The President proposed, in agreement with the political groups and pursuant to the Rules of Procedure, two amendments to the agenda of the current part-session.
The following spoke on this proposal: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Martin Schulz, who requested that Russia be informed by the Commission and the Council of Parliament's position at the Summit.
The President, noting that Parliament wished to vote on this proposal, put the matter to the vote.
Parliament approved the proposal by EV (321 for, 309 against, 27 abstentions).
The tabling deadline was set as follows:
amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 07.11.2007, 18.00.
- Proposal to vote on the report by Margie Sudre (A6-0405/2007) on the EC-Madagascar Fisheries Partnership Agreement (item 57 on the agenda) and the report by Emanuel Jardim Fernandes (A6-0404/2007) on the EC-Mozambique Fisheries Partnership Agreement (item 58 on the agenda)without debate during voting time at noon on Thursday, reports that had initially been planned with debate.
The following spoke: Christopher Beazley, who referred to the procedure relating to the first proposal and called for the Council and the Commission to provide Mr Putin with the Verbatim Report of the debate on the EU-Russia Summit, and Margie Sudre, who requested confirmation that both above-mentioned reports would be voted on without debate (the President confirmed this).