4. Preparation for the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Preparation for the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012)

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-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 Ashley Fox, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Joseph Daul, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member, Markus Ferber, Maria Eleni Koppa, João Ferreira, to put a blue-card question to Markus Ferber, who replied, Andrew Duff, Nikolaos Chountis, Barry Madlener, Mario Mauro, Catherine Trautmann, Sylvie Goulard, Georgios Toussas, Rolandas Paksas, Liisa Jaakonsaari, to put a blue-card question to Georgios Toussas, who replied, Andrew Henry William Brons, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Roberto Gualtieri, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Robert Goebbels, Paulo Rangel, Edite Estrela and Marietta Giannakou.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Philippe Lamberts, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Zigmantas Balčytis, Petru Constantin Luhan, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Jean-Pierre Audy, Ana Gomes, João Ferreira and Sylvana Rapti.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Nicolai Wammen.

The following spoke: Robert Goebbels to put a question to Maroš Šefčovič (the President said he would receive a reply in writing).

The debate closed.