On 18 May 2006, the Parliament adopted an own-initiative report on the strategic guidelines calling that future cohesion policy must help to meet the challenges posed by the most recent enlargement of the EU by helping to reduce regional disparities and fostering a society based on full employment, equal opportunities, inclusion, and social cohesion.
Parlaments izsaka nožēlu, ka ES zivsaimniecības politikā "degvielas cenu kāpums kļūst par ieganstu, kura dēļ ir jāveicina zvejas kuģu ekspluatācijas pārtraukšana un to darbības pilnīga izbeigšana".