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05:01και το Παιδείο είναι πίεδο πίεθαμε.
05:03Οι κάνει διαδικατήμα του οικονομικούς είναι το για αυτό που πρόκειται από τα φωνά μας να μπορούν να εαφασίσω με
05:11την Ευρωπαϊκή.
05:12Ή αυτό είναι η ηθιστική ενδιαφέση που αντιμούνται από την Ελλάδα.
05:14Ή είναι πίεσο πολύς πίεδες χώρες γιατί επίπεδο, προσπαθούσταν από τονίγες και τις βοηθήσεις.
05:20Ή that's what means making our energy prices high, and that's what we need to invest.
05:23Είναι αυτό το οποίο συνδέχουμε και μ'μφανταστικές επιτοσμενές,
05:26αυτά πρέπει να Racρήσετε από το ππλήκο.
05:28μαντράβεται ΜΟΟΡΕΛΚΛΛΛΛΛΛΕ.
05:31Ετός να δείξουμε τίποτα μικρά πόλικά, αλλά πρέπει να πρέπει να η ΦΟΟΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛ.
05:34Δεν πειξουν να ρυθέουμε τους προσπίσεις μία σχέση.
05:38Μπορείται για ε研究 με την περιοσσότερη εργαλεγγία.
05:39Ξέσουν μεγάλες χωριστά από τα πράγματα,
05:42που δεν θα εμφανίξει σε αυτό που θα κάνει καλύτερα.
05:45Και να χρειάζουμε αυτό.
05:46Και το δύσκολο είναι οι δυοχείες.
05:48Ποιο μπορούν να κάνουν τα δυοχείες.
05:50Ήταν η δυοχείες και πρέπει να εμπλαμβάνει τα,
05:54εμφανίσουμε τα και να κάνουμε το καλύτερο.
05:57Δηλαδή, πρέπει να πρέπει να δείξουμε ότι οι δυοχείες που χρειάζονται
06:01είναι κάθε μέρος, σε κάθε στραγμό της Ευρώπης.
06:04Συμφανίσεις σε δυοχείο, αυτό ναι, πρέπει να μου έμπρεπε.
06:07Μακρουσ.
06:07Μακρουσ.
06:08Η πρόβλημα είναι που είναι στραγμό για ποιο.
06:10Και δεν μπορούμε να ουσιαστώ ότι κάθε πρόβλημα στην Ευρώπη
06:12πρέπει να είναι δυοχείς από την Ευρώπη.
06:13Εμείς χρειάζονταν τα στραγμό Ημία, στραγμό,
06:17ο κοινωνικής φορία, όλα αυτά, είναι κοινωνική πόλης
06:20και οδήποτε είναι η τρομή της ίδισης.
06:22Αν την άλλη σπίστηση είναι η εξάρτηση.
06:36Επίσης, όμως, όμως, έχουμε μόνο νεοκοσμούς στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, έχουμε ένα πρόβλημα.
06:41Οπότε, όμως, όμως, οι ευρωπαϊκές να προσφέρουμε την εργασία για την εργασία.
06:45Αυτό δεν θα δίνει μόνο από φωτοβουλτάκες και αυτοί.
06:48Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE, όμως, χρειάζουμε άλλες σώσεις.
06:50Αυτό είναι αυτό που δεν υπήρχονται για το μόνο,
06:52γιατί έχουμε πολύ βιοκρατικό πρόβλημα για αυτήν την εργασία,
06:55και όμως για ένα βίντεο, στην Ελλάδα, χρειάζει ένα χρόνο για να γίνει το αλλαγόνιο για να δίνει το βίντεο.
07:01Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE, είμαστε δύσκολοί από τα δύσκολα.
07:04Okay, Benedetta, η απλήτηση.
07:06Επίσης, ότι πρέπει να προσφέρουμε τις προσφέρουσες μας,
07:09την προσφέρουσή μας.
07:10Αυτό που δεν είναι στους ομιβούς, γιατί δεν είναι στους εργασίες.
07:15Ομιβούς, από παιδί, δεν είναι στους αυτοίς.
07:18Είναι στους αυτοίς.
07:25Ευχαριστώ.
07:27ουσιακό νέα, είναι μουλτινάσια στους ταξιάιστες.
07:30Ε内 departed.
07:31Είναι αυτό ciao να μήνουν ôμνιβούς.
07:33Ενμένα μέσα σε όμ Hod targeted cevander quando βεύση Κυβάστηση.
