Closing statements on the future of European competitiveness. Parliament debate the findings of the Draghi's report on a blueprint for boosting Europe’s competitiveness after his address. The report calls the challenge facing policy makers an “existential” one and warns that procrastination will lead to hard choices having to be made. It proposes far-reaching changes to numerous areas such as an “unprecedented” boost to public investment, including through the issuance of new EU common debt, a reform of the EU’s cohesion policy, an overhaul of competition policy, and a new industrial policy with at its core a strategy for reducing Europe’s high energy prices.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

European competitiveness (T)

The future of European competitiveness: Closing statements

SOUNDBITE (Original), Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&amp;D, MT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margarita de la PISA CARRIÓN (Patriots, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marion MARECHAL (ECR, FR), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stéphanie YON-COURTIN (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), MARTINS Catarina (The Left, PT), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pilar del CASTILLO VERA (EPP, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dan NICA (S&amp;D, RO), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ Diana (NI, RO), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Auke ZIJLSTRA (Patriots, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Svenja HAHN (Renew, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), François-Xavier BELLAMY (EPP, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), CEULEMANS Estelle (S&amp;D, BE), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paolo BORCHIA (Patriots, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Christophe GRUDLER (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Massimiliano SALINI (EPP, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jonás FERNÁNDEZ (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), YAR Lucia (Renew, SK), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Reinhold LOPATKA (EPP, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicola ZINGARETTI (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), DE LA HOZ QUINTANO Ra&uacute;l (EPP, ES), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), TEMIDO Marta (S&amp;D, PT), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Evelyn REGNER (S&amp;D, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), MORATTI Letizia (EPP, IT), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), PIPEREA Gheorghe (ECR, RO), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Billy KELLEHER (Renew, IE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), BOSANAC Gordan (Greens/EFA, HR), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), OLIVEIRA Jo&atilde;o (The Left, PT), - 

SOUNDBITE (Original), Davor Ivo STIER (EPP, HR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ (NI, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), JOŃSKI Dariusz (EPP, PL), - 