The G8 meeting in Heiligendamm showed our partners that when we are united, we can exert influence, he continued, citing as further examples progress in opening up the transatlantic market and the "open skies" agreement with the US and Chancellor Merkel's laying down of Europe's "red lines" at her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samara.
Novērtējot 22. jūnija vienošanos, deputāts atzina, ka reformas līgums "ir ļoti labs" — tas "nodrošinās labāku institucionālo sistēmu", taču nožēloja, ka nav izdevies saglabāt ārlietu ministra amatu un kopīgos simbolus.