12
Mar
2025
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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)
Mr. President! Dear Sir/Madam, The real danger to the future of the European Union lies within it. Individual regions are several times more developed than others, and there is a growing belief in first- and second-class Europeans. The principle of reciprocity, where those with more help those with less, is embedded in cohesion policy. Therefore, thinking of devoting these funds to defence instead of regional development means that the less developed will pay for the security of the much more developed. That's intolerable. Today, the procedures are too complicated. In other words, if players start playing football on the field, they have to play basketball in the second half and finally water polo. This is how the rules in the area of cohesion policy change. Instead of uncertainty, we need predictability. Instead of mistrust, trust, and above all, we must give a voice to those who face challenges every day, who are people. This is the Europe we all deserve.