelaere to replace Marianne Thyssen as Member of Parliament with effect from 6 November 2014.
Under Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament took note of the election of Urmas Paet and Lefteris Christoforou with effect from 3 November 2014, Inese Vaidere with effect from 1 November 2014, and Carlos Iturgaiz and Tom Vandenkendelaere with effect from 6 November 2014.
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Urmas Paet, Lefteris Christoforou, Carlos Iturgaiz, Tom Vandenkendelaere and Inese Vaidere would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
5.    Requests for waivers of parliamentary immunity
The Lithuanian authorities had addressed a request to the President for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Viktor Uspaskich in connection with a preliminary investigation.
Pursuant to Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
The Portuguese authorities had addressed a request to the President for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of António Marinho e Pinto in connection with a criminal procedure before the Court of the Region of Coimbra.
Pursuant to Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
6.    Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the ALDE, PPE and ECR Groups:






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 BUDG Committee: Urmas Paet, Carlos Iturgaiz, Inese Vaidere, Lefteris Christoforou. Esteban González Pons was no longer a member.










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 DEVE Committee: Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea.










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 EMPL Committee: Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea was no longer a member.










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 ECON Committee: Tom Vandenkendelaere.










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 PECH Committee: Carlos Iturgaiz.










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 CONT Committee: Verónica Lope Fontagné.










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 AFCO Committee: Esteban González Pons.










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 ENVI Committee: Marcus Pretzell to replace Ashley Fox.










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 PETI Committee: Svetoslav Hristov Malinov to replace Renate Weber.










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 Subcommittee on Human Rights: Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea.










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 Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Urmas Paet.










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 Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: Tom Vandenkendelaere.










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 Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Tom Vandenkendelaere.










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 Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Carlos Iturgaiz, Inese Vaidere.










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 Delegation for relations with the United States: Lefteris Christoforou.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
7.    Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on 29 October 2014, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:






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 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (00093/2014/LEX — C8-0227/2014 — 2014/0279(COD)).




8.    Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the July I, July II and September 2014 part-sessions were available on the Europarl site.
9.    Documents received
The following documents had been received:






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 from the Council and Commission







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 Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery (COM(2014)0581 — C8-0168/2014 — 2014/0268(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).
referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO










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 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/005 FR/GAD from France) (COM(2014)0662 — C8-0226/2014 — 2014/2166(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI










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 Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (codification) (COM(2014)0660 — C8-0229/2014 — 2014/0305(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal in accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty.
referred to responsible: JURI










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 Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/010 IT/Whirlpool) (COM(2014)0672 — C8-0231/2014 — 2014/2170(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI










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 Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions (COM(2014)0666 — C8-0242/2014 — 2014/0308(CNS))
referred to responsible: REGI opinion: ECON














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 from committees, the following reports







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 *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (09828/2014 — C8-0130/2014 — 2014/0083(NLE)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Petras Auštrevičius (A8-0020/2014)










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 Report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (2014/2817(INI)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Petras Auštrevičius (A8-0022/2014)










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 Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/009 EL/Sprider Stores, from Greece) (COM(2014)0620 — C8-0183/2014 — 2014/2107(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu (A8-0023/2014)










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 Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/007 IE/Andersen Ireland, from Ireland) (COM(2014)0616 — C8-0173/2014 — 2014/2098(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Ivan Štefanec (A8-0024/2014)










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 Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ana Gomes (2014/2045(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0025/2014)














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 from the Ombudsman

The Ombudsman's annual report (Rule 220)
PETI Committee
2013 annual report — European Ombudsman (N8-0044/2014)
(opinion: CONT).




10.    Delegated acts (Rule 105)

Parliament had received an objection from the Council to the following delegated act:






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 Commission Delegated Regulation on the transmission format for research and development expenditure data, as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European System of national and regional accounts in the European Union (C(2014) 05658 — 2014/2804(DEA))
Date received: 7 November 2014
referred to the committee responsible for the basic legislative act: ECON.




11.    Decisions concerning certain documents

Verification of credentials (Rule 3(3))

JURI Committee
Verification of credentials (2014/2165(REG)).
12.    Welcome
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed six senior officials from the National Congress of Brazil who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
13.    Order of business
The final draft agenda for the November I 2014 sitting (PE 541.735/OJI had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Wednesday

The President proposed, after consultation with the political groups, to enter on the agenda a statement by the President of the Commission followed by statements from the political groups.
The President proposed to enter on the agenda a debate on the statements by the Council and Commission on the fight against tax avoidance.
The President proposed to amend the title of the joint debate on the amendment of Protocol 31 to the EEA agreement (items 18 and 22 of the final draft agenda): ‘Amendments to agreements with EEA countries and Switzerland’ and to add a Commission statement to the debate.
The sitting was extended to 23.30.

