Verbatim report of proceedings

Thursday, 22 October 2009 - Strasbourg

8.8. The institutional aspects of setting up the European External Action Service (A7-0041/2009, Elmar Brok) (vote)

- Before the vote on Amendment 3:

  Elmar Brok, rapporteur. – (DE) Madam President, I should like to propose an oral amendment to the Greens. If they accepted it, I would recommend a ‘yes’ vote. If we introduced the sentence ‘There should be no duplication of external service in the Council or in the European Council’, I would recommend that plenary vote in favour.

(The oral amendment was adopted)

- Before the vote on Amendment 56:

  Corien Wortmann-Kool (PPE). – Mr President, we could vote en bloc. I propose we vote from 56 to 28.

(Applause)

(Parliament did not accept the proposal)