6. Announcement by the President

Verbatim reports

The President announced that, under Rule 176(1), he had decided to censure Ioannis Lagos for having disrupted the sitting of 29 January 2020 by using abusive language and brandishing and then tearing up a piece of paper symbolising a national flag.

Mr Lagos had been stripped of his entitlement to the subsistence allowance for seven days and his participation in the activities of the European Parliament and its bodies had been suspended for four consecutive days, starting on 11 February 2020.

Mr Lagos had been notified of the decision on that day and was entitled to lodge an internal appeal against it with the Bureau in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.