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The President gave a brief outline of Bulgaria's place among the European nations, and then welcomed the 18 Members elected to the European Parliament in the elections held in Bulgaria on 20.05.2007, whose names had been forwarded to Parliament by the Bulgarian authorities:

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, the above-mentioned Members would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

The President informed the House that ETA had decided to end the ceasefire announced on 22 March 2006. On behalf of Parliament, he condemned the use of violence and called on all Member States to support Spain in its fight against terrorism.

The order of business had been established (Minutes of 24.05.2007, Item 13) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 389.455/OJ/COR), to which a number of changes had been proposed:

The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, who called on the President of Parliament to ask the Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, and President Putin for clarification on the treatment by the Moscow police of the participants in a peaceful demonstration in favour of gay rights held on 27 May 2007, who included MEPs and Members of the Bundestag and of the Italian Parliament (the President replied that he would take action in response to the request).

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 21, 22, 23, 24/2007 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

Claudio Fava had requested that his parliamentary immunity be upheld in the context of civil proceedings in progress before a court in Marsala (Italy).

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the February 2007 part-session had been distributed.

Report on the roadmap for the Union's constitutional process [2007/2087(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

The following spoke: Günter Gloser (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jo Leinen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bruno Gollnisch, on behalf of the ITS Group, Jim Allister, Nonattached Member, Panayiotis Demetriou, Richard Corbett, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Konrad Szymański, Bernat Joan i Marí, Esko Seppänen, Vladimír Železný and Corien Wortmann-Kool.

The following spoke: Genowefa Grabowska, Mario Borghezio, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Witold Tomczak, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Carlos Carnero González, Georgios Karatzaferis, Gunnar Hökmark, Pervenche Berès, Simon Busuttil, Jan Andersson, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Libor Rouček, Reinhard Rack, Margrietus van den Berg, Günter Gloser and Margot Wallström.

Statements by Javier Solana, High Representative for CFSP, and by the Commission, on the Middle East.

The following spoke: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, who condemned the detention in Israel of Palestinian parliamentarians, including the President of the Legislative Council, and called for them to be released immediately (the President pointed out that he had made such a call in the Knesset the previous week, but that there had to be goodwill on both sides).

(A large number of Members rose in a show of support, and several of them unfurled a banner echoing the call that had been made.)

Javier Solana (High Representative for CFSP) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, David Hammerstein, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Javier Solana, Charles Tannock, Véronique De Keyser, Angelika Beer, Jana Hybášková and Béatrice Patrie.

The following spoke: Margrete Auken, Elmar Brok, Proinsias De Rossa, Monika Beňová, Jamila Madeira, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Javier Solana.

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

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

The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Raimon Obiols i Germà, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, on behalf of the UEN Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Józef Pinior, Alexander Lambsdorff and Günter Gloser.

16. Management of Europe's maritime borders — European Solidarity and protection of migrants' rights (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Management of Europe's maritime borders — European Solidarity and protection of migrants' rights.

Peter Altmaier (President-in-Office of the Council) and Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Manfred Weber, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Hubert Pirker, Claudio Fava, Louis Grech, Peter Altmaier and Franco Frattini.

17. Prüm Treaty: cross-border cooperation in combating terrorism and crossborder crime * — Visa Information System (VIS) ***I — Consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) * — Protection of personal data * (debate)

Report on the initiative by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania and the Kingdom of Sweden on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime [06566/2007 — C6-0079/2007 — 2007/0804(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short stay-visas [COM(2004)0835 — C6-0004/2005 — 2004/0287(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by the authorities of Member States responsible for internal security and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences [COM(2005)0600 — C6-0053/2006 — 2005/0232(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council Framework decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters [07315/2007 — C6-0115/2007 — 2005/0202(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

The following spoke: Peter Altmaier (President-in-Office of the Council) and Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission).

The President welcomed representatives of the ‘Niños de la guerra’ organisation, who had taken their seats in the visitors' gallery.

The following spoke: Manuel Medina Ortega (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ewa Klamt, Stavros Lambrinidis, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Adamos Adamou, Manfred Weber, Marianne Mikko, Sophia in 't Veld, Philip Bradbourn, Panayiotis Demetriou, Carlos Coelho and Barbara Kudrycka.

Vote: Minutes of 07.06.2007, Item 5.9, Minutes of 07.06.2007, Item 5.10, Minutes of 07.06.2007, Item 5.11 and Minutes of 07.06.2007, Item 5.12.

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Teresa Riera Madurell, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Marcin Libicki, Ilda Figueiredo, Urszula Krupa, Hans-Peter Martin, Maria Petre, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Gerard Batten, Małgorzata Handzlik, Gyula Hegyi, Marian Harkin, Witold Tomczak, John Attard-Montalto, Marios Matsakis, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Carlo Fatuzzo.

Report on the social status of artists [2006/2249(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education.

The following spoke: Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gyula Hegyi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alfonso Andria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Thomas Wise, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Eugen Mihăescu, on behalf of the ITS Group, Manolis Mavrommatis, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Ljudmila Novak, Doris Pack, Ovidiu Victor Ganţ, Carlo Fatuzzo and Ján Figeľ.

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a multi-annual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks [COM(2006)0411 — C6-0281/2006 — 2006/0134(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

The following spoke: Christofer Fjellner (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Heinz Kindermann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Åsa Westlund.

Report on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2008 [2007/2018(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

The following spoke: Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Vladimír Maňka, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Petre Popeangă, on behalf of the ITS Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Ingeborg Gräßle, Paulo Casaca, Nathalie Griesbeck, Hans-Peter Martin, Paul Rübig, Szabolcs Fazakas, Mairead McGuinness and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector and amending certain Regulations [COM(2007)0017 — C6-0075/2007 — 2007/0012(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

The following spoke: Esther Herranz García, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bogdan Golik, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Vincenzo Aita, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Peter Baco, Non-attached Member, Agnes Schierhuber, Katerina Batzeli, Danutė Budreikaitė, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Ioannis Gklavakis, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, James Nicholson, Mairead McGuinness and Mariann Fischer Boel.

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PSE Group:

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these Minutes.

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 389.455/OJJE).

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Allister, Alvaro, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Batzeli, Beaupuy, Becsey, Beer, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berlato, Berman, Bielan, Binev, Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Booth, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Buruiană-Aprodu, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Buşoi, Busuttil, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Casini, Castex, Castiglione, Catania, Cercas, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chukolov, Ciornei, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Correia, Coşea, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Cramer, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitrescu, Ebner, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hegyi, Hellvig, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Holm, Honeyball, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Hutchinson, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, in 't Veld, Iotova, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kelemen, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, 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Ramos, Mihăescu, Mihalache, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Moisuc, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morin, Morţun, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Novak, Occhetto, Öger, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Panzeri, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Paşcu, Patriciello, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Piecyk, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podgorean, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Popeangă, Posdorf, Post, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Schaldemose, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Şerbu, Severin, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Stănescu, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szabó, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thyssen, Ţicău, Ţîrle, Titford, Titley, Toma, Tomczak, Toussas, Trakatellis, 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