Catherine Guy-Quint (PSE). – (FR) Madam President, I should simply like to say that we deplore the organisation of the debate on second reading in its current form. Indeed, every time, the Committee on Budgets does a huge amount of work, and we find ourselves penalised by the time allotted to us to present our work and to explain the way in which we have worked and the outcome we have achieved.

It would have been extremely interesting to have seen other Members take part in this debate and to have heard the Commissioner's and, perhaps, the Council's, response. All too often, we are overlooked when it comes to organising plenary sessions. We note, once again, that more than ten minutes remain, which several of our fellow Members could have used in order to outline the work they have done this year.