There were, Mrs Muscardini continued, some regrets, that "the Commission will be smaller, the charter of rights is lacking some family and child rights, the lack of reference to our roots, the lack of symbolic recognition for the EU."
Deputāte tomēr nožēloja, ka Pamattiesību hartā netika iekļautas bērnu un ģimenes tiesības un to, ka "nācās atteikties no himnas un simboliem".