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"I would like to make a comment on the Minutes and on our colleague’s intervention on what you have just said, if you do not mind, Madam President. In the same way that this morning, you delayed the vote until later, and quite rightly so, because we did not have the Minutes on which the House was due to decide, it is quite obvious here that we would only be able to decide on the rule which features in the Minutes, which is a rule of general order, and not on the particular conclusions which follow on from it.
This is my first point, Madam President, which I believe cannot be argued with. The House’s decision will hold for the general rule which represents an interpretation of Rule 29 of our Rules of Procedure.
I would also like to say very briefly, if you do not mind, why, in our opinion, this interpretation must not be upheld. Rule 29(4) of our Rules of Procedure, states that a group declaration must show the designation of the group, the names of its members, and the composition of its bureau. These are the only three requirements stipulated in our Rules of Procedure.
If, ladies and gentlemen, you choose to interpret the rule in a way which goes beyond the letter of Parliament’s law, even though it is extremely clear, perhaps out of scorn for the rights of minorities or as a way of expressing the large Parties’ hegemonic desires, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that you would be creating an extremely important and damaging precedent which might rebound on any of the Groups or sub-groups of this House one day.
You would, in effect, be allowing the majority of the House, the way it currently stands, to make decisions on political allegiances which might exist between any MEPs who may nevertheless have signed the constitution of a Group, and we know very well that there are, even within Groups with a majority, factions which are certainly in agreement with one other on a common political programme.
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, these are the reasons why we are appealing to the House’s wisdom, its moderation and, above all, to its respect for the rights of minorities which, until now, it must be said, it has not observed with any great distinction."@en1
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