European Parliament
President.
– Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Callanan was kind enough just now to congratulate the Secretary-General on his birthday. In so doing, you have robbed me of the opportunity to congratulate him at the end of this round. Thank you for your kind assistance.
However, I would have liked to congratulate the Secretary-General jointly with another Member of this House, and because the person concerned is such a remarkable Member, I thought I would wait until he was also in the Chamber, which he now is. Our former President, Jerzy Buzek, is celebrating his birthday today. Many happy returns, Mr President.
Jerzy, I actually wanted to congratulate you jointly with the Secretary-General because I love the fact that, until now, the Secretary-General and the President have shared a birthday. Now they have separate birthdays, now we have two reasons to celebrate – so that is some kind of progress.

