The final report of the Conference is presented to the Presidents of Parliament, Council and Commission during a closing event on 9 May, Europe Day, in Strasbourg. Atmosphere shots of the Closing event, arrivals of Presidents Metsola, von der Leyen and Macron, hand-over of the Conference final report, family photo and extracts from the statements by the three Presidents.

Strasbourg

ceremony

MACRON, Emmanuel (FR)

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METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

VON DER LEYEN, Ursula (DE, EC)

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Conference on the Future of Europe - Closing Event: extracts from the ceremony

Ambiance shots of the handover of the final report of the Conference (12 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Our European project has been a success. Story may not be perfect, but we represent a bastion of liberal democracy, of personal freedoms, of liberty, of thought, of safety and security.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Our Europe must remain a place where you can be who you wish to be, where your potential is not impacted by your birthplace, your gender or sexual orientation. a Europe that stands up for our rights, for women, for minorities, for us all. A Europe that leaves nobody, nobody behind

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, This has been an intense experience in the power of participatory democracy. After months of discussions and powerful debate, I want to thank you for believing in the promise of Europe

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, This is the moment to answer Europe's call. This is our time. Thank you. (Applaus)

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, EC President, I want to address every single one of you who took part in this conference. Your message has been, well, received and now it's time to deliver.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, EC President, It's now up to us to take the most direct way there, either by using the full limits of what we can do within the treaties or, yes, by changing the treaties if need be.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ursula VON DER LEYEN, EC President, You have proven that this form of democracy works, and I believe we should give it more room. It should become part of the way we make policy. And this is why I will propose that in future we give citizen panels the time and the resources to make recommendation before we present key legislative proposals.

SOUNDBITE (French), Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French republic, This new step is an unprecedented democratic exercise in the union where we're not bringing Europeans together in a spirit of confrontation. to try and find simplistic options, but to think together about what the future of Europe could be, which is what you have done and it's unprecedented [

SOUNDBITE (French), Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, So the challenge you face with is to be just as effective in times of peace and without a crisis to go to. So we have to decide quickly together, investing massively in the right things, not leaving anyone behind. That is what it is to be European. So faced with this, we also have to reform our texts. That is clear. And I'm forced to say today that one of the avenues for this reform would be to convene a convention to revise the treaties (Applaus)

SOUNDBITE (French), Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, That is a proposal by the European Parliament. And I approve this.(Applaus)