Verbatim report of proceedings

Thursday, 14 April 2005 - Strasbourg

15. Common Foreign and Security Policy (2003)

– before the vote on paragraph 32

  Speroni (IND/DEM). – (IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, three amendments have been tabled on paragraph 32, which have been marked as being identical. In actual fact, Amendment 13 differs from the other two by only one word. Nevertheless, the difference is important, because it is one thing to talk about the whole of China, and quite something else to talk about China. I therefore call for Amendment 13 to be put to the vote separately from Amendments 1 and 10.

  President. – Before voting on Amendment 13 with the slight semantic difference emphasised by Mr Speroni, we shall first vote on Amendments 1 and 10, which are exactly identical.

(As Amendments 1 and 10 were adopted, Amendment 13 lapses)