The Turkish spokesman pointed out Macedonia deserves to become a full member of the EU, while the Bulgarian representative stressed his country's excellent relations with Macedonia, calling on to Greece to take its model. The representative from Switzerland remarked no monopolies are possible on toponyms, demanding discussion of the justifiability of the Greek fears. Macedonia, he pointed out, is the most demilitarised region in Europe. He considers the embargo a dangerous political decision introducing suspicion in the Badinter Commission's values. In spite of the long debate, no precise proposals were made for resolving of the problem.
Unofficial sources inform a new debate is to be initiated and ended with a resolution.
However, no specific suggestions for settling the dispute came out of it, except for the reiteration that both sides had to sit down and negotiate. The one and a half hour discussion at the European Council in Strasburg, within the framework of the debate about the current events, was fully dedicated to the Greek embargo on Macedonia. Almost all of the 28 deputies who took the stand, except for the Greek speakers, condemned the Greek economic blockade. The discussion itself began with the introduction by the Briton David Atkinson, who presented a short resume of the conflict, more specifically, the embargo, reminding that in spite of the amendments that RM made to its Constitution, Greece was still not backing down from its position, being, thereby in violation of the EU rules. At the end, he proposed that the next meeting of the Commissions of the European Council not be held in Thessaloniki, as it was announced, but in Macedonia, providing Greece does not lift the embargo by that time.