European Parliament
President.
I do not want to reopen the debate. We have had a speaker 'for' and a speaker 'against'. Procedurally, now is the time to vote on the suggestion. The proposal is that this should be referred back to committee.
(Parliament rejected the proposal for referral back to committee)
I hope that in the last 24 hours you will have received a copy of the Commission's opinion. Before the vote I should like to invite the Commission to make a brief statement on this matter, the rapporteur to make a brief response and then we will proceed with the vote.

