Verbatim report of proceedings

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 - Strasbourg

14. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting: see Minutes

  Bernd Posselt (PPE-DE). – (DE) Mr President, the minutes record a dispute between Mrs Gröner and myself about Mr Giertych’s anti-abortion exhibition. The acting President stated that there would be no censorship. Since then, though, the exhibition has been removed, and so there has been. I would like to point out that there is also, in the building, an anti-REACH exhibition, in which the President of the Commission is depicted poisoning a child. I regard that as controversial in a way in which Mr Giertych’s exhibition is not.

If you are going to use ‘controversial’ as a justification for removing displays, then both of them ought to go. I do believe, though, that nothing should be taken down, and that discussion, rather than censorship, should be the order of the day.

  President. Mr Posselt, the Quaestors are aware of what has happened and will provide the President with a report on it. We will take the appropriate decisions on that basis.