On U.S. elections:

Though we feel the impact of the vote this week with elections in the United States, my belief is that we need to continue focusing on the solutions we are looking to deliver right here in Europe: we need action, regardless of who is in the White House.

Action on ensuring our own defence and security; action on growing our economies and ensuring our competitiveness; action on tackling crippling bureaucracy; action on red-tape and over-regulation.

Our mentality is not “America elects and Europe reacts”, but “Europe acts”.

On competitiveness:

We have many success stories we can build-upon. The first electric batteries? Invented by an Italian. The first modern programmable computer? Thanks to German engineering and technology. Bluetooth? Invented by an engineer from The Netherlands in Sweden. The GSM system? It is a worldwide standard thanks to the European Union. Now we have the world’s first comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Act, the Digital…