Liberal Leader Guy Verhofstadt underlined that the position as President of council should be filled by "Somebody, who believes in EU integration and not eurosceptic, and believes in community method that takes Europe forward."
Liberāļu grupas līderis Guy Verhofstadt (Beļgija) uzsvēra, ka Padomes prezidenta amatu būtu jāieņem „kādam, kas tic ES integrācijai, nav eiroskeptiķis un uzskata, ka kopienas metode virza Eiropu uz priekšu”.