European Parliament
President.
– The next item is the report
) by Mr Mulder, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the 2004 budget in view of the conciliation procedure before the Council's first reading [2003/2027(BUD)].
Before giving the floor to our rapporteur and to those Members who have been placed on the agenda, I remind you that it is 11.40 p.m. We have a very large number of speakers and this is not the last debate on the agenda. I therefore ask you all to respect your speaking times.

