The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the ECR Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bodil Valero, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bill Etheridge, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Eduard Kukan, Jytte Guteland, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, Gérard Deprez, Pavel Svoboda, Flavio Zanonato, Mark Demesmaeker, Jozo Radoš and Tunne Kelam.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jean-Paul Denanot, Stanislav Polčák, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Jordi Solé, Wajid Khan, Heinz K. Becker, Julie Ward and José Inácio Faria.
The following spoke: Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission).