Parliament's rapporteur Lívia Járóka (EPP, HU) said in the debate preceding the vote "with the adoption of this report, we have made a great step towards an EU-level effort to alleviate the poverty and social exclusion of our continent's largest ethnic minority.
Miguels Portas (GUE/NGL, Spānija) kritizēja Eiropas valstis, kuras gadiem ilgi ir eksportējušas ieročus Ziemeļāfrikas diktatoriem un aicināja Eiropas līderus atbalstīt demokrātisku procesu.