Asamblea Parlamentaria Euro-Latinoamericana Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée Parlementaire Euro-Latino Américaine Assembleia Parlamentar Euro-Latino-Americana WORKING GROUP ON MIGRATION IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN MINUTES of the meeting of 13 May 2010 from 10.00 to 11.30 Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones Avenida Alcalde Luis Uruñuela Seville, Spain The meeting opened at 10.00 on Thursday 13 May 2010 under the chairmanship of Mr Agustín Díaz de Mera and Mr Jorge Pizarro, co-chairmen. 1. Adoption of the agenda (AP 100.686v01-00) The agenda was adopted as shown in these minutes. 2. Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting of 30 March 2010 The minutes were approved. (AP 100.682v01-00) 3. Co-Chairs’ announcements Mr Agustín Díaz de Mera, co-chair, informed the Members that, given the broad consensus on the content of the document presented and discussed at the previous meeting, the Group could now adopt its draft recommendation, so that this could be approved at the meeting of the Executive Bureau which would be held immediately after the present meeting, to then be ratified by the Seville Plenary Session. The co-chair went on to stress that this procedure would help maximise the political impact of the recommendation, as this document would then be submitted to the EULAC Summit on 18 May 2010 in Madrid. OJ\829225EN.doc EN AP 100.800v01-00 United in diversity EN To that end, the co-chair pointed out that the purpose of the present meeting was for the co-rapporteurs, Mr Jorge Pizarro Soto and Mrs María Muñiz de Urquiza, to present their slightly revised final draft recommendation, which included the results of the discussions at the previous meeting, followed by its adoption. 4. Presentation by the co-rapporteurs, Mr Jorge Pizarro Soto and Ms María Muñiz de Urquiza, of their revised draft recommendation, followed by an exchange of views The co-rapporteurs presented their revised draft joint recommendation. This was followed by an exchange of views among the Members. The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo (European Parliament), Rosario Green (EUMexico JPC), Edvard Kožušník (European Parliament), Gustavo Borsari (Parlasur), Patricio Zambrano (Parlandino), Renate Weber (European Parliament), Xanthis Suárez (Parlacen), María Muñiz de Urquiza (European Parliament) and the co-chairs. Decision: In view of the outcome of the debate, some very small amendments were made to the draft and it was decided to submit it for adoption. 5. Adoption of the final draft recommendation by the working group The final draft recommendation was adopted unanimously. 6. Other business It was decided that the working group would ask the Executive Bureau for authorisation to meet again when the Assembly’s standing parliamentary committees met in November 2010, in order to assess how the EU-LAC Summit in Madrid had followed up its recommendations. The meeting closed at 11.30 on Thursday, 13 May 2010. OJ\829225EN.doc 2/3 AP 100.800v01-00 EN LISTA DE ASISTENCIA / RECORD OF ATTENDANCE / LISTE DE PRÉSENCE / LISTA DE PRESENÇAS PARTICIPANTES/PRESENT Parlatino Jorge Pizarro Soto, co-President Parlandino Patricio Zambrano Parlacen Rodolfo Dougherty, Xanthis Suárez Parlasur Gustavo Borsari EU-Mexico JPC Rosario Green Macías PE/EP Miembros/Members Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, co-President; Edvard Kožušník, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Renate Weber Miembros Suplentes / Substitute Members Ilda Figueiredo (replacing Rui Tavares), Willy Meyer, Miroslav Mikolášik OTROS PARTICIPANTES/ALSO PRESENT Otras instituciones/Other institutions Isabel Recavarren (Cefial), Irena Renuncio (IHS Global Insight) Grupos políticos/Political Groups Juan Salafranca (EPP), José Antonio Gil de Muro Arenas (S&D), Itziar Muñoa Salaverria (ALDE), Gaby Küppers (Verts/ALE), Andrea Cepova-Fourtoy (ECR), Mauricio Miguel (GUE/NGL), Mireia Rovira (GUE/NGL) Co-secretariado ALC/LAC Co-secretariat Roberto Chaparro (Mexico JPC) Co-secretariado PE/EP Co-secretariat Javier Fernández Fernández, Pedro Valente da Silva EP others/PE otros Marco Aguiriano (Acting Director General) Asistente/Assistant Anneli König, Alyson Wood OJ\829225EN.doc 3/3 AP 100.800v01-00 EN