MEPs and national MPs from the EU and Mediterranean countries met for two days drafting resolutions, one of which urged governments to "ensure respect for religious beliefs and to encourage the values of tolerance, freedom and multiculturalism."

Danish parliamentarian MP Troels Poulsen, reacting to criticism on Danish society over the issue, insisted that Danish society is based on both freedom of expression and religious tolerance. He also said that the government can not influence the media and the violent reaction to the cartoons was disproportionate.