8. Preparation for the next informal European Council (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Preparation for the next informal European Council

Tony Blair (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Tony Blair, Timothy Kirkhope and Harlem Désir.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Ian Hudghton, Jens-Peter Bonde, Roberta Angelilli, Ashley Mote, Othmar Karas, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Marielle De Sarnez, Jean Lambert, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Konrad Szymański, Frank Vanhecke, Françoise Grossetête, Gary Titley, Bronisław Geremek, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Enrique Barón Crespo, Antonio Tajani, Martine Roure, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Borut Pahor, Douglas Alexander (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.