Referring to the Prime Minister's moving account of his country and indeed his own history and his pride in Slovenia and his talk with some emotion of his experience in the prison cell, John BOWIS (EPP-ED, UK) said he hoped that those are the emotions he will bring to the Presidency – the belief in human rights and the determination that Europe shall have that pride too.
Francis WURT , Eiropas Apvienotā kreiso un Ziemeļvalstu Zaļo kreiso spēku konfederālās grupas priekšsēdētājs, savukārt aicināja darba kārtībā iekļaut cīņu pret sociālo dempingu, ko deputāta skatījumā leģitimē Eiropas Kopienu Tiesa ar lēmumiem Laval un Viking Line lietās.