"Here the Parliament has shown that it can play a larger role than ever imagined", said Mr Ilves, adding "I am proud that an initiative I was associated with when I was here, the Baltic Sea Strategy is one of the first EU policies that actually started here, right here in the European Parliament".
"Mums nepieciešamas vairāk drosmes un izpratnes par to, kur mēs būsim pasaulē pēc 20–25 gadiem, kad tādas ekonomiskas lielvaras kā Vācija būs pavisam maziņas, salīdzinot ar Indiju un Ķīnu.