However, the mooted compromise met sharp opposition from Italian MEP Claudio Fava on behalf of the Socialist PES group and his fellow countryman Giusto Catania for the GUE/NGL group.
Iecerētajam kompromisam tomēr stingru pretestību izrādīja sociālistu pārstāvis Claudio Fava un Giusto Catania no Kreiso grupas (abi Itālija).