He contrasted the policy of the Clinton administration, with the Kedo programme, which was designed to keep North Korea "linked to the rest of the world" and what he described as the "bankruptcy" of the Bush administration, which had cut off that programme.
"Normāla reakcija būtu dusmas," Sociāldemokrātu grupas (PSE) vārdā teica grupas priekšsēdētājs Martin Schultz (Vācija), vienlaikus vēršot uzmanību uz to, ka jānošķir "sods diktatoram no palīdzības civiliedzīvotājiem".