6. Conclusions of the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012) (debate)

Verbatim reports

European Council and Commission statement: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012)

Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) et José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jean-Pierre Audy, Guy Verhofstadt, 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, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Nuttall, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Herbert Reul, Robert Goebbels, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Pascal Canfin, Jan Zahradil, Nikolaos Chountis, Mario Borghezio, Trevor Colman, Mario Mauro, Elisa Ferreira, Jelko Kacin, Jill Evans and Derk Jan Eppink.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Inês Cristina Zuber, Rolandas Paksas, Philip Claeys, Jean-Paul Gauzès, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liem Hoang Ngoc, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Olle Schmidt, Kay Swinburne, Jürgen Klute, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Angelika Werthmann, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and Pervenche Berès.

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso.

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

The following spoke: Herman Van Rompuy.

The President congratulated Herman Van Rompuy on being reappointed to his post.

The following spoke: Carl Haglund.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Udo Bullmann, György Schöpflin, Ivailo Kalfin, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Anni Podimata, Paulo Rangel, Libor Rouček, Marietta Giannakou, Ana Gomes, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Gunnar Hökmark, Rovana Plumb, Tunne Kelam, Roberto Gualtieri and Othmar Karas.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Petru Constantin Luhan, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.