European Parliament
President.
– Look, I will explain it to you: I believe I said ‘in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and with custom’, because never before has a question from the third part been answered in this Parliament. What has happened is that the Commissioner only had one question to answer. I believe that the Commission is not in a position to deal with this question as such. If the Commission is prepared to do so, I will immediately give the floor to Mrs Schreyer, because we are going to set a precedent.
Mrs Schreyer, does the Commission have a response to the question by Mr Alavanos, Question No 41, which is a very interesting question dealing with support for the tourist industry by means of the budget?
I repeat that this is the first time this problem has arisen in all these years.

