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Good morning. Nice to see you all. All good?

Big day for the European Parliament and for the European Union as we today have the highlight in our annual calendar,

which is the presentation of the State of the Union.

But it is also the moment for Members to debate, to ask questions, and to demand answers.

From the European Parliament perspective, our demands are pretty clear.

First of all, we would expect strong announcements on competitiveness, how to keep costs down, but at the same time,

how as a Europe, we're going to compete and stand on our own 2 ft.

Secondly, on security,

how we're going to make sure that our external borders are secure and that our people feel safe in the European Union.

Thirdly, on climate, especially after what we've seen over the past months,

we have to make sure that we are prepared, better prepared for extreme weather on our continent.

And fourthly, on the social agenda, how can we make life more affordable for our citizens? That's what our citizens want. They want their life to be safer.

They want it to be more affordable, and they want it to be fairer.

We are especially proud to have Prime Minister Carney here.

He will attend today's State of the Union.

He will arrive in just a few moments and then he will address members of the European Parliament tomorrow. This sends the strongest of messages.

First of all, That from this house we are projecting Europe as a geopolitical actor.

Secondly, that we want to embed and we want to deepen our relationship with friends across the world,

both in terms of trade, countries that have similar values to us, that value democracy, that look forward.

In a world that is more interconnected and that I'm sure both today with Prime Minister Carney with individual members of this House and tomorrow before the whole Parliament he will project. Thank you very much. Enjoy.

Yes, let's focus on the state of the Union today and we'll see. First of all they expect answers.

I think you know we are almost in the middle of this legislature.

We are still waiting for some pretty big legislative packages to come.

Secondly, that we focus on them having jobs, that they can have affordable housing,

and that they continue to stay living in the European Union no matter in which part of the European Union they live.

We still have too many gaps between countries and others,

too many gaps and differences between urban areas and rural areas.

That's something that I feel and see every time I go to a member state,

no matter which one, and that is really something they want answers from in this Parliament.

This is something that we will wait to see from the European Commission president.

You will probably recall that last year she announced a consultative process with tech platforms and with different actors across the European Union.

What at least I would wish to see is that anything that was proposed.

And that would be feasible,

would be applicable towards throughout the whole union because the risk is that we will have a fragmented application of a rule that is not possible to implement.

So let's see, let's hope, but it's clear that we need to do something. Thank you. Yes, last one, last one.

Against climate change and they are very sensitive to the topics and we are talking about resilience,

adaptation, but are we also talking about fighting climate change.

In fact, this is also what I mentioned at the beginning of my few words with you.

We will definitely want to hear something about extreme weather. And vulnerability.

And as you said, when we talk about vulnerability, who are the people most affected?

We have the elderly, the sick, children and young people. Thank you, thank you.

I need to go. Thank you. It was the first. For the.