The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola said that the EU and the US have stood on the same side of history “not because we are homogenous, but because our greatest victories come from our shared conviction to doing what is right. This partnership matters.”

Speaking at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, President Metsola said that the world relies on the strength of the transatlantic relationship which goes beyond shared trade, commerce and industry. President Metsola listed common values that the two sides have championed throughout the decades, including dignity of every human being, equal opportunity for everyone to reach their full potential, justice, the right to feel safe and live in safety and the belief in freedom – “individual liberty, free trade, freedom to disagree and the cornerstone of everything: freedom of speech.”

Simplification, rather than complicating systems, is on top of Europe’s agenda, she said, addressing the sense…