Νικόλαος Σαλαβράκος (EFD). - Κυρία Πρόεδρε, υποβάλω σύμφωνα με το άρθρο 177 αίτημα αναβολής της συζητήσεως, διότι ο κ. Zoran Thaler, ο οποίος είναι ο εισηγητής της παρούσης εκθέσεως, δεν είναι πια μαζί μας μετά τις γνωστές, σοβαρές καταγγελίες της Sunday Times. Κατ' εμέ, απολαμβάνει του τεκμηρίου αθωότητας, υπό το πρίσμα όμως των καταγγελιών εναντίον του, η παρούσα έκθεση για την FYROM δεν απολαμβάνει του τεκμηρίου της αξιοπιστίας. Σε κάθε περίπτωση η έκθεση αυτή θα έχει ένα σπέρμα αμφιβολίας. Ζητώ λοιπόν ν' αναβληθεί η συζήτηση, να ορισθεί νέος εισηγητής και μετά τρίμηνο να επανέλθει, για να διατηρήσουμε το κύρος του Κοινοβουλίου.
President. − We indeed have a new rapporteur who has taken over the report. Mr Vigenin, if you care to take the floor I will allow you to do so briefly.
Kristian Vigenin (S&D). - Madam President, we should not enter into this propaganda exercise. This report has been discussed.
(Applause)
There was broad agreement between all political groups on this report. It was adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs by an overwhelming majority. We had a good debate yesterday, and I would ask you to continue with the vote now.
(The request to postpone the vote was rejected)
– Before the vote on Amendment 1:
Eduard Kukan (PPE). - Madam President, I want to propose that the final vote on this resolution be a roll-call vote.
President. − Let us wait until we get to the final vote and we will see if the House wishes to do that.
– Before the final vote:
Gerard Batten (EFD). - Madam President, it says that roll calls may be taken with 24 hours notice. If there is another rule which supersedes this and says a roll call can be decided by Parliament, would you please tell us what the number is. Otherwise we could all request roll calls when we felt like it.
President. − I have the power as your presiding Vice-President today to decide whether we take a roll-call vote or not. It is Rule 20 that gives me the power, but I am going to ask the House nevertheless. Let us have a show of hands. Do you wish to vote by roll-call? It is clear that the House wishes to vote by roll-call in accordance with my wish also, so I open the vote on the final motion for a resolution.
(Parliament agreed to the request for a roll-call vote)