Volledig verslag van de vergaderingen

Woensdag 23 oktober 2019 - Straatsburg

20. Welkomstwoord

  President. – Colleagues, before we move to our next speaker, I want to make a welcoming address here to visitors that we have in the plenary. We have the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia, His Excellency Mr Talat Xhaferi, and we have the pleasure to welcome him in the diplomatic gallery this evening.

(Applause)

You’re very welcome to attend this debate on the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. It is indeed an honour to welcome you to this debate and we wish you some very fruitful meetings here in the European Parliament.