På mødet erklærede man, at fastboende tredjelandsstatsborgeres retsstilling skal tilnærmes EU-borgernes retsstilling, så de har en række ensartede rettigheder, der ligger så tæt som muligtpå EU-borgernes rettigheder.
This called for the legal status of long-term legally resident third-country nationals to be approximated to that of Member State nationals, so that they have a set of uniform rights as near as possible to those enjoyed by EU citizens.