07:37Δεν έχω εMER byτανapolis στην ομ상을 τεμ 힘�τυ büyσετες αυτοίς.
07:42ΈNever έκαよね.
07:43Τώρα που έχουμε αλλαγές inπầnλέ sweater,
07:47στονέγμα nächsten κομισμένων.
07:48Στο που θέλουν είναι αυτοί ήμουν να ανυτ��ερυτεί στο σπίγetts.
07:52Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE, που ήταν για αυτοί και οι Ευρώις έπρεπε.
07:56Αυτό είναι ότι αυτοί είναι για τα δασκάμενα, δεν χρειάζεται για τα δημιουργία,
08:03χρειάεται για το αυτό που θέλουμε, όπως βάζονται, όπως βίντευνο άνθρωποι, όπως αυτοί και σαρρή.
08:08Είχαμε να χρειάζεται για τα δημιουργία.
08:10Ωραία, Λαρή.
08:11Λαρή, Λαρή, Λαρή, Λαρή, Λαρή, Λαρή, Λαρή.
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10:55Ωραία, φινλάδι.
10:57Ωραία, υπέροχασή.
10:59Αυτό που έχουμε για χρόνια.
11:00Αν έχουμε υπέροχασία, δεν θα έχουμε...
11:03Αν θέλετε όσο καλύτερα, μπορούμε να δεύσουμε τη συζήτηση.
11:05Δεν θα είναι η μία τυράση.
11:09Μακρουσ, θέλω να κάνω την ερώτηση.
11:11Μακρουσ, θέλω να κάνω την ίδια πρώτη.
11:12Ναι, αυτό που θέλω να κάνω.
11:14Ευχαριστώ ότι έχω την ευκολία.
11:15Η Βρήνη, την οικονομική κλήματος, ΡΡΗΜΑ,
11:19πιστεύω την προγραμματικότητα,
11:30από 5 χρόνια, και έχουμε, για παράδειγμα, η υπόλοι AUTHORWAVE, που είναι από 35 χρόνια,
11:36και πολλές πράγματα έχουν αλλάξει, ότι έχουμε να δημιουργήσουμε αυτά,
11:39και αυτό δεν είναι ένα σχέδιο αντιμετωπή, αλλά πραγματικά να προσθέσεις σε μια νέα σημεία.
11:46Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE, ότι προσθέσεις σε μια νέα σημεία θα είναι πολύ καλύτερα,
11:49αν δούμε τι είναι η σημεία, αλλά όμως η ΕΠΠΑ δεν προσθέσεις την κοινωνία.
11:54Εθνώς η ΕΠΠΑ, αντιμετωπίωμα, δεν μπορείς να κάνουμε κάτι.
11:57Ακτονί αποφθέσεις σε μια νέα σημεία αντιμετωπή.
12:03Προσθέσεις που δεν θα κάνουν εντάδειμονές, δεν θα κάνουν αυτομα μετωπτικά.
12:10Αυτή η ΕΠΑ-ΤΩΤΕ.
12:16Δεν θα συμπέθ grues.
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15:06για αυτό and therefore we have to make it cheaper,
15:08and therefore Europe can play a role.
15:10Okay, Marcus, one last question to Benedetta.
15:12One last question to Benedetta in this round.
15:14Yeah, so if we speak about autonomy and stuff like that,
15:18I think we have to speak about trade agreements as well.
15:20How Europe can create a rule-based world
15:24with trade partners around the globe.
15:26And I was wondering why, for example, the Green Group
15:29was voting against the Mercosur Agreement with the far right,
15:33και έδωσε το κόρδο του πρόεδρου,
15:36δεν έδωσε το ρευθύνει.
15:38Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE.
15:39Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE,
15:39είναι η ίδια σωστά για τις δημές που χρειάζονται
15:41και οι Ελληνες που θέλουν.
15:43Είναι φωτονικό,
15:44δίνεται από την ΕΠΠΗ μου.
15:46Δεν φύγει.
15:47Δεν μαζε τα μεγράφωνα.
15:49Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE.
15:49Ο ίδιος madre myiotε.
15:51Δεν είχαν δε συναισθήκοντας την ημερασία
15:59για να μου Έξω σέψαφανα για την ελληνική φόλη,
16:01και προσπαθαίνουν να μας καθέψελούν
16:02Δεν είχαν εξάγοντας τον εφημερισία
16:04που Ελλάδα σχεδίζει μια συγκεκριμένηρισμή
16:10που ήταν αγωνιωμένος που είχε να κοινήσει αυτό το μες τους Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE, ότι είναι αυτοί που θα δημιουργήσει μας.
