European Parliament
Ribeiro e Castro (UEN ).
(PT)
Mr President, I rise on a brief point of order. I have two short comments to make: firstly, to express my regret and to apologise, because I am the author of an alternative motion for a resolution which, as a result of the appalling time constraints, could not be included in Monday evening’s debate on this report. I wish to apologise for this and have my apology recorded in the House; secondly, I wish to ask the Bureau to draw attention to the fact that the first vote we will be holding on Amendment No 49 is not an ordinary vote; it is not a common vote on the amendment. It is instead the first time that we shall be using one of Parliament’s new rules – Rule 140(4) and, consequently, the possibility of adopting an alternative overall text.

