Commission statement: Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support ()
Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Tomas Tobé, on behalf of the PPE Group, Cecilia Strada, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, on behalf of the PfE Group, Mariusz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fabienne Keller, on behalf of the Renew Group, Erik Marquardt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Damien Carême on behalf of The Left Group, Mary Khan, on behalf of the ESN Group, Javier Zarzalejos, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Marieke Ehlers, Alessandro Ciriani, Malik Azmani, Anna Strolenberg, who also answered a blue-card question from András László, Hans Neuhoff, Kostas Papadakis, Karlo Ressler, Murielle Laurent, António Tânger Corrêa, Charlie Weimers, Elena Yoncheva, who also answered a blue-card question from Bogdan Rzońca, Monika Beňová, Lukas Mandl, Petra Steger, Marion Maréchal, who also answered a blue-card question from Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Jan-Christoph Oetjen and Gabriel Mato.
IN THE CHAIR: Antonella SBERNA Vice-President
(The President announced that Gabriel Mato declined to take a blue-card question from Estrella Galán). The following spoke: András László, Emmanouil Fragkos, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Susanna Ceccardi, who also answered a blue-card question from Francesco Torselli, Adrian-George Axinia, Anna-Maja Henriksson, who also answered a blue-card question from Charlie Weimers, Sander Smit, Nikola Bartůšek, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Pascale Piera, Jacek Ozdoba, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Ivaylo Valchev and Anna Maria Cisint.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Marta Wcisło, Geadis Geadi, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Alvise Pérez and Fredis Beleris.