European Parliament
Hans-Gert Poettering (PPE-DE ).
(DE)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we in this House have a monitoring role, and so, just as we, as matter of course, expect the Commission to be present, so we also expect the Council to be here. I am not talking here about the presidency, but about the Council as such. In particular, I ask the General Secretariat of the Council, to advise the Council in such a way that its presence is assured, and it follows that we endorse what Mr Schulz had to say, as he was quite right to do.

