Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister, and the officials for being here today. I appreciate that.
I'll focus my questioning on a couple of areas. Number one is where we are, based on what's happened, and maybe more importantly, where do we go? I guess this next vote on the Council of Ministers is going to happen in June or the fall, but basically the European market represents about 30% to 33% of the market.
On the impact of what's happened here, how does that impact...? I understand quite a number of the product gets shipped out and is transshipped through Europe to other markets. Has there been an impact on the product going to other markets, based on this vote?
Is it going to be a matter that nothing will be able to go into the European Union, even if it has to be shipped to another country? I'd like to understand, are there any transshipment issues on this? Based on the vote of 550 to 49 in the Parliament, it suggests to me that it's really not that close. Having run a few elections, I know what it means to be close and not close.
Having said that, I think the misinformation campaign got way out ahead of us. What did we really expect we could have gained up to this point in time, realistically?