Melchior Wathelet (President-in-Office of the Council) made the presentation.
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission), Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (rapporteur), Helga Trüpel (rapporteur), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee) and Melchior Wathelet.