The committee states that the proposed extension of the transitional period may not be sufficiently long to obtain agreement on a successor regime and a longer one is more appropriate given there is still no proposal on the table and the European Parliament will be dissolved for elections in 2009.
Vairāki no deputātiem debatēs aicināja Olimpiskās spēles boikotēt vai vismaz nepiedalīties to atklāšanas ceremonijā.