During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. Statement by Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), Group speaker. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

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state of the Union

BEGHIN, Tiziana (NI, IT)

state of the European Union 2021 (T)

State of the European Union 2021 debate: Statement by Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), Group speaker

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), Thank you, President. President Von der Leyen, Commissioners, colleagues, in the coming months we will have to make decisions that will have important consequences for the next generations. The future is in our hands. The 5 Star Movement has a proposal, let's meet President Von der Leyen, let's discuss together with Giuseppe Conte whose contribution was fundamental for the Recovery Fund, how to transform the pact of stability in a solidarity and development pact.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), Sustainable development, to save our planet from environmental catastrophe, technological development to help our businesses compete in the global market. Development of rights because in too many areas of Europe they are denied. The Commission is proposing changes to the current budget constraints that the pandemic has put out of history. Turbocharging public investment with a new pact that replaces the word austerity with solidarity.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Tiziana BEGHIN (NI, IT), We approve the European minimum wage. We strengthen the common foreign and defence policy so that the citizens of the world look at our values, democracy and freedom, as a model to follow. Finally, I conclude president by thanking her for inviting our champion Bebe Vio. If Europe has even half the character and courage of this extraordinary champion, the future will not scare us. Thank you.