The EU framework for these investment funds, originally set up in 1985 and updated several times since then, was intended to allow a real single market in investment funds to develop – since they UCITS funds all complied with the same rules, consumers could invest with confidence across EU borders.
Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK (BE), uzstājoties Liberāļu un demokrātu grupas vārdā, atzina, ka konfliktā "tiešām varētu būt nepieciešama starptautisku spēku iesaisti".