European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (8-9 December 2011)
Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Joseph Daul, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alyn Smith, Nicole Sinclaire, Werner Langen, David-Maria Sassoli, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, who also replied to a blue-card question by Martin Schulz, and Pascal Canfin.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK Vice-President
The following spoke: Timothy Kirkhope, who also replied to a blue-card question by Vicky Ford, Paul Murphy, Mario Borghezio, Marine Le Pen, Mario Mauro, Udo Bullmann, Marielle de Sarnez, Derk Jan Eppink, Rolandas Paksas, Barry Madlener, Corien Wortmann-Kool, who also replied to a blue-card question by Niki Tzavela, Glenis Willmott, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicole Sinclaire, Sharon Bowles, Daniel Hannan, Philip Claeys, Jean-Pierre Audy, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Koumoutsakos, Catherine Trautmann, Valdemar Tomaševski, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Anni Podimata, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Edit Herczog, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Edite Estrela, Paulo Rangel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liisa Jaakonsaari, Jörg Leichtfried, Marietta Giannakou, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anni Podimata, Roberto Gualtieri and Marianne Thyssen.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Graham Watson, Philippe Lamberts, Peter van Dalen, Angelika Werthmann, Roberta Angelilli, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Charles Goerens, Othmar Karas, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo and Ana Gomes.
The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso.
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President
The following spoke: Herman Van Rompuy.
The following spoke: Nicole Sinclaire on comments made by Guy Verhofstadt.