16:18Τι να συμβάσεις τα ευκαιορώπους.
16:21Αν ποιο πανένα σου ζωήκανε.
16:23Αν ποιο πανένας ζητήρας, δύο πανένας.
16:25Αν ποιο πανένας, διεύτερον.
16:25Ωραία, κόμουν να είχε να είχατε όσα είπα.
16:28Αν το είπαμε πανένα, ότι είπαμε πανένας πανένας.
16:30Ευχαριστώ.
16:31Είχε δύο πανένας.
16:40ότι από να το κάνω και ότι δεν είχα και εννοίω αυτό που είμαι γι'ίρισκό,
16:44οπότε δεν καθέραν είναι κατά π 1977.
16:45Ενώ προσπαθήσω, 25 χρόνια είναι κατά από τηνillä...
16:50Επίσης, είναι 25 χρόνια.
16:52Εγώ την βήμαξα για να κάνεις τέτοιμμανο και έχεις τέτοιμμα για αφού.
16:56Δεν έχεις τέτοιμμα για τα άμεσα εδώ.
16:58Δεν έχεις τέτοιμμα για τα άμεσα στο άμεσα.
17:00Δεν έχεις τέτοιμμα για οι φάρμοι.
17:03Και όταν είναι για να κάνω για την ένωση για το φάρκ Didiaー
17:07δαίκτυα είναι δευμένη με τελευταία.
17:10Δεν έχω δίκτυα με τελευταίες σύνονες με το τελευταίο,
17:14γιατί μεzięμιζάνει με σύνοδεξη από τη διαφορεσία,
17:18που δίκτυα destructive νομίζει.
17:20Δεύχει τη διεύχεια για το διευμένοι.
17:23Δηκτυαμίξει τη δικαιοδοσία, γιατί αυτό το διατηγορεύει.
17:26Είναι δίκτυατική παράψη.
17:33Διακτυαμίξει την αντίοχη, και χωρίς συνδέχεια.
17:36That is a fair trade agreement, sorry.
17:38We've got to take a break here.
17:39Thank you very much so far to our guest.
17:42That's it for now on The Ring.
17:45Stay with us here on Euronews.
17:56Welcome to The Ring, Euronews' weekly debate show.
17:59I'm Stefan Grobet.
18:00I'm joined by two members of the European Parliament,
18:03Benedetta Scuderia from the Italian Greece
18:05and Markus Verberg, Christian Democrat from Germany.
18:08Today we debated the political and legislative priorities of the EU
18:13and we discussed whether Brussels is addressing the issues that matter to people, to European citizens.
18:20Now, what is important to Europeans?
18:22What are their worries?
18:23What are their demands?
18:25And here we have two recent Eurobarometer surveys
18:28that give a pretty good picture of what people are thinking.
18:31When asked what should the European Parliament prioritize,
18:35inflation, rising prices and cost of living, 47% say that almost half of the population.
18:43When it comes to the economy and job creation, it's 35%
18:47and a little less, 34% say it's EU defense and security.
18:52And when asked how the EU's budget should be allocated,
18:56employment, social affairs and public health comes in on top.
19:0141%, a little less, 38% say security and defense.
19:06And finally, 33% say the money should be allocated for education, training, youth, culture and media, go figure.
19:16So, the issue of inflation and increased cost of living is on top of the list.
19:22Not really surprising.
19:23Is the EU, are European governments doing enough to bring prices down and protect households and businesses?
19:30Markus, I'm going to start with you.
19:31Yeah, the fight on the inflation is a responsibility of the European Central Bank, to be very honest.
19:37It's not something we can do as politicians.
19:40It has to be price stability as a mandate of the European Central Bank.
19:44And in my capacity as a member of the Econ Committee, we are in direct exchange with Christine Lagarde.
19:50And I hope, as she has resigned, we will get someone who will really fight against inflation in the years
19:55to come.
19:55Because that will be a key issue.
19:57And therefore, we have to do, as I said before, some investments to reduce the costs,
20:03as we have high demands and low supply that is increasing costs and prices.
20:06Right.
20:07Benelida, we've been hearing these complaints about the high cost of living for quite some time now.
20:14But yet nothing has changed, nothing tangible has changed for European households, families and businesses.
20:22What's wrong here?
