6th Trilateral Business Forum

Address by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola

Paris, 21st November 2024

Président du MEDEF, Monsieur Patrick Martin,

Presidente di Confindustria, Signore Emanuele Orsini,

Hauptgeschäftsführerin des BDI, Frau Tanja Gönner,

Minister Tajani, caro Antonio,

Members and participants to this Trilateral Business Forum,

Thank you for the opportunity to address you today. Let me start by saying how important it is for the European Parliament to have these discussions with European industry. Particularly at the start of a new legislative cycle, they help us understand what works, what does not, and more importantly, where we need to go next.

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