Thursday

The President proposed an addition to voting time: the Hautala report on the waiver of Ana Gomes's parliamentary immunity (A8-0025/2014).
Parliament approved the proposals.
The order of business was thus established.
The following spoke: Krisztina Morvai.
14.    Statement by the President of the Commission
Statement by the President of the Commission (2014/2945(RSP))
Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the Commission) made a statement.
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jonathan Arnott, on a point of order, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Beatrix von Storch, on a point of order, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Jean-Claude Juncker.
The debate closed.
15.   Election of a Vice-President of the European Parliament
 (vote)

The President said that Ioan Mircea Pașcu and Fabio Massimo Castaldo were candidates.
Fabio Massimo Castaldo withdrew as a candidate.
The President decided to hold the vote by secret electronic ballot.
The following spoke: on the voting procedure: Ashley Fox, Anne-Marie Mineur, Nuno Melo and Richard Sulík.
The vote was held.
Parliament elected Ioan Mircea Pașcu by EV (461 Members voting, 284 votes in favour, 177 abstentions).

(The list of Members voting is annexed to these Minutes (minutes of 12.11.2014 annex 1)).

The President pronounced Ioan Mircea Pașcu Vice-President of the European Parliament and congratulated him on his election.
Under Rule 20(1), he took the place of the outgoing Vice-President in order of precedence and thus became the eighth Vice-President.
The following spoke: Jonathan Arnott.
16.    Fight against tax avoidance (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Fight against tax avoidance (2014/2944(RSP))
Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Burkhard Balz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Elisa Ferreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by António Marinho e Pinto, Bernd Lucke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mario Borghezio, Non-attached Member, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Evelyn Regner, Sander Loones, Michael Theurer, Malin Björk, Philippe Lamberts, Barbara Kappel, Dariusz Rosati, István Ujhelyi, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Dennis de Jong, Ernest Urtasun, Peter Lundgren, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Iratxe García Pérez, Fabio De Masi, Peter Eriksson, Esther de Lange, Jeppe Kofod, Pablo Iglesias, Frank Engel, Pervenche Berès, João Ferreira, Werner Langen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Jurek, Pablo Iglesias, who asked a question about the blue-card procedure (the President explained the procedure), Pervenche Berès, on the same subject, and Rina Ronja Kari.
IN THE CHAIR: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN

Vice-President

The following spoke: José Manuel Fernandes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ana Gomes, and Georgios Kyrtsos, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eva Kaili, Henna Virkkunen, Notis Marias, Patricija Šulin, José Blanco López, Marisa Matias, Ana Gomes, Benedek Jávor and Bill Etheridge.
The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici.
The debate closed.
17.    Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report — 2013 (debate)

Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report — 2013 (2014/2867(RSP))
Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira (President of the Court of Auditors) made the presentation.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE Group, Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nedzhmi Ali, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Valli, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Harald Vilimsky, Non-attached Member.
IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME

Vice-President

The following spoke: Petri Sarvamaa, Bogusław Liberadzki, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, Jonathan Arnott, Louis Aliot, Tamás Deutsch, Derek Vaughan, Richard Ashworth, Isabella Adinolfi, Gianluca Buonanno, Claudia Schmidt, Jens Geier, Richard Sulík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Caterina Chinnici and Wim van de Camp, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jens Geier.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lucy Anderson, Notis Marias, Igor Šoltes, Bill Etheridge, Krisztina Morvai, Nicola Caputo and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva and Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira.
The debate closed.
18.    Peace process in Northern Ireland (debate)

Commission statement: Peace process in Northern Ireland (2014/2906(RSP))
Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Seán Kelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Martina Anderson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Elmar Brok, Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Esteban González Pons, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Mark Demesmaeker, Catherine Bearder, Liadh Ní Riada, Jill Evans, Deirdre Clune, Seb Dance, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Nicholson, Jana Žitňanská, Tonino Picula and Marc Tarabella.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Bill Etheridge and Ivan Jakovčić.
The following spoke: Corina Crețu.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2):






