00:00I come from a country that is very close to Italy, both geographically, culturally, linguistically and historically.
00:07So it is a pleasure for me to be able to discuss, I would like to visit that country officially
00:15after the funeral last week,
00:17which was very solemn and very well deserved by the former President David Sassoli.
00:23I will refer to him in when he said at the last European Council that there is much cruel inflexibility
00:30in the rules.
00:31And I think going forward, when we look at the rules that we have, let's say, modified, looked at during
00:38the pandemic,
00:39we need to see now as economies start to slowly recover.
00:43I think this is a parliament that needs to be on the side of those countries that need to continue
00:50to invest to make sure that they are not left behind,
00:53that you don't have parts of the countries that are more marginalized after the pandemic.
00:59We have heard it. We have heard different governments making this point.
01:03Of course, this has to be coupled with transparency, this parliament has insisted on, no abuse and also accountability for
01:11expenditure.
01:11So this is something that my colleagues in the Budgetary Control Committee, in the Economic Affairs Committee have made very
01:17clear,
01:18and that is a position that will continue to be upheld by this parliament.
01:22But yes, cruel inflexibility needs to be addressed, and that is something that I will continue to push after the
01:28legacy of President Sassoli.
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