(The President urged the speaker to conclude)

It is, however, about something very important.

Mrs Thatcher showed this last night.

These are all points we have made again and again.

Women are confined to certain very few sectors of the economy.

We must begin again where we left off in 1985.

Thank you very much.

(Loud and sustained applause)

IN THE CHAIR MRS FONTAINE

A positive appraisal is in order.

The agenda for the coming period, Mr President, is as follows.

A representative of the Tuareg people, who has just been visiting Brussels, confirmed this a few days ago.

This is a point that must be made time and again.

This is not a question which need concern the House.

(Aplause from the Green

We proposed

That is not our job.

There is clapping, laughter.

He received much applause.

The cheers were deafening.

We nevertheless have the impression that the speed of the Commission's proposals and our decisions has not been matched by similar speed in putting them into operation.

(Applause from the right)

KB OK, give her a round of applause.

(Applause on the benches of the DR group)

I say this quite openly, and I feel that should also be acceptable.

We know more from the press forgive me, Mr Commissioner than we learn from you and the Community's institutions.

It is time we saw some progress here and that the elderly throughout Europe saw some benefit from the European Community.

(Parliament adopted the legislative resolution)

They therefore ought to be present, and to adopt a position.

Explanation of vote

In wishing the rest of the House a Happy Christmas and New Year, I hope the European

He received cheers and applause.

level of the GATT minimum price, which is as far as we would like to go in the circumstances.

When a member of another group is applauded, they put 'Applause from the Liberal Group', 'Applause from the Socialist Group', and so on.

After every speech by the European Right, they always put 'Applause'.

The performance ended to thunderous applause.

No. No. No. Wrong.

There are many parallels for this.

Clapping And the wild geese are calling down.

And everybody just burst into applause, and they were like Yes!

(Parliament agreed to Mr Wurtz's proposal)

That is all very well, but now wc have to act!

(Applause from the Group of the European

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VECCHI (GUE). (IT) Mr President, together with my group I shall vote in favour of a joint resolution of the situation in Rwanda, a very serious situation which has existed for some time.