13. EU 2020 - Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010 (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: EU 2020 - Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010

Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also answered a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Joseph Daul, to ask Nigel Farage a blue-card question, Martin Schulz, who condemned the remarks made by Nigel Farage concerning Herman Van Rompuy (the President replied that he had already raised the matter of personal attacks with Nigel Farage), Nigel Farage, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Marita Ulvskog, Lena Ek, Philippe Lamberts, Kay Swinburne, Nikolaos Chountis and Rolandas Paksas.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Francisco Sosa Wagner, Werner Langen, Stéphane Le Foll, Sylvie Goulard, Reinhard Bütikofer, Charalampos Angourakis, Mario Borghezio, Andreas Mölzer, Mario Mauro, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Jean Lambert, Othmar Karas, Alejandro Cercas, Sven Giegold, Jean-Pierre Audy, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Udo Bullmann, Enikő Győri, Anni Podimata, Paolo De Castro and Liisa Jaakonsaari.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Andrew Duff, Georgios Papanikolaou and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Member of the Commission) and Herman Van Rompuy.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: March part-session in Strasbourg.