Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Thijs Berman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS Vice-President
The following spoke: David Hammerstein, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bogusław Sonik, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Danutė Budreikaitė, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Stanisław Jałowiecki, Bogusław Liberadzki, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Barbara Kudrycka, Katrin Saks and Dalia Grybauskaitė.