00:00So, first of all, we very much welcome the fact that President Zelensky is here and we are very glad
00:08that we can continue to work on the enlargement path also in the new parliament as accession negotiations have started
00:16with Ukraine and Moldova, something that we asked for for a very long time and I have no doubt that
00:21the next European Parliament will continue on that path.
00:25On the programme, so two and a half weeks ago we had European elections, we got pretty clear messages from
00:31those elections and now we have to make sure that we implement the political message into our programme and that
00:37means that we need to renew our focus on competitiveness, on security, on defence and also on making sure that
00:43nobody is left behind in the digital and green transitions.
00:47Those were pretty clear messages to us and that is around the messages that we are building as we start
00:54to compose the new parliament.
00:55Finally, on the appointments, we very much look forward in order for us to take the first steps on an
01:01agreement today during this European Council.
01:04We are ready as a European Parliament to take the necessary decisions so once they are taken, we do it.
01:10Thank you very much.
01:12Six men decided on the EU's most important jobs, is it very democratic?
01:17Well, the decision will be taken today. We look forward to it. Thank you very much.
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