Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits Vienna and addresses the Austrian Parliament, where she meets Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the National Council, and Günter KOVACS, the President of the Federal Council.

statement

meeting

official visit

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

EU - Austria (T)

Austria

Vienna

president's agenda

SOBOTKA, Wolfgang (AT)

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Vienna (Austria): extracts from the address to the Plenary sitting, meeting with Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the National Council, meeting with Günter KOVACS, the President of the Federal Council

Exterior views of the Austrian Parliament, Vienna (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, It is that spirit of change, renewal and modernisation symbolised in this building that I want Europe to embrace. We can change, we can regenerate and we can do so while reinforcing the foundations of our European project. Nostalgia may give us a blanket of comfort, but it cannot drive politics. We must remain future driven and have the foresight to understand that to meet tomorrow's challenges properly, we must take tough decisions today, and we must do so in a manner that is sustainable and that does not simply push more problems into the generation who come after us.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, A closer Europe means a better Europe. Our Europe is not a far away entity. Europe does not seek to make everyone the same or homogeneous. We understand that we are different, that we have different cultures, national realities and our differences and our ability to come together is precisely what makes us strong.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, As Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once said, and I quote, "We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten eacother by means of discussion". That is what the European Parliament is all about. That is what Europe is all about. Thank you.

Interior views of the Austrian Parliament, Vienna (2 shots)

Handshake and photo between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and G&uuml;nter KOVACS, the President of the Austrian Federal Council (1 shot)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President signs the guests book in the presence of G&uuml;nter KOVACS, the President of the Austrian Federal Council (2 shots)

Roundtable between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and G&uuml;nter KOVACS, the President of the Federal Council (5 shots)

Handshare and photo between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the Austrian National Council, and G&uuml;nter KOVACS, the President of the Austrian Federal Council (1 shot)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, signs the guests book in presence of Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the Austrian National Council (2 shots)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the Austrian National Council walk inside the Austrian Parliament's building (3 shots)