Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her introductory remark on the children injured in knife attack in Annecy, ahead of the plenary session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

statement

Strasbourg

plenary session

EU - France (T)

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

president's agenda

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the children injured by a knife attack in Annecy

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, In France, in Annecy, the world witnessed a horrific attack against children and toddlers with a man wielding a knife, stabbing indiscriminately in the midst of the panic and the horror. Men and women, passers by stood up and prevented further bloodshed and tragedy. Strangers putting themselves in harm's way and showing the very best of France and of Europe.