Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) and Sigmar Gabriel (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statements.
The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
The debate was suspended at that point for voting time.