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".
Viņš uzsver, ka tā dēvētajiem "kompromisa" grozījumiem nav atbildīgās — Vides, sabiedrības veselības un pārtikas nekaitīguma komitejas (ENVI) — atbalsta.