<p>Vote during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the report by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV) on European Border and Coast Guard. Opening of the votes and announcement of the results by Mairead MCGUINESS (EPP, IE), EP Vice President. Illustrative shots on the coast guard action in the Mediterranean.</p>

Strasbourg

vote

McGUINNESS, Mairead (EPP, IE)

surveillance of the external borders of the EU (T)

PABRIKS, Artis (EPP, LV)

European Border and Coast Guard: extracts from the votes on the report by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV) and illustrative shots

EP Vice president Mairead McGUINNESS opens the vote on the report by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV) on the European Border and Coast Guard, atmosphere from the vote. Cutaway on rapporteur.

Result of the vote: 712 voting, 483 in favour, 181 against and 48 abstentions.

<p>Illustrative shots: Coast guard action in the Mediterranean around Greece (Molyvos). Source: European Council.</p>

Illustrative shots: fence in Melilla (Spain) at the border between Morocco and Spain. General views of the fence separating the two countries. Police guards watching the fence.

Illustrative shots: border checkpoint in the Spanish city of Melilla. Border policemen checking cars at the border, checking identity and taking fingerprints. Queue of people waiting to cross the border. Control room at the border police.

Illustrative shots: Thermal cameras sequences of illegal land crossing at the Greek-Turkish border (Orestiada). Police headquarter in Orestiada.