Speaking for the GUE/NGL group, Esko SEPPÄNEN (FI) said human rights and media freedom could not be overlooked, but it was not possible to negotiate a deal on these things with Russia, just as another superpower across the Atlantic, he said, refused to negotiate on ending torture, wars or bringing American war criminals to justice in The Hague.
Godfrey William BLOOM (IND/DEM, Apvienotā Karaliste), norādīja, ka viņa valstij tik vitāli svarīgā jautājumā kā enerģētika viņam nav pieņemama nekāda vienošanās ar V. Putinu, Krievijas prezidentu nosaucot par "gangsteri".