A Council representative said while the report aims to show what actual difference EU action in fields from development cooperation to security operations make on the ground, "not everything is quantifiable and Union actions don't always lead to a change on the ground - and not all changes on the ground can be attributed to EU action."
Rīna Kionka aizstāvējās, ka ne viss ir izsakāms skaitļos un ka ES darbības ne vienmēr noved pie pārmaiņām uz vietas — savukārt ne visas pārmaiņas uz vietas ir ES darbības rezultāts.