European Parliament
President.
– I would like to read to you a message from Mr Cox, President of the European Parliament, following the assassination of Mr Zoran Dzindzic.
‘I was shocked to hear of the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister, Mr Zoran Dzindzic, and I strongly condemn this act. I hope that its perpetrators will swiftly be brought to justice.
Zoran Dzindzic, in many respects, symbolised the new democratic State that Serbia has become. We will remember in particular his personal commitment to democratic reform in Serbia and his role in the arrest and transfer of Slobodan Milosevic before the criminal court of The Hague.
On behalf of the European Parliament, I would send my sincere condolences to Mr Zoran Dzindzic’s family and friends, and to the Serbian people’.
Ladies and gentlemen, I propose that we hold a minute’s silence.
(The House rose and observed a minute’s silence)
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Membership of Parliament – Changes to the agenda of the sitting of 26 March in Brussels – Authorisation to draw up a recommendation – Communication of common positions of the Council:
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