20. Restructuring of the European car industry, in particular the Opel case (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Restructuring of the European car industry, in particular the Opel case

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) and Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Werner Langen, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also answered a question asked by Íñigo Méndez de Vigo under the 'blue card' procedure (Rule 149(8)), Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S-D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Evžen Tošenovský, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thomas Händel, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jutta Steinruck, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Bart Staes, Derk Jan Eppink, Angelika Niebler, Kathleen Van Brempt, Chris Davies, Frieda Brepoels, Inés Ayala Sender, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Philippe Lamberts, Veronica Lope Fontagné, Mario Pirillo, Dirk Sterckx, Marianne Thyssen, Arlene McCarthy, Bogusław Sonik and Olle Ludvigsson.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Matthias Groote, Hans-Peter Martin, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Saïd El Khadraoui, Krisztina Morvai and Richard Howitt.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla and Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.