IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

18. Preparation of the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the euro area (7 May 2010) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the euro area (7 May 2010)

Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Badia i Cutchet, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Barry Madlener, Non-attached Member, and Stavros Lambrinidis, the last-named on the remarks made by Nikolaos Salavrakos.

The President expressed his solidarity with the Greek people.

The item closed.