20:23I really think Europe should do a step up and should take a big part into this.
20:28Because I'm a federalist and I believe that Europe has to have a big role into the well-being of
20:33people.
20:34And that's why we are asking for more social investments.
20:37That's why we're asking for investments in housing.
20:39That's why we're asking for investment in energy.
20:41Because what is driving up the prices?
20:44Yeah, it's inflation, can be the central bank.
20:46But what is driving up inflation is the energy prices a lot.
20:51What is driving up the prices is the rent prices and so on and so forth.
20:55If we don't do investments into these things, then nothing is going to change for people.
20:59And I really think that the European Parliament should step up and should be clear in what is our direction.
21:07And that's why I was saying at the beginning, this work program is not clearly going into this direction.
21:11And the budget of the European Union is not really going into this direction.
21:14The moment of crisis we're living now, we are even thinking about decreasing the current budget.
21:21That is like pennies at the moment.
21:24I think we need to step up.
21:25You mentioned the EU budget.
21:27We have these heated talks going on for quite some time, probably until the end of the year.
21:32What should the EU budget focus on, Marcus?
21:36What are the topics?
21:38Of course, it's not only one.
21:39If you would have colleagues from the Agri-Committee, from agriculture policy, they would say, yes, it's very important to
21:45be resilient in the food supply and in the production.
21:49If you have people from Pura region, they would say regional policy is key.
21:53Cohesion policy is key.
21:55If you ask me, coming from Germany, I say research and innovation is key.
22:00So we have to prioritize, of course, if we have limited resources.
22:04And sorry, the budget, the public budgets have limited resources on national level and on European level.
22:10But to be very clear, as we have for the moment, 1.1 percent of the GDP.
22:15That's our budget.
22:16If we increase the GDP, we have more resources.
22:19So I think growth, competitiveness is a key element, even to have more resources available to fulfill all the obligations
22:26people are asking from the European Union.
22:28OK.
22:29What about security and defense?
22:30How do we reconcile this with limited resources, as Marcus said?
22:35And now we need to spend more on defense.
22:37I first want to say that I'm a bit tired of this fairy tale of the market and the growth
22:42and everything is going to be fine.
22:44And in the meantime, people are going to be dead and starving.
22:47This is what is happening.
22:48If we wait for this growth that will come eventually and will save us all because the GDP is going
22:53to increase and then we're going to increase the budget, then our people are going to starve.
22:57They don't want this.
23:00They can't keep up anymore.
23:03So the point is we have resources.
23:05It's not true that we don't have resources because look at the money.
23:08Money is very much going to very big pockets of very small amount of people.
23:15So the point is, are we strong enough to take resources from who has the resources?
23:21Because billionaires, because huge profits are increasing and increasing and increasing.
23:26These equalities are increasing and increasing.
23:27What we are telling to the people that now cannot afford to pay for the shop, for the grocery, we
23:34are telling them, sorry, let's make them richer.
23:37The 1% of the population, the 0.1% of the population richer.
23:40So maybe at some point with the tickle down, we all be richer.
23:44We say that's this for a century now.
23:46And what is happening is that inequalities are just increasing and people are worse.
23:51So maybe now it's time to say to the people, to 99%, sorry, we were wrong.
23:57We want to take the money from the smallest part of the population that has the billions, from the huge
24:02profits of who is actually damaging our planet.
24:05Now, in that situation that you just described, sorry, in that situation that you just described, it makes it even
24:11tougher to increase defense and military spending.
24:15How do we reconcile this?
24:17I think we need to look at security as a broader thing when we talk about security.
24:23And one of the problems of the politics today in Europe and in many of our member states is that
24:29we look at security only as weapons.
24:31And if we think that we're going to be more secure just buying more weapons, then this is not the
24:37answer.
24:38We need to look at security as resilience.
24:40We need to look at security as digital cyber security.
24:43And I think these days are really telling us this.
24:45We need to look at security, also security from climate events.
24:49Like security is really a broader concept.
24:51And we need to increase our budget to be able to spend money on security as a broader content and
24:59on all the other priorities,
25:00because they are also extremely important.
25:02And the survey showed it.
25:03We cannot take from one to give to the other because that will not work.
25:07Okay.
25:08Marcus, I'll give you the floor.
25:09Once we've reached the next round, as it's time to move on and go to round number four.
25:20And this brings us to our quote of the week today from the EU Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Valdis
25:27Dombrovskis.
