Rapporteur David Martin (S&D, UK) said: "the Single European Act took the Parliament from being a baby to infanthood, Maastricht took us through puberty, the Nice and Amsterdam Treaties took us into adulthood and I believe the Lisbon Treaty takes this Parliament into the full rights of an adult Parliament".
Eiropas Parlaments ir sagatavojies brīdim, kad atbilstoši Lisabonas līgumam paplašināsies tā pilnvaras.