Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Adrian Severin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Béla Kovács, Non-attached Member, Eduard Kukan, Hannes Swoboda, Stanimir Ilchev, Ulrike Lunacek, Jaroslav Paška, Doris Pack, Victor Boştinaru, Antonio Cancian, Maria Eleni Koppa and Simon Busuttil.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Ibrisagic, Zigmantas Balčytis, Elena Băsescu, Georgios Papanikolaou and György Schöpflin.