European Parliament
President.
Colleagues! Please, could we have some calm!
There are many colleagues who wish to make points of order and to speak. We are running very late. I will not take those points.
I wish to say, as President of the House, that I personally regret the tone that the latter part of this morning's debate has taken. It is unfortunate. It is a distraction from the European business we have in hand. It is regrettable.
I should now like to invite the President of the European Commission to close this debate in some serenity and then to proceed to the vote.
(Sustained applause)

