European Parliament
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (Verts/ALE ). –
(DE)
I can tell Mr Poettering that I am opposed, and I also want to explain why. This week, this whole House is going to have its hands full of this Services Directive, and I see no chance of a proper resolution and compromise in these three days. That, after all, is why we proposed it last week! That is why I think Mr Swoboda’s suggestion is a sensible one. This House does indeed need a resolution on this issue, but it also needs to be given the chance to put a proper resolution together, and that is why we should start the debate now and then follow it up by voting on this resolution at the next part-session. That would be the sensible thing to do. All you will be able to adopt in these three days is banalities, and I believe that this issue deserves better than that.
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