European Parliament
Robert Evans (PSE ). –
I thank the President-in-Office for her answer. It was perhaps more than I expected and I am very grateful.
Iceland, as she and everyone here knows, is not a member of the European Union; it is, however, a member of EFTA and a member of Schengen – although that is obviously not related to this. However, it really proves the point that Iceland has close connections with the EU. I would urge the President-in-Office, in the time that she and her successors have left, to do everything they can to urge Iceland to not continue with the unnecessary and, I would say, cruel slaughter of one of the world’s great mammals for unproven reasons. I applaud what the President-in-Office has said about not allowing whaling in Community waters and banning the import of whale products.
Keep up the good work and push the Icelandic authorities even further.

