Vote of the Motion of censure on the Commission during the EP pleanry session in Strasbourg.

Strasbourg

plenary session

vote

BATTEN, Gerard (ENF, UK)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

motion of censure on the Juncker Commission (T)

Motion of censure on the Commission: extracts from the vote

EP President Martin SCHULZ opening the vote

Members displaying banners "no to tax havens", "no to austerity" etc.

SOUNDBITE (English), Gerard BATTEN (EFDD, UK), "Under the rules, people are not supposed to display banners in the Parliament, and yet we have a whole array of banners over there, can you please ask our colleagues to take them down, otherwise we all have the same right to display banners".

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "According to the rules of procedure there are not supposed to be any flags on the desks either, so maybe you would be so good as to remove your flag."

Results 650 votes cast, 101 votes for, 461 against, 88 abstentions.