Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Fernando Fernández Martín, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and María Esther Herranz García.
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA Vice-President
The following spoke: Glenys Kinnock, Manuel Medina Ortega and Mariann Fischer Boel.