13. Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (debate)

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Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (2015/3023(RSP))

Donald Tusk (President of the European Council) and Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Carver, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gerard Batten, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Richard Corbett, Sylvie Goulard, on the distribution of blue cards, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liisa Jaakonsaari, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dominique Martin, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Casa, Marine Le Pen, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Diane Dodds, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAŞCU
Vice-President

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, to put a blue-card question to Diane Dodds, who replied, Herbert Reul, Glenis Willmott, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Sophia in 't Veld, Martina Anderson, Jill Evans, Marcel de Graaff, Udo Voigt, Françoise Grossetête, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gilles Lebreton, Enrique Guerrero Salom, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janice Atkinson, Pavel Telička, Luke Ming Flanagan, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Molly Scott Cato, Harald Vilimsky, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gianluca Buonanno, Esteban González Pons, Roberto Gualtieri, Catherine Bearder, Judith Sargentini, who also replied to a blue-card question by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Mario Borghezio, Lampros Fountoulis, Elmar Brok, who also replied to a blue-card question by Max Andersson, Maria João Rodrigues, Janice Atkinson, Michaela Šojdrová, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Josef Weidenholzer, Othmar Karas, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Zigmantas Balčytis and Jean Arthuis, Péter Niedermüller, Dubravka Šuica, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ivan Jakovčić, and Sylvie Guillaume.

The following spoke: Donald Tusk.

The following spoke: Manolis Kefalogiannis.

IN THE CHAIR: Ulrike LUNACEK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Gunnar Hökmark, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Jurek, Elena Valenciano and Paulo Rangel.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Tania González Peñas, Zoltán Balczó, Csaba Sógor, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Ruža Tomašić, Nikolaos Chountis, Konstantinos Papadakis, Maria Spyraki and Paul Brannen.

The following spoke: Krisztina Morvai on the arrangements for the 'catch-the-eye' procedure (the President gave an explanation).

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.