Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Georgios Koumoutsakos, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, to put a blue-card question toYounous Omarjee, who replied, Mathieu Grosch, Ana Gomes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Nathalie Griesbeck, Geoffrey Van Orden, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Koumoutsakos, Georgios Toussas, Michael Gahler, Maria Eleni Koppa, Phil Bennion, Inês Cristina Zuber, Carlo Fidanza, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Spyros Danellis, Dominique Vlasto, Debora Serracchiani, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Mario Mauro and Potito Salatto.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Barbara Matera, Marco Scurria, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Licia Ronzulli.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs.
The debate closed.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled in accordance with Rule 110 (2) would be announced at a later date.