Francis WURTZ (FR) for the GUE/NGL group said that there were high hopes for the UK presidency back in June, but six months later, the leaders of the political groups in Parliament had unanimously rejected the UK's budget proposals because of lack of solidarity.
Eiropas Parlaments ceturtdien ar nelielu balsu vairākumu, 255 par, 251 pret un 32 atturoties, atbalstīja EPP-DE (kristīgo demokrātu), liberāļu un nāciju Eiropas grupu virzīto rezolūciju par Eiropas Komisijas 2006. gada darba un likumdošanas programmu.