Some group leaders – Graham Watson for the Liberal ALDE Group and Monica Frassoni for the Greens – expressed reservations as to the process by which the Declaration had been formulated, stating the view that more open public and parliamentary debate should have occurred.
Dažu politisko grupu priekšsēdētāji — it īpaši Graham Watson un Monica Frassoni — tomēr kritizēja Deklarācijas sastādīšanas procesu, uzsverot, ka būtu bijušas vajadzīgas vairāk publiskas un parlamentāras debates.