Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Here are a couple of questions, one for the departmental official and one for the ambassador.
We all know politics and emotion run this debate throughout the world, and in particular in the EU. Leading up to this particular vote in Parliament, the animal rights groups upped the ante in a lot of their advertising campaign through different media outlets—newspapers, etc.
How much paid advertising did the department do in the weeks leading up to the vote?