In a report drawn up by Carl SCHLYTER (Greens/EFA, SE), the European Parliament welcomes the Commission's new attempt to stimulate discussion about this serious subject "with a view to finally shifting the emphasis of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) so that the practice of discarding is ultimately eliminated".
Valdis KRISTOVSKIS (UEN) vērsa uzmanību uz to, ka jautājuma būtība meklējama apstāklī, ka Eiropas un Krievijas starpā nav spēku līdzsvara.