Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Simon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bernd Lucke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dennis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Valli, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Dariusz Rosati, Evelyn Regner, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Petr Ježek, Fabio De Masi, Pascal Durand, Patrick O'Flynn, Bernard Monot, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Pervenche Berès, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Michael Theurer and Marisa Matias.
IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Vice-President
The following spoke: Josep-Maria Terricabras, Isabella Adinolfi, Werner Langen, Tanja Fajon, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, João Ferreira, Molly Scott Cato, Olaf Stuger, Ingeborg Gräßle, Jeppe Kofod, Monica Macovei, Matt Carthy, Eva Joly, Luděk Niedermayer, Victor Negrescu, Ernest Urtasun, Stanislav Polčák, Hugues Bayet, Max Andersson, Burkhard Balz, Virginie Rozière, Ana Gomes, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Paul Tang.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Julie Ward, Notis Marias, Jasenko Selimovic, Kateřina Konečná and Igor Šoltes.