The President made a brief statement to introduce the debate.
Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Esteban González Pons, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ulrike Trebesius, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Vicky Maeijer, on behalf of the ENF Group, Diane James, non-attached Member, Paulo Rangel, Maria João Rodrigues, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Rolandas Paksas, Harald Vilimsky, Konstantinos Papadakis, Herbert Reul, Kathleen Van Brempt, Pascal Durand, Marco Valli, Janusz Lewandowski, Pervenche Berès, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Franck Proust, Elena Valenciano, Peter Lundgren, Luděk Niedermayer, Jeppe Kofod, Gunnar Hökmark, Tanja Fajon, Viviane Reding, Roberto Gualtieri and Victor Boştinaru.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Miguel Viegas and Krisztina Morvai.