Stevenson (PPE-DE). – Mr President, I would like to thank all the Members of this House who have signed this declaration. We are dealing here with three separate aspects: cruelty, consumer fraud and recently we discovered that these pelts are toxic as well. The majority of Council Ministers at the meeting in November agreed to a ban. The majority of Members of this House have agreed to a ban. The majority of the citizens of the European Union want a ban. It is now up to the Commission to impose a ban.

I hope that the willingness of the House to support this is being listened to by the Commission. For any other Members who wish to join in this success story, the declaration will remain open for 20 minutes after this sitting!