16. Order of business

Verbatim reports

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the September I part-session (PE 377.309/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 04.09.2006 to 07.09.2006

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

- no changes

Thursday

- Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115):

Request from the PSE Group to replace the item on Zimbabwe (Item 56 on the final draft agenda) with an item on Transnistria.

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, Marianne Mikko and Charles Tannock.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (74 in favour, 103 against, 19 abstentions).

The order of business was thus established.