European Parliament
Lulling (PPE-DE ).
(FR)
Mr President, I have abstained on the Blokland report and on the amendments tabled by my group because I am not at all unhappy about the recently adopted reform on voting arrangements in the ECB. I do not think that a system based on Member States’ share of total GDP would be any fairer or more efficient. In particular, I am not going to condemn the fact that the Council has disregarded Parliament’s decision to reject the ECB’s recommendation. On the contrary, this recommendation was very well thought-out, extremely balanced and I am delighted that the Council of Ministers has rallied around this proposal. This is why I have abstained on the Blokland report and voted against an amendment from my own group.