25:27He said recently, and I quote,
25:30In 2027, we will go further in tackling unnecessary burdens and addressing implementation gaps in areas such as transport, housing
25:39and digital and accelerating permitting.
25:42Our goal is clear, less red tape and complexity for citizens and more scope for businesses to invest, innovate and
25:50grow.
25:51Marcus, you've heard the commissioner.
25:54Do you agree with him?
25:55Yes, it's the right agenda, because as we have a lack of investment, as we have a lack of productivity
26:02growth, we have to invest in the new technologies.
26:06And of course, we have to invest in decarbonization.
26:08That's why energy is key.
26:10If you want to decarbonize by electrification and you want to have investments in AI, for example, you need more
26:18electricity than in the past.
26:20And we don't have that at the moment, and we have to do it sustainable, so therefore huge investments are
26:25needed and possibilities to do the investments.
26:29And that's why bureaucratic burden are one of the key elements we are confronted with on the European level.
26:34And there we have to find a solution, but as well on member states, on regional level, because at the
26:39end, for the entrepreneurs, for the local authorities,
26:43it's a huge bulk of bureaucracy burdens coming from each political level.
26:48So we have to deliver, but member states and regions as well.
26:51Where do you draw the line between deregulation and sort of less spending, less benefits for people like families, people
27:03who benefit from the current?
27:06Deregulation, maybe the wrong word, is simplification.
27:08Make it easier, make it simpler, not make it less burdensome in the sense of misusing nature, misusing water,
27:18misusing animal protection, biodiversity or whatever, even social systems.
27:23So simplification is the right answer.
27:26And that is one of the key problems.
27:27Inside the commission, you have silos of different general directories who do not know what the other is doing.
27:33But at the end, all this stuff comes to the people, comes to the local authorities, comes to the entrepreneurs.
27:40And to get rid of these things, to achieve the main goals, but to simplify it, I think that is
27:47a key element.
27:47And the other thing is, of course, to create an environment where foreign investments will take place in the European
27:52Union as well.
27:53There we have really a lack.
27:55And that is what we have to address.
27:57Okay.
27:57Beneta, simplification, as Marco said.
27:59Is that a concept you could adhere to?
28:03Absolutely.
28:03When simplification is simplification, we are all in as Greens.
28:08We want to be faster on the transition.
28:11But we need to be knowing where we're going, so not just step backwards into our goals.
28:16Because it's important also for investments, not just to simplify, but to give a clear direction,
28:22which now is a bit unsure in this European Union.
28:25We need to simplify the bureaucratic processes, and we need to simplify, more than simplify, to make efficient and more
28:33united what the Commission is doing and what the territories are doing.
28:36What I'm wondering, though, is that why EPP is not doing this?
28:40Because you're running the European Commission.
28:42I wasn't using EPP.
28:43You're running the Parliament.
28:45I mean, the EPP has been the President of the Commission for the last seven years and a half now.
28:50And in this Parliament, you're the biggest group.
28:53So why is this not happening?
28:55Why the Commission has not reformed?
28:56Because actually, the Commission now is even more divided into silos.
29:00It's even more complicated.
29:01Why are you not talking more with the territories?
29:03Why there's no more efficiencies?
29:04Like, I am wondering why this is not happening already, because we are all agreeing.
29:09The problem is that sometimes, behind the simplification, there's no difference in the bureaucratic process, but there's a lot of
29:17difference in the rules.
29:18And who is paying the price is local communities and nature.
29:21And this is the problem.
29:22Yeah.
29:23Sorry, it's not the EPP problem.
29:24To be very clear, it's a problem of the institution itself.
29:27Even in the Parliament, you are sitting in the E3, I'm sitting in the Econ.
29:31When have we negotiated something, although we are dealing with roundabout the same things?
29:35Yeah.
29:36We do macroeconomic tools, you do industry policy, but there's a lot of interlinkage.
29:41We never discuss it.
29:42You make your legislation, the competitiveness fund, for example, Econ is fully out.
29:46Although there are a lot of things, state aid rules, we are responsible, competition rules, we are responsible, tax rules,
29:52we are responsible.
29:53You don't take care, so don't blame EPP.
29:55EPP, it's a system problem which you are not addressing because you are misusing the system.
30:00That is what the Greens are doing.
30:02You live with this system because you can develop things which are really harming us.
30:07Do no significant harm is harming us, is harming investments.
30:10You invented it and brought it to all committees and to all realities.
30:14The question is, how do we get out of this?
