Council and Commission statements: The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession ()
Vladimir Balaš (President-in-Office of the Council) and Ylva Johansson (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberts ZĪLE Vice-President
The following spoke: Gabriele Bischoff, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Monika Vana, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cristian Terheş, on behalf of the ECR Group, Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, Kinga Gál, non-attached Member, Paulo Rangel, Dan Nica, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Siegfried Mureşan, Elena Yoncheva, Dacian Cioloş, Emil Radev, Rovana Plumb, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karlo Ressler, Ivo Hristov, Ramona Strugariu, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Eugen Tomac, Victor Negrescu, Vlad Gheorghe, Andrey Kovatchev, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Lukas Mandl, who also responded to a blue-card speech from Jan-Christoph Oetjen and Vlad-Marius Botoş, Carmen Avram, who also responded to blue-card speeches from Vlad Gheorghe, and Lena Düpont.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Maria Grapini, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Gheorghe-Vlad Nistor, Tsvetelina Penkova, Daniel Buda, Tomislav Sokol, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Andrey Novakov and Eugen Tomac.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson and Vladimir Balaš.