Brian CROWLEY (IE), for the UEN group, said it was shame that the Parliament was not discussing the Commission's contribution to Europe's social model recently presented at the Conference of Presidents.
Roberts ZĪLE (UEN, LV) izteica pārsteigumu, ka "Parlaments aizņem savu, Komisijas Prezidenta un komisāra Makrīvija laiku, lai nodarbotos ar politisku demagoģiju."