Roberta Metsola Honours Berlin Wall’s 34th Anniversary With Keynote Speech In German Capital
Embracing change, protecting citizens, ensuring social wellbeing were the focus of European Parliament President Roberta Metsola’s speech in Berlin while commemorating the 34th anniversary of the Berlin Wall.
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Metsola was invited to give a Keynote Speech ‘State of Europe’ by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Addressing a jam-packed Allianz Forum in Berlin, Metsola said that 34 years from when the Berlin Wall came down, it is once again time to defend the European way of life.
Touching on various topics, Metsola gave a message of hope and optimism.
“Ours is a European Union that must strike the right balance between embracing change and protecting citizens. Our responsibility is to ensure our people’s physical, economic and environmental security, to ensure social wellbeing and equality of opportunity.”
Ahead of next year’s European elections, Metsola made the pitch for the political centre. “The political centre is best placed to cut through the noise and stay focused on meeting the challenges of our time,” she said.
In her address, she also spoke on the situation in the Middle East, on the importance of Europe’s continued support to Ukraine, on migration, on climate, and on Europe’s next steps towards enlargement.
Concluding, the PN MEP explained why it is important that the EU must keep listening. “The future of Europe will be defined by our ability to remain sovereign, by our ability to defend democracy at home and abroad, and by our ability to keep people at the heart of all decisions.”
Following her speech, Metsola participated in a panel of question and answer, with Philipp Lahm, former captain of the German national football team, as well as Tournament Director of next year’s Euro 2024 which will be held in Germany.
She was also invited to the Bundestag by President Bärbel Bas, where they discussed the strengthening of cooperation between the German and the European Parliament.
And during her visit, Metsola also met a number of Maltese artists, cultural professionals and members of civil society who were in Berlin for the Berlin Conference.
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