10. Informal meeting of the European Council (debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: Informal meeting of the European Council

Jack Straw (President-in-Office of the Council) introduced the report on the Informal European Council.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Robert Goebbels, on behalf of the PSE Group, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Timothy Kirkhope, Gary Titley, Marielle De Sarnez, Elisabeth Schroedter, Ilda Figueiredo, Mario Borghezio, Armando Dionisi, Bernard Poignant, Jack Straw and Lapo Pistelli.

IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI
Vice-Presidentt

The following spoke: Ian Hudghton, Jana Bobošíková, Margie Sudre, Christopher Beazley, on the allocation of speaking time, Nicola Zingaretti, Chris Davies, Othmar Karas, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Bogusław Sonik, Libor Rouček, Geoffrey Van Orden, Ana Maria Gomes, Douglas Alexander (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso.

The debate closed.