Richard HOWITT (PES, UK) said that given that the European Parliament had rejected the directive in 2003, no one would have believed that the Commission would bring back the procedure.
Eiropas Parlaments trešdien ar 468 balsīm par, 149 pret un, 41 atturoties, pieņēma rezolūciju, kas nosoda homofobiju — jebkādas diskriminācijas izpausmes dzimumorientācijas dēļ.