2. Reprimand of a Member

Verbatim reports

The President announced that, under Rules 9 and 147(3), he had initiated a procedure against Maciej Marian Giertych. The President went on to point out that the previous day, in the presence of the Secretary-General, he had heard the Member concerned and had then reprimanded him for publishing a brochure, featuring the European Parliament's logo, which contained xenophobic comments that had already been condemned by the Bureau on 1 March 2007.

He then read out part of the text of the letter he had sent to Mr Giertych, and pointed out that he had also sent a note on the matter to the Bureau, the chairmen of the political groups, and the bodies of which Mr Giertych is a member, namely the AFET Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the United States.