5. Economic governance (priority debate)

Verbatim reports

Statements by the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the Euro Group: Economic governance

The President made a brief introductory statement.

Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council), José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) and Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the Euro Group) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, 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, Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Werner Langen, Stephen Hughes, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, and Sylvie Goulard.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Sven Giegold, Kay Swinburne, Claudio Morganti, Hans-Peter Martin, Mario Mauro, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Sharon Bowles, Derk Jan Eppink, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Nicole Sinclaire, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Niccolò Rinaldi, Lajos Bokros, Nick Griffin, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Kathleen Van Brempt, Wolf Klinz, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Roberto Gualtieri, Andrew Duff, Marietta Giannakou, Anni Podimata, Paulo Rangel, Pervenche Berès, Gay Mitchell, Elisa Ferreira and Sławomir Witold Nitras.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Philippe Lamberts, Peter van Dalen, Marisa Matias and Angelika Werthmann.

The following spoke: Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso and Jean-Claude Juncker.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.05)

(From 12.05 to 12.20, Parliament held a formal sitting for the award of the LUX Prize)

(The sitting resumed at 12.20)