Georgia EU accession motion
The Chair repeatedly sought clarity on whether Senator Craughwell’s amendment to take the Georgia motion first was being pressed. After further exchanges, the Leader supported Georgia’s candidate status and agreed to the motion without debate, and the amendment was agreed.
Senator Craughwell has moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 113.1 be taken before No. 1." Is the amendment being pressed?
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The issue is that the European Council is meeting in the coming days and we would like this House to endorse Georgia when that meeting takes place. It has been a long time trying to get-----
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I do not want to force a vote on it but I ask the Leader to reconsider accepting the motion.
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I am in your hands and it is not my decision. I want to support the candidate status for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and we have done so in the Committee on European Union Affairs. We will have our Ukrainian colleagues and new friends here this afternoon. If colleagues are accepting of the motion to pass it without debate, I will not object to that. I just did not want to be unfair.
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There is a precedent for a motion to be taken without debate.
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In that case I will press the amendment.