In the hours prior to the beginning of voting, a shootout occurred in Nouakchott between police and suspected Islamist militants.

A request was made, if I remember correctly, at the beginning of Voting Time by Mr Swoboda and the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, to which Mr Hughes also belongs.

Mr President, on a point of order, at the beginning of voting time we voted on two Esteves reports: the first on readmission, without a roll-call vote, and the second on short-stay visas, with a roll-call vote.

(SL) I would like to comment on the remarks made at the beginning of voting when fellow members attempted to use the unplanned event at the Krško nuclear power station as an illustration of the unsafe performance of nuclear power plants.