Havel concluded by saying the EU should not only to be dealing with the economy and money but it "place greater and more evident stress on ...its spiritual foundations and values as Europe’s rich spiritual and cultural history – combining elements of Antiquity, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment - has created an array of indisputable values".
J. Buzeks piebilda, ka, ja Saharova balva būtu eksistējusi pirms 30 gadiem, tad Havels būtu bijis labākais tās kandidāts. „Par laimi jums šī balva vairs nav vajadzīga, jo vairs nav „vecās” un „jaunās” Eiropas.