today, represented by julianne smith, so many thanks to all of them for their leadership and the commitment they have demonstrated to our alliance or all these years then what we will do tomorrow is to celebrate. but we will also do what has actually made this alliance a success. and that is to focus on how can we continue to adapt, because the only reason why we are the most successful alliance in history is for two reasons. one, our unity. and second, that we have been able to change when the world is changing. so therefore, we need to prepare the upcoming nato summit in july. we once again are going to celebrate, but also going to demonstrate our ability to take the necessary decisions to demonstrate our unity and ensure that we stand together. because i cannot tell you exactly what the next crisis or the next conflict or next war will be. but what i can tell you is that of what the next crisis will be, we will be safe as long as we stand together. north and europe, nato because together we represent 50% of the world economic might and 50% of the world's military might. so as long as we