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 Seán Kelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marian Harkin and Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martina Anderson, Gabriele Zimmer, Lynn Boylan, Liadh Ní Riada, Matt Carthy, Patrick Le Hyaric, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Merja Kyllönen, Malin Björk, Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Northern Ireland peace process (2014/2906(RSP)) (B8-0218/2014).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.11.2014, item 8.6.
19.    Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP))
Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Victor Boștinaru, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Davor Škrlec, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, Non-attached Member, Eleni Theocharous and Richard Howitt.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Geoffrey Van Orden, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Eleni Theocharous, Javier Couso Permuy, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Edouard Ferrand, Manolis Kefalogiannis, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Kati Piri, Notis Marias, Sofia Sakorafa, Konstantinos Papadakis, Elisabetta Gardini, Costas Mavrides, Renate Sommer, Demetris Papadakis, Cristian Dan Preda, Eva Kaili, Jarosław Wałęsa, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Elissavet Vozemberg, who also replied to a blue-card question by Eva Kaili, and Vincent Peillon, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bronis Ropė.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Spyraki, Angel Dzhambazki, Cecilia Wikström, Miguel Viegas and Emmanouil Glezos.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2).






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 Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0211/2014),










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 Johannes Cornelis van Baalen and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0212/2014),










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 Gabriele Zimmer, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Javier Couso Permuy, Sofia Sakorafa, João Ferreira, Miloslav Ransdorf, Patrick Le Hyaric, Merja Kyllönen, Inês Cristina Zuber, Miguel Viegas, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Kostas Chrysogonos, Emmanouil Glezos and Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0216/2014),










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 Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group on the situation in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0217/2014),










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 Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the situation in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0221/2014),










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 Cristian Dan Preda, Arnaud Danjean, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Elmar Brok and Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0223/2014),










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 Knut Fleckenstein, Richard Howitt, Konstantinos Papadakis, Costas Mavrides, Miltiadis Kyrkos and Nikos Androulakis, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus (2014/2921(RSP)) (B8-0225/2014).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.11.2014, item 8.7.
20.    Humanitarian situation in South Sudan (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP))
Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The following spoke: Joachim Zeller, on behalf of the PPE Group, Enrique Guerrero Salom, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bas Belder, on behalf of the ECR Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Non-attached Member, Davor Ivo Stier, Josef Weidenholzer, Jana Žitňanská, Giulia Moi, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Michela Giuffrida, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Giulia Moi, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michela Giuffrida, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Ana Gomes, Maurice Ponga, Vincent Peillon and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Notis Marias, Petr Ježek and Fabio Massimo Castaldo.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2).






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 Judith Sargentini, Heidi Hautala, Jordi Sebastià, Maria Heubuch, Bodil Ceballos, Igor Šoltes, Bart Staes and Davor Škrlec, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0213/2014);










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 Mark Demesmaeker, Nirj Deva, Charles Tannock and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0214/2014);










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 Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Malin Björk, Merja Kyllönen, Patrick Le Hyaric, Miloslav Ransdorf, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, Javier Couso Permuy and Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0215/2014);










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 Ignazio Corrao and Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0219/2014);










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 Linda McAvan, Norbert Neuser, Arne Lietz, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Vincent Peillon, Marlene Mizzi, Michela Giuffrida, Elena Valenciano and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0220/2014);










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 Charles Goerens, Louis Michel and Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0222/2014);










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 Joachim Zeller, Davor Ivo Stier, Lorenzo Cesa, Mariya Gabriel, Elisabetta Gardini, Philippe Juvin, Luděk Niedermayer, Stanislav Polčák, Maurice Ponga, Jiří Pospíšil, Cristian Dan Preda, Pavel Svoboda and Michaela Šojdrová, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan (2014/2922(RSP)) (B8-0224/2014).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.11.2014, item 8.8.
21.    Amendments to agreements with EEA countries and Switzerland (debate)

Commission statement: Amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (COM(2014)0197), concerning the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ('EaSI') and to the European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion (2014/2885(RSP))
Commission statement: Amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (COM(2014)0262), concerning cooperation regarding free movement of workers, coordination of social security systems and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries (2014/2924(RSP))
Commission statement: Position to be taken by the European Union in the joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the Swiss Confederation on the free movement of persons as regards the amendment of Annex II to that Agreement on the coordination of social security schemes (COM(2014)0611) (2014/2932(RSP))
Marianne Thyssen (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jutta Steinruck, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anthea McIntyre, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rosa D'Amato, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Marcel de Graaff, Non-attached Member, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Petr Mach, Gilles Lebreton, Jeroen Lenaers, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Marie-Christine Arnautu, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Tibor Szanyi, Massimiliano Salini, Evelyn Regner, Siôn Simon, who asked that the President should examine what Marcel de Graaff had said and who also replied to a blue-card question by Gilles Lebreton.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Miguel Viegas.
The following spoke: Marianne Thyssen.
The debate closed.
22.    One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
In accordance with Rule 163, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Claude Rolin, Maria Arena, Beatrix von Storch, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Luke Ming Flanagan, Margrete Auken, Ignazio Corrao, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Daniel Buda, Alfred Sant, Joachim Starbatty, Jozo Radoš, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Jordi Sebastià, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Pál Csáky, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Urmas Paet, Martina Anderson, Maria Spyraki, Andrejs Mamikins, Jana Žitňanská, Francesc Gambús, Biljana Borzan, Seán Kelly, Neena Gill and Anna Záborská.
23.    Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 541.735/OJJE).
24.    Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 24.00.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Martin Schulz

