On Thursday 14 September, the European Parliament adopted its mandate for negotiations with the Council on a compromise text on the multiannual management plan for demersal species (such as cod and haddock) in the North Sea.
The mandate was adopted by 378 votes to 232, with 19 abstentions. MEPs also passed amendments to the report by Ulrike Rodust (S&D, Germany). The Parliamentary fisheries committee did not grant a mandate when the report was adopted (see EUROPE 11828).
The amendments...