Risto E.J. Penttilä had subsequently given notice of his resignation as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 1 March 2012.
Pēc tam, kad Parlaments bija saņēmis šo informāciju, Risto E. J. Penttilä iesniedza paziņojumu par atkāpšanos no Eiropas Parlamenta deputāta amata, sākot ar 2012. gada 1. martu.