Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Luis de Grandes Pascual, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Jacqueline Foster, on behalf of the ECR Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Vice-President
The following spoke: Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gesine Meissner, Claude Moraes, Sarah Ludford, who also replied to a blue-card question by Saïd El Khadraoui, Eva Lichtenberger, Brian Simpson, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sarah Ludford, Rui Tavares, who also replied to a blue-card question by Cornelia Ernst and Spyros Danellis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jacqueline Foster.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Ioan Enciu.