IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

17. Preparation of the European Council meeting of 9 and 10 March 2017(debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council meeting of 9 and 10 March 2017 (2017/3019(RSP))

Chris Agius (President-in-Office of the Council), Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the Commission) and Dimitris Avramopoulos (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria João Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, Pavel Telička, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Miguel Viegas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Steeve Briois, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Krisztina Morvai, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: György Schöpflin, Tanja Fajon, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Javier Couso Permuy, Mario Borghezio, Tibor Szanyi on the conduct of the debate, Georgios Epitideios, Knut Fleckenstein, Bernd Lucke, Udo Voigt, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Pervenche Berès and Tonino Picula.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Nicola Caputo, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias and Ana Gomes.

The following spoke: Dimitris Avramopoulos and Chris Agius.

The debate closed.