in the fight against cancer. early next year stead luckily akitas will launch an ambitious cancer plan she's the right person to make sure that europe's beating cancer plan helps to reduce the suffering caused by this disease thanks. to. the pointis that europe needs to care for the things people care about people care about the future of our children and our society. culture and education are what link our history with our future this is what makes us unique our soul our culture our diversity our heritage and i know that with me and it is in safe hands this is why i am happy to announce

that have portfolio will be renamed commissioner for innovation research culture education and you. think. people care about fairness and equality in every sense of the word this is why i chose nicholas schmidt. to be in charge of implementing our european pillar of social rights and fighting poverty from childhood on words he will put forward a framework to ensure that every workin our union has a fair minimum wage thank you. and had i not. will be the champion we need to break through the glass ceilings

those barriers holding people back because of who they are what they believe and who they love these various have to disappear period thank. people care about their rights values and freedoms the rule of law is our foundation can never be compromised we must ensure that it is respected and up held everywhere with every country treated equally we must focus on dialogue and prevention but never hesitate to take all necessary measures we need experience and and gauge moment and vera util venditti it and us the right people exactly for that. thank you.

people care about the air they breathe the water they drink the food they eat and the nature they cherish we can all be happy that their genius and gave each of us will be leading europe's fight to preserve our biodiversity and oceans while ensuring our coastal and fishing communities can thrive and we have janish wojciech kosky. who will ensure that our farmers can also thrive as they adapt to new realities the train transitions climate and digitalisation will bring changes for all but let as they have been no doubt farming will remain a valued part of our culture and our future we need a sustainable farm to fork strategy from capital access to young farmers to the

fact that imported food products from 3rd countries must comply with the european union's environmental standards thank you. and people care about having a say in the future. the turnout in this year's european election was the highest in a quarter of a century a democratic practic participation does not stop on election day we will mobilize europe's best energies from all parts of our union from all institutions from all walks of life to engage in the conference on the future of europe it should be inclusive for all institutions and citizens and the european parliament should have a leading role. from the commission site to put off question itself an experienced

member of this house will work closely with you to make this a success. honorable members we all know that one member of our family intends to leave our union. which. there was a vast majority of this house seems to be happy about the fact that a very very very small group in this house would not be able to capitalize on. it. thank you.

and i have never ever made any secret about the fact that i will always be a remain a. clear will respect the decision taken by the british people we will work closely together to find solutions on common to common challenges especially on security measures but one has to think has to be absolutely clear what ever the future holds the bond. and the friendship between our people are breakable.

mesdames a mystery the problem of jail don't talk to door tonight you see all the people will be here looking back on what we did just as i did at the start of my speech. but what will they say. that depends upon what we do together if we do our job well. europe in 2050 will be the 1st continent in the world to be carbon neutral. it will be a top power in the digital sector it will remain the economy that best manages to get the balance between the market and the social side it will be a front runner in resolving the major global challenges it's a difficult path we have ahead of us the tusk is not easy but together we can do it . let's draw inspiration from the optimistic

spirit of 30 years ