4. Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013) (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013)

Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and 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, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Godfrey Bloom, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Joseph Daul, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock (the President recalled the provisions of Articles 310 and 323 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU), and Laurence J.A.J. Stassen, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gay Mitchell, Göran Färm, Anne E. Jensen, Helga Trüpel, Peter van Dalen, Matteo Salvini, Alda Sousa, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Bruno Gollnisch, Herbert Reul, who also replied to a blue-card question by Reinhard Bütikofer, Ivailo Kalfin, Jan Mulder, Isabelle Durant, Morten Messerschmidt, Nicole Sinclaire, Giuseppe Gargani, Véronique De Keyser, George Lyon, François Alfonsi, Rolandas Paksas, Andrew Henry William Brons, Jacek Protasiewicz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zbigniew Ziobro, Patrizia Toia, Lívia Járóka, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Marian-Jean Marinescu, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Jutta Haug, Paulo Rangel, Edit Herczog, Andrey Kovatchev, Bernd Lange, Wim van de Camp, Derek Vaughan, Reimer Böge, Alain Lamassoure and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jan Kozłowski, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Graham Watson, Mirosław Piotrowski, Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Ana Gomes.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission), Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Lucinda Creighton.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA
Vice-President

The debate closed.