President







12 November 2014Annex 1 — Election of a Vice-President of the European Parliament

ALDE: Ali, Arthuis, Auštrevičius, Bearder, Bilbao Barandica, Charanzová, Deprez, Diaconu, Dlabajová, Faria, Gerbrandy, Goerens, Griesbeck, Guoga, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jakovčić, Ježek, Kyuchyuk, Lambsdorff, Maura Barandiarán, Meissner, Mihaylova, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Müller, Nart, Nicolai, van Nieuwenhuizen, Paulsen, Riquet, Theurer, Tremosa i Balcells, Uspaskich, Vajgl, Verhofstadt

ECR: Campbell Bannerman, Czarnecki, van Dalen, Demesmaeker, Duncan, Foster, Fotyga, Fox, Gericke, Halla-aho, Jurek, Kamall, Krasnodębski, Lucke, McClarkin, McIntyre, Marias, Nicholson, Piecha, Pretzell, Stevens, Sulík, Swinburne, Terho, Tomašić, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Wiśniewska, Žitňanská, Złotowski

EFDD: Adinolfi, Bours, Castaldo, D'Amato, Evi, Ferrara, Finch, Helmer, Iwaszkiewicz, Mazuronis, Moi, Nuttall, O'Flynn, Paksas, Seymour, Tamburrano, Zullo

GUE/NGL: Albiol Guzmán, Anderson Martina, Björk, Boylan, Chrysogonos, De Masi, Echenique, Ernst, Flanagan, González Peñas, Iglesias, de Jong, Juaristi Abaunz, Kari, Konečná, Kuneva, Kyllönen, Le Hyaric, Lösing, Maltese, Maštálka, Matias, Michels, Ní Riada, Papadimoulis, Rodriguez-Rubio, Sánchez Caldentey, Scholz, Senra Rodríguez, Spinelli, Vergiat, Zimmer

NI: Balczó, Bilde, Bizzotto, Borghezio, Boutonnet, Buonanno, Dodds Diane, D'Ornano, Fontana, Gollnisch, Jansen, Kappel, Kovács, Lebreton, Loiseau, Martin Dominique, Marusik, Mayer, Montel, Morvai, Troszczynski, Vilimsky, Żółtek

PPE: Adaktusson, Alliot-Marie, Arimont, Bach, Balz, Becker, Belet, Bendtsen, Bocskor, Bogovič, Boni, Brok, Cadec, van de Camp, Casa, del Castillo Vera, Cesa, Christoforou, Cicu, Cirio, Coelho, Collin-Langen, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Danjean, Dantin, Delahaye, Deli, Deß, Deutsch, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dorfmann, Engel, Erdős, Estaràs Ferragut, Fernandes, Fitto, Gabriel, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, Gardini, Gieseke, González Pons, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gyürk, Herranz García, Hohlmeier, Hölvényi, Hübner, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jahr, Jazłowiecka, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joulaud, Juvin, Kalniete, Karas, Kariņš, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Kelly, Koch, Kósa, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kyrtsos, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Lins, Lope Fontagné, McGuinness, Malinov, Mann, Martusciello, Matera, Mato, Metsola, Millán Mon, Morano, Morin-Chartier, Mureșan, Mussolini, Nagy, Niebler, Niedermayer, van Nistelrooij, Olbrycht, Pabriks, Paunova, Peterle, Petir, Pieper, Pitera, Plenković, Plura, Pogliese, Polčák, Ponga, Pospíšil, Preda, Proust, Radev, Rangel, Reul, Ribeiro, Rolin, Rosati, Ruas, Salini, Sander, Saryusz-Wolski, Saudargas, Schmidt, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulze, Sernagiotto, Siekierski, Sógor, Šojdrová, Sommer, Spyraki, Štefanec, Štětina, Stolojan, Šuica, Šulin, Svoboda, Szájer, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Theocharous, Thun und Hohenstein, Tomc, Toti, Urutchev, Vaidere, Valcárcel, Vălean, Vandenkendelaere, Verheyen, Virkkunen, Voss, Vozemberg, Wałęsa, Weber Manfred, Weber Renate, Wenta, Zagorakis, Zalba Bidegain, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zver

