The EU parliament should vote directly on matters, not give up authority to the EU commission,
War is raging at Europe’s borders and we must be ready for what lies ahead, working hand in hand with Nato,
Our defence spending must increase,
Finding ways to work with each other and overcoming fragmentation. This is what I and all 26 women and men with me will strive for every single day. We are ready to get to work immediately,
We have no time to waste. And we must be as ambitious as the threats are serious."
Our freedom and sovereignty depend more than ever on our economic strength. Our security depends on our ability to compete, innovate and produce,
For us to be competitive, Europe must be home to the next wave of frontier technologies,
For Europe to catch up, we will also need to make things easier for our companies,
We are roughly as good as the U.S. at creating start-ups. But when it comes to scale-ups, we are doing much worse than our competitors. We have to close that gap,
The greatest strength of the Single Market is that it replaces the myriad national standards and customs, with a single set of rules. So we need to get back to what the Single Market does best. And make business easy across Europe,
Business expenditure for research and development in Europe accounts for about 1.3% of GDP. That is compared to 1.9% in China and 2.4% in the U.S.. This private capital gap is the main reason we lag behind on overall R&D spending, and thus on innovation,
Let there be no doubt, we want Ukraine as part of the European Union ... We will get ready with the reforms that we need on our side,
A start-up from California can expand and raise money all across the United States. But a start-up in Europe has to deal with 27 different national barriers. We need to make it easier to grow in Europe,