Debates

Thursday, 5 July 2012 - Strasbourg

18.3. Forced abortion scandal in China (B7-0388/2012) (vote)

  Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL). – (FR) Mr President, we spend an inordinate amount of time preparing for these emergency sessions in meetings that seek to obtain consensus across all political groups.

It is rather a shame that some groups constitute a majority of Members present and re-table amendments that reject joint resolutions, and hence the commitments made by people working with us in these joint meetings, and which demolish the resolutions we have drawn up together. I find that quite tragic. It is a great shame for the work we are accustomed to doing together in this House and for the preparation of those Tuesday afternoon meetings, which not many of us attend.

  President. – That concludes the vote.