Following the plenary vote, the Council of Ministers, as co-legislator with Parliament, must decide its position on the directive (which is sometimes known at the " Bolkestein Directive " following the name of the Commissioner who originally presented it in January 2004) and the amendments introduced by Parliament.
Guntars KRASTS (UEN) uzsver, ka " n eatkarīgi no apspriešanas un balsojuma rezultāta Eiropas Parlamentā Eiropa nevarēs izvairīties no pakalpojumu sektora liberalizācijas, kas atraisītu jaunus iekšējos izaugsmes avotus Eiropas savienības tirgū un paaugstinātu ES globālo konkurētspēju ."