EP President Roberta METSOLA talks with Young Spaniards at the Town Hall in Madrid.

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Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President in Madrid (Spain): Town Hall Discussion with Young Spaniards

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Arrival on stage of Roberta METSOLA, EP President in Town Hall, Madrid, Spain, 29/02/2024, (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, Do you know how many Spanish members of Parliament there are now? Do you know how many there are going to be in June? You are well prepared. Right audience.. So 61 people are will be voted from by you on the night of June. Our slogan is if you don't vote. Others will decide for you. And I don't think you want others to decide for you. I think you want to be able to decide who represents you for the next five years, for Spain and for Europe.

SOUNDBITE (English), Spanish student, What can the EU do in order to ensure accessibility and inclusion in the whole electoral process?

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, We had a report that was, negotiated actually by a Spanish member of European Parliament. His name is Dom&egrave;nec RUIZ DEVESA, it was last November, if I'm not mistaken, put forward this proposal of the QR code that you yourself has just mentioned, Daniel, as a way to increase accessibility for people with a disability to the vote. I my let's say I have grown up with, an aim to make sure. And this is what politics should be all about. This is what the European Parliament is all about. You mentioned competences, but this is goes beyond the strict legal limitations of what competences are, is that I want the European Parliament to be the House for all, and that every person who has a right to vote in our European Union should be able to do so freely, openly and fairly