(The sitting was suspended at 11.20 and resumed at 11.35.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

8. Inaugural address by the President of the European Parliament

Verbatim reports

In the presence of Emilio Colombo, Enrique Barón Crespo, Egon A. Klepsch, Klaus Hänsch, José María Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Nicole Fontaine, Pat Cox and Hans-Gert Pöttering, former Presidents of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek (President of the European Parliament) gave his inaugural address, in which he presented the priorities of his term for the next two and a half years.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S-D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Marek Siwiec, Eva Lichtenberger, Zoltán Balczó, Zuzana Roithová, Charles Tannock, Csaba Sógor, Diane Dodds, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Antonello Antinoro, Miloslav Ransdorf, Michael Theurer, Krisztina Morvai, László Tőkés and Wojciech Michał Olejniczak.

The following spoke: Jerzy Buzek, in response to the questions raised by the preceding speakers.

The item closed.