Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-17-Speech-4-133"
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"Mr President, perhaps we had naively believed that the REACH vote was going to end at 11.30 or 12.00 and that this morning we would be able to hold a debate and a vote on two such important issues as European development policy and the European Union’s development strategy for Africa.
We obviously cannot hold a debate in circumstances that — we in my group believe — neither do justice to the issue nor show respect for the Members who have been rapporteurs for the two reports.
In view of this situation, we believe that, in any event, it is essential that we postpone the vote. We also believe that we should postpone the debates, because we are debating two fundamental issues which are being followed with interest in diplomatic circles, by the countries in question and by non-governmental organisations, at a time when the chamber is practically empty. But if it is not possible to change the date of the debates, let us hold it now, in a clandestine manner – that will be the responsibility of those who do not want to seek an agreement in this regard. I do not accept the pressure that the Council is applying when it tells us that we must debate it badly now because the Council is meeting next week.
If everybody is opposed to delaying the debates, however, we will have to hold them. In any event, I would ask that we vote on delaying the vote until a later sitting."@en1
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