Bart Groothuis (Renew). – Mr President, as much as anyone might criticise the EU’s Global Gateway, the strategy and the concept are just brilliant. I mean, sustainable, trusted connections that bring free trade prosperity to all, and delivering all of that to the benefit of the EU’s geopolitical goals. Well done!
Sure, there has been heavy, heavy criticism from the European Court of Auditors, which has to be taken extremely seriously, and Parliament will continue to do so and scrutinise the plans from the Commission. But all of that, all of the criticism, all of the cynicism, also today, will immediately dissolve, Commissioner, when the EU delivers, when the EU will become world champion in execution.
It’s not about more strategy, it’s not about new wine in new wine skins. It’s about execution. Execution is the strategy. Show procreative power, show executive power and deliver projects, and show us in practice how rare earth materials strategy is hand—in—hand executed with the Development Goals.