7. Amendment of the agenda

Verbatim reports

The following spoke: Lucy Anderson.

The President said that, at the request of some leaders of groups representing the majority in the Conference of Presidents, the President of the European Parliament proposed to defer the debate scheduled for that morning on the report by Bernd Lange (A8-0175/2015), in accordance with Rule 152(2).

The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, in favour of the proposal, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, against the proposal, and, on the same matter, Gianni Pittella, Yannick Jadot, Manfred Weber, Rebecca Harms, Syed Kamall, Jonathan Arnott and Tiziana Beghin.

By roll-call vote (183 in favour, 181 against, 37 abstentions), Parliament adopted the proposal.

The agenda was duly amended.

(The sitting was suspended at 8.25 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)