Barroso je dodao kako EU pažljivo prati debatu o sekularizmu, ali da nije bila u poziciji da intervenira u raspravi koja je nedavno dovela do ukidanja zabrane nošenja hidžaba za žene.
Barroso added that the EU was closely following the debate on secularism but was not in a position to intervene in the debate that recently led to the lifting of a ban on women wearing headscarves.