Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Agnes Jongerius, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Carver, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Anne-Marie Mineur, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Carver, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Bernd Lange.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Notis Marias, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sajjad Karim, Bronis Ropė and Georgios Epitideios.