European Parliament
Van den Bos (ELDR ).
(NL)
Mr President, it does not seem to me to be a good idea to stop elections from being held. That would naturally make a very odd impression. I understand the Greens’ argument, though. The opposition parties are of course currently not yet ready for the elections and could be manipulated. My group would only be in favour of them if the words ‘without delay’ could be scrapped. We would then vote in favour of them. If matters proceed as formulated by the spokesman, we will vote against them.

