The following spoke: Karel Schwarzenberg (President-in-Office of the Council) and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke:Harlem Désir, requesting that the vote be adjourned (the President replied that no such request had been put to him on behalf of a political group), Helmuth Markov, also recommending adjournment of the vote, and Daniel Caspary (rapporteur) opposing Harlem Désir's request for an adjournment.
The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, requesting the adjournment of the vote. By EV (243 for, 392 against, 27 abstentions), Parliament rejected this request.