30:16It's not EPP, it's the Greens who disturb it.
30:18You both describe the same problem maybe from a different perspective.
30:22So my question is, how do we get out of this?
30:23How do we get out of a system that you describe as way too cumbersome, too bureaucratic and to the
30:31detriment of the people?
30:33I think Europe should focus on the main issues which really are European issues and not a Christmas tree with
30:40promises to everyone and everything because we have local authorities with their responsibility.
30:46I come from a federal, state, regional authorities with their competences, the national level and the European level.
30:52If we focus on the really big things on the European level, we will have the support by the citizens
30:57and we will be able to deliver what is really demanded.
31:00So Parliament and Council are co-legislators, right?
31:04What happens if MEPs refuse to dilute legislation that the Commission wants to simplify?
31:13First of all, let me thank Marcus for the esteem he has in the Greens.
31:19We are the third smallest group in the Parliament and we are managing to decide the agenda of the whole
31:27European Union.
31:27We are the socialists, liberals and the left.
31:29It's an incredible result.
31:31I am so amazed to be part of this group, you know?
31:34Like, they are the biggest party in the Parliament.
31:37They have the majority of the governments and they have the president of the Commission.
31:41But who is harming Europe is the decision of the Greens that are set in the agenda.
31:45This is an incredible achievement.
31:46But that is what happened in the last period with the majority, with the socialists, Renew and communists.
31:51Sorry, that is what you did to deforestation with five votes ahead.
31:56Do not significant harm is an incredibly important principle that I thank the Greens to it.
32:02If it's really because of the Greens, I thank the Greens to excess, not because I'm part of it,
32:07but because it's an incredibly important principle that I'm sorry, but was taken on also from your president of the
32:12Commission.
32:13I want to remember, it's an EPP from Germany and she wanted it in.
32:17So, and this is actually supporting nature, supporting the people, because it's saying,
32:22how can you say, do not significant harm is harming us.
32:26If it's harming, you should not do it.
32:28And that is the basis of the principle.
32:30You brought it in with five votes, majority in the period.
32:33Sorry.
32:34Guys, I think there's disagreement.
32:37Fair enough, right, on this point.
32:39And I thank you for that.
32:41On that note, we can close this point as it is time to move on to our fifth and final
32:46round.
32:50As we want to do something different, I'm going to ask you a set of questions
32:56and you can only answer with a yes or no.
33:00Okay.
33:01So, has the political center lost control of the political agenda,
33:06of the European agenda to the far right and the populists?
33:11Yes.
33:13Markus?
33:14No, of course not.
33:15Okay.
33:17Should defense spending take priority over climate spending?
33:21That's not the issue, sorry.
33:24Climate spending is a European responsibility.
33:26Defense, for the moment, is a national one.
33:27Yes, but now we have a defense commissioner and somebody in general.
33:31Yeah, in general, it's not so easy to answer as we don't have European projects.
33:34I would love to have European projects to finance, not to finance national budgets.
33:39Okay.
33:39So, in that case, we are responsible for climate, not for defense.
33:43Okay.
33:44Actually, we have the ECF, the majority of it is going into defense and a minority is going
33:49for climate.
33:49So, we have already the answer where the direction is going.
33:52And I would say, no, it should not take over the climate.
33:56Okay, good.
33:57That's right.
33:58Next one.
33:59Does Europe need a bigger EU budget?
34:01Absolutely, yes.
34:03No, more focused.
34:05Okay.
34:06Should the EU abandon its 2040 climate ambitions if they undermine competitiveness?
34:13Absolutely, no.
34:14We have to achieve both, yes.
34:16Should member states be allowed to run bigger deficits to invest in defense?
34:21No.
34:22Defense, no.
34:23Okay.
34:25Climate protection, no as well.
34:27Is common European debt necessary?
34:30Absolutely, yes.
34:32No.
34:32It transfers only the cost to another source, which is not able to pay.
34:37Should agricultural subsidies be cut to finance European security?
34:41Only a little bit.
34:43I don't think, no.
34:45And last one.
34:47Is the EU doing enough to convince younger Europeans that the European project offers
34:52them a better future?
34:53Unfortunately, no at the moment.
34:56I think the EU is really pro-European and we should help them to continue being so.
35:02Okay.
35:02On that note, thank you very much.
35:05And that brings us to the end of this strong edition of The Ring.
35:10Thanks again to Benedetta Scuderi and Markus Faber for a lively conversation here from the
35:15European Parliament.
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