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Colleagues, we have heard of the disappearance of Emma Bonino,

and this really is a very sad event. She was a member of Parliament. She was a European commissioner.

She was a member of the Italian Parliament and minister.

She devoted her life to defending freedom and equality,

and she contributed to building a fairer society.

She will be missed by Italian society in Europe.

She built history and she will continue to be alive in the work of this Parliament.

This House mourned the passing of another great European.

The former Member and President of this House, Klaus Hänsch,

we remember him as a principled and courageous European who steered this Parliament through a time of profound change for our Union.

He worked tirelessly to bring this House closer to Europeans and was a lifelong champion of a more ambitious,

united Europe with democracy at its center.

His legacy lives on every day in this House, and we will remember him.

And I ask you now to please join me in a moment of silence.

Thank you.