Verbatim report of proceedings

Thursday, 25 October 2012 - Strasbourg

14.8. Appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (A7-0348/2012 - Sharon Bowles) (vote)

− After the vote:

  Michał Tomasz Kamiński (ECR). – (PL) Mr President, in my view it is unacceptable that a specific person is the subject of voting – we have to vote for that person in secret, without seeing his name. This is a procedure that I think is highly unparliamentary, as we have voted for someone whose name is not even up on screen.

  President. − The officials tell me that we have correctly followed the procedure, so the vote is valid and we will proceed.