European Parliament
President.
Thank you very much, Mrs Gill. Yesterday you asked that the candidates for Quaestor speak for a minute so that the Members may know them in more than just a physical sense, but a majority of the political groups did not consider it appropriate.
Nevertheless, I believe there can be no objection to their standing up as I name the candidates so that at least you may know them by sight. I do not know whether this is going to help in terms of their election but at least they will not be entirely unknown to you.
Mr James Nicholson
(Applause)
Mrs Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl
(Applause)
Mrs Mia De Vits
(Applause)
Mrs Genowefa Grabowska
(Applause)
Mrs Anneli Jäätteenmaki
Applause
Mrs Astrid Lulling
(Applause)
You will have noticed that it is a list predominantly comprising women.
Now, at least, we know what one another looks like.
We are still waiting for the electronic system to load. It is a difficult system to load, it would appear.
Ladies and gentlemen, technology has rebelled against us. The system is refusing to load and I cannot tell you how long it may take. In these circumstances, I think it would be reasonable not to carry on waiting. I therefore feel obliged to schedule the vote for 3 p.m. and resume our debate.

