When asked to approve the new European Commission team in 2004, Parliament had shown "political maturity" in rejecting certain proposals it regarded as inappropriate, thus showing "that it is not a paper tiger" .
Pirms klusuma brīža Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs aicināja paust "atbalstu visām demokrātiskajām iestādēm Spānijā un nosodīt terorisma aktus".