Responding to the white paper, Syed Kamall, leader of ECR group, said "Recent referendum results in Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and Denmark have shown a loss of faith in the EU. The ECR Group has always made it clear that the EU can restore confidence by reforming to become a community of nations cooperating in shared institutions in areas where they share common interests such as trade, the single market, energy, development or cross-border transport."
Kamall said the EU has lost its way though it has achieved a great deal in eliminating barriers, promoting prosperity and spreading stability.
"With major reform, decentralization and respect for our member states, the EU can move past the era of expensive sticking plasters over many cracks, and towards delivering its original promise for citizens of EU states," Kamall said.
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats group (ALDE), stressed the need to start a further inter-institutional reflection on the future of Europe.
He also said that the EU currently lacks real capabilities to address many of today's challenges, and urged EU countries to stop using the unanimous vote rule to block vital efforts to move the Union forward.
"We need to listen to the citizens," stressed Patrick Le Hyaric, vice president of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group (GUE/NGL). He called for another "bottom-up" scenario, which takes account of people's aspirations for justice, equality, solidarity, environment protection and public health. "Otherwise, we'll fail to meet the challenge," he warned.
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