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Metsola: Defence And Energy Independence Can No Longer Wait

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President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola has delivered a speech at the Conference on Europe closing event declaring that a unified EU policy on defence can 'no longer wait'. Metsola says that the EU Parliament will insist on a 'convention' as the next step.

  • Livestream of the ongoing event here: LINK (Von der Leyen and Macron speeches to come)
  • Metsola: 'We need a new security and defence policy because alone we are vulnerable,' she continues, 'the EU can compliment rather than compete with existing alliances.'
  • Metsola: 'There are issues that can no longer wait: defense policy, energy independence, climate change, prevention of new pandemics.'
  • Metsola: 'We are still too reliant on autocrats for energy.'
  • Metsola: 'This conference on the future of Europe has been an intense experience in the power of participatory democracy.'
  • Metsola: 'We should not be afraid to unleash the power of Europe to change people's lives for the better.'


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