2. Preparation of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2018 (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2018 (2018/2590(RSP))

Monika Panayotova (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

The President gave a brief statement recalling that Parliament had already adopted its position on the reform of the Dublin Regulation ('Dublin IV' negotiations).

Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Nicolas Bay, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Diane Dodds, non-attached Member.

The President referred to his previous speech and called on the President-in-Office of the Council to ensure that the European Council yielded tangible results on the migration crisis and the reform of the 'Dublin Regulation'.

Angelika Niebler spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead MCGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria João Rodrigues, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Cecilia Wikström, Molly Scott Cato, Martina Anderson, Laura Ferrara, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicola Danti, Mario Borghezio, Bruno Gollnisch, Elisabetta Gardini, Josef Weidenholzer, Bernd Kölmel, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Barbara Spinelli, Rolandas Paksas, Janice Atkinson, Steven Woolfe, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Paulo Rangel, Marek Jurek on the conduct of the debate (the President provided clarification), Elena Valenciano, who declined a blue-card question from Lampros Fountoulis, Sander Loones, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Peter Lundgren, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Harald Vilimsky, Eleftherios Synadinos, Dubravka Šuica, Patrizia Toia, Jussi Halla-aho, Lefteris Christoforou, Sylvie Guillaume, Birgit Sippel, Iratxe García Pérez, Richard Corbett, Elly Schlein, Knut Fleckenstein, Mercedes Bresso, Pier Antonio Panzeri and Pervenche Berès.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and João Ferreira.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Henna Virkkunen, Maria Grapini, Miriam Dalli, Marek Jurek, Ana Miranda, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Elmar Brok, Georgios Epitideios and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans and Monika Panayotova.

The debate closed.