Speaking on behalf of the GUE/NGL group, Lothar BISKY (DE) expressed the need for transparency to be applied to dealing with the current economic crisis, stating that "the causes of the crisis are always claimed to have come from the distant US or from certain banks and bankers...and that EU heads of state have nothing to do with the crisis, but I think that transparency also means talking about the failures of policy that actually contributed to the crisis in the first place."
Francesco Enrico SPERONI ("Brīvības un demokrātijas Eiropa", Itālija) aicināja Zviedriju likt uzsvaru uz iedzīvotāju uzticības krīzi, ko pierādīja zemā aktivitāte Eiropas Parlamenta vēlēšanās.