Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group Richard Howitt and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group Leonidas Donskis and Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler, Hélène Flautre and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group
- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra again raised the case of Orlando Zapata and asked the President to send Parliament's condolences to his family and to inform the Cuban authorities that this death was deplorable.
- Elmar Brok had asked for a split vote on paragraph 10 outside the deadline.
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (284 in favour, 299 against, 24 abstentions).
- Elmar Brok had asked for a split vote on paragraph 20 outside the deadline.
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (261 in favour, 331 against, 18 abstentions).