At the request of the EPP-ED group, Parliament voted 311 votes in favour, 285 against and 63 abstentions to postpone the vote on Parliament's approval of the protocol extending Turkey's customs union with the EU to all its new members, including Cyprus.
Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT (ALDE, NL), atbalstot KREISSL-DÖRFLER ziņojumu, uzsvēra — direktīvas priekšlikums ir tikai 25 dažādu sistēmu summa un nekādā veidā neuzlabo situāciju ES.