Socialist MEP Martin Schulz speaking for the PES group described climate change as "one of the central challenges of our time", and Joseph Daul of the centre right EPP-ED group stated: "The energy and climate change package is a huge challenge even before the financial crisis but we cannot afford to fail."
Lai tā dēvēto klimata pārmaiņu paketi pieņemtu vēl šogad kā plānots, ir nepieciešama Eiropas Parlamenta un dalībvalstu (ES Padomes) vienošanās.