IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

16. Future of Europe (debate)

Verbatim reports

Debate on the future of Europe with the participation of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Spanish Government, Member of the European Council.

The President made a brief statement introducing the debate.

The following spoke: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Spanish Government.

The following spoke: Jaime Mayor Oreja, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, initially to condemn the poor attendance of the debate by members of the PPE-DE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Jacques Toubon.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Enrique Barón Crespo, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Guntars Krasts, David Hammerstein, Willy Meyer Pleite, Irena Belohorská, Manfred Weber, Bernard Poignant and Andrew Duff.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC
Vice-President

The following spoke: Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Roger Helmer, Marianne Thyssen, Adrian Severin, Bogdan Pęk, Gerardo Galeote and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

The debate closed.