During the EP plenary session (24-27/10) in Strasbourg, Martin SCHULZ, EP President, expresses himself&nbsp;on&nbsp;Steven WOOLFE's case and&nbsp;congratulates Andrej PLENKOVIC on his newly appointment as Prime Minister of Croatia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

statement

Strasbourg

plenary session

WOOLFE, Steven (NI, UK)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

EU - Croatia (T)

PLENKOVIĆ, Andrej (EPP, HR)

Opening remarks by Martin SCHULZ, EP President on Steven WOOLFE's (EFDD, UK) case and congratulation to Andrej PLENKOVIC, newly appointed as Prime Minister of Croatia

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Ladies and Gentlemen, as you know the last session Thursday 6 October, there was an regrettable incident between two members of this house, I have asked the the competent structure on Code of conduct to look into the matter, which will eventually provide us with recommendations of which I will inform you. This was all in the media, mr WOOLFE, found himself involved in a very unpleasant manner. I will remind you of article 11, article 2 of our rules of procedure, I will quote: 'The behaviour of members is to be characterised by mutual respect. So I think that we all realise that there was a bit of a failure of respect in this event, and that every member of this house has to stick to the principles of good behaviour. A physical attack on another member is an incident that really has to be a one-off event. I will keep you informed of the results of the code of conduct group who will be looking into this.

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Steven Marcus WOOLFE has left the EFDD group with effect of the 17 of October. He is now a non-attached member.

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Following the resignation of Mr Andrej PLENKOVIC and Mr Davo Ivo STIER, the parliament in line with the rules of procedure, notes that there seats are empty  with effect of the 14 of October 2016 and informed the competent national authorities; I would also like to congratulate Mr. PLENKOVIC to his role as Prime Minister of Croatia (applause).