S&D: Andrieu, Assis, Ayala Sender, Balas, Balčytis, Bayet, Benifei, Bettini, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Borzan, Boștinaru, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Cabezón Ruiz, Caputo, Chinnici, Cofferati, Corbett, Costa, Cozzolino, Dalli, Dance, Danti, Delvaux, De Monte, Denanot, Dodds Anneliese, Drăghici, Ertug, Fajon, Fernández, Ferreira Elisa, Flašíková Beňová, García Pérez, Gasbarra, Geier, Gentile, Gill Neena, Giuffrida, Gomes, Griffin, Groote, Guerrero Salom, Gutiérrez Prieto, Honeyball, Jaakonsaari, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kammerevert, Kaufmann, Keller Jan, Khan, Kirton-Darling, Kofod, Kumpula-Natri, Lauristin, Leichtfried, Liberadzki, López, López Aguilar, Łybacka, McAvan, Mamikins, Maňka, Manscour, Maurel, Moisă, Moody, Moraes, Morgano, Mosca, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Niedermüller, Noichl, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Pargneaux, Pașcu, Peillon, Picierno, Picula, Pittella, Poche, Preuß, Regner, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rozière, Sant, Sassoli, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schulz, Schuster, Serrão Santos, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Soru, Stihler, Szanyi, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tapardel, Tarabella, Toia, Ujhelyi, Ulvskog, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Brempt, Vaughan, Viotti, Ward, Weidenholzer, Werner, Westphal, Zemke

Verts/ALE: Albrecht, Auken, Buchner, Ceballos, Cramer, Durand, Eickhout, Engström, Evans, Häusling, Hautala, Jávor, Keller Ska, Lambert, Lamberts, Lochbihler, Lunacek, Maragall, Meszerics, Reda, Reimon, Reintke, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Škrlec, Šoltes, Staes, Tarand, Terricabras, Trüpel
Max Andersson and László Tőkés said that they had taken part in the vote but their voting machines were not working.
Jakob von Weizsäcker and Paul Rübig had been present for the vote but their votes had not been recorded.





12 November 2014ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Present:
Adinolfi, Affronte, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aker, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Aliot, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arimont, Arnautu, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Bashir, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Belet, Bendtsen, Berès, Bergeron, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Björk, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Boștinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Boylan, Brannen, Bresso, Brok, Buda, Bullmann, Buonanno, Cadec, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Ceballos, Cesa, Childers, Chinnici, Christensen, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Cirio, Clune, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corbett, Corrao, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, van Dalen, Dalli, D'Amato, Dance, Danjean, Danti, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds Anneliese, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Drăghici, Dzhambazki, Echenique, Eck, Ehler, Eickhout, Engel, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Girauta Vidal, Glezos, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, Gräßle, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guoga, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hazekamp, Hedh, Henkel, Herranz García, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, Iglesias, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iturgaiz, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jackiewicz, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jansen, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, de Jong, Jongerius, Joulaud, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kallas, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Kariņš, Katrougkalos, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Kirton-Darling, Koch, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köster, Köstinger, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, de Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lenaers, Le Pen Marine, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Loones, Lope Fontagné, López, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McGuinness, Mach, McIntyre, Macovei, Maeijer, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marias, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Marusik, Maštálka, Matias, Mato, Maura Barandiarán, Maurel, Mayer, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melior, Melo, Messerschmidt, Metsola, Michels, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mizzi, Mlinar, Moisă, Monot, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morano, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Mosca, Müller, Mureșan, Mussolini, Nagy, Nart, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Nilsson, Ní Riada, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Panzeri, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Pașcu, Patriciello, Paulsen, Paunova, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Picierno, Picula, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Piri, Pitera, Plenković, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Ponga, Poręba, Pospíšil, Preda, Proust, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radoš, Rangel, Ransdorf, Reding, Regner, Rehn, Reid, Reul, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodriguez-Rubio, Rohde, Rolin, Rosati, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škrlec, Smith, Sógor, Šoltes, Sommer, Spyraki, Staes, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šuica, Sulík, Šulin, Swinburne, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Taylor, Telička, Terho, Terricabras, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Toom, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Toti, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Turmes, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel, Vălean, Valenciano, Valli, Vallina, Vana, Van Brempt, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Väyrynen, Vergiat, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Wiśniewska, Wojciechowski, Woolfe, Záborská, Zahradil, Zalba Bidegain, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zullo, Zver
Excused:
Bradbourn, Crowley, de Sarnez, Händel, Monteiro de Aguiar