European Parliament
Tannock (PPE-DE ).
– Mr President, my delegation would like to protest at the services' ruling that Amendment 8 is inadmissible. This amendment, which opposes Strasbourg sessions, is consistent with the Treaty obligations, enables Parliament to choose the place of its own sitting for once, and puts a stop to this travelling circus backwards and forwards between here and Brussels, which will become even more difficult post-enlargement for those countries given the poor communications by air to Strasbourg. Finally, it will save the European taxpayer EUR 150 million a year.
(Mixed reactions)

