The President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda addresses MEPs and shares his views on Europe’s current situation, challenges, and future direction. Introduction by Roberta METSOLA, EP President. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - Lithuania (T)

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

president's agenda

NAUSĖDA, Gitanas (LT)

This is Europe Debate (T)

This is Europe - Debate with Gitanas NAUSEDA, President of Lithuania: introduction by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

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SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Good morning, dear colleagues. Today we have with us the president of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda. President, thank you for accepting our invitation to address the European Parliament as part of our This is Europe series of debates.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, It has been over one year since Russia launched its full scale military invasion of independent and sovereign Ukraine, and in this time, Lithuania has never held back from sending aid to Ukraine and has been one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine's European perspective.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, The Lithuanian people have welcomed more than 74,000 Ukrainians into their homes and their hearts in what is the largest inflow of refugees in the history of the country. Lithuania solidarity towards Ukraine has never and let up. Thank you also for your commitment to a democratic Belarus.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Dear colleagues, we have already witnessed our union becoming stronger and more resilient. Facing these challenges together has made us more united. And in this time of global instability, we need to speed up investment in Europe to put our economy back on a stable path of growth.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, President, your push for a long term competitiveness strategy and ambitious trade policy and boosting conditions for investment has been central to this vision of a better, more prosperous Europe. Dear President, the floor is yours.