The future of Europe is at stake, the event of the European Political Community is a good opportunity for us to review all topics that are of common interest to all of us – Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, told journalists on Thursday before the EPC summit in Budapest.
Europe needs to show that it has to take responsibility together, as it did during the pandemic, with the economic steps taken at the time, and as this stance was also shown during the energy crisis caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine
– he said.
Von der Leyen explained that they have to discuss three main issues in Budapest. The first is a joint plan to promote competitiveness, digitization and decarbonisation. The second is to overcome our common dependencies and create a more level playing field for our economy and businesses. (…) And the third element is to increase our defense capabilities and investments, and to expand our level of preparedness. The future of Europe is in our hands, we must act now, he said.
The President of the Commission congratulated Donald Trump, the newly elected President of the United States, on his victory. I look forward to working together again and strengthening transatlantic ties. We will review what tasks are ahead of us. I have experience in cooperation with President Trump from his previous presidency, so there is something to build on – emphasized the President of the European Commission.
In response to a journalist’s question, he stated: it is important for the European Union to stay on the path it has been following for years, because in his opinion it is successful. According to him, one of the very important experiences of the past years for Europeans was that when they face challenges, no single member state can handle them alone. In response to another question regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war, Von der Leyen spoke about:
it is in all of our interests that the world’s autocrats receive a very clear message that there is no such thing as a right to power and that the rule of law is important. He added that it is our common interest not to allow anyone to intimidate others, and the integrity of the countries must be protected.
The summit of the European Political Community has begun, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Turkish President and the NATO Secretary General have also arrived at the Puskás Arena Viktor Orbán: Europe is in a difficult, complicated and dangerous situation
We must examine how peace can be restored in Europe – Viktor Orbán declared on Thursday in the opening speech of the Budapest meeting of the European Political Community in the Puskás Arena. 47 heads of state and government and heads of major international organizations were invited to the summit.
One day later, on Friday, November 8, the heads of state or government of the EU member states will hold an informal summit. In addition to Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Finnish Petteri Orpo have already arrived on the scene. prime minister.
Source: nepszava.hu
