Many people are hoping that question time at 3 pm this afternoon will deliver a lively and memorable debate when Members bowl questions at Commission President José Manuel Barroso. To move things along and prevent waffle they are limited to 1 minute – for the question and response.
EC President Barroso will face MEPs for a Q & A this afternoon
Questions on any subject will come from the political group leaders for the first 30 minutes followed by questions on the economic and financial crisis from any MEP who catches the eye of the Speaker.
Whether it will develop into a UK House of Commons style question time with a full House and plenty of drama remains to be seen. Probably not, as every parliament has its own particular style and culture.
It will also be a first for the Web Communication Unit as we attempt to follow the debate on twitter – come and see how we get on. Join us on Europarl_EN
Good luck – will be following with interest.
Not sure the one minute cutoff is a good idea as it is going to make the whole thing rather perfunctory – just because you want to follow it on Twitter, doesn’t mean you have to have tweet-length Q&A