For his group, Frank VANHECKE (ITS, BE) said that the new partnership between the EU and the US had to be "an affair based on mutual recognition mutual aid, mutual respect for each other's interests".
Uzstājoties ITS grupas vārdā, Grank VANHECKE (Beļģija) atzina, ka ES un ASV starpā bieži ir domstarpības, taču: "Mēs esam sabiedrotie, nevis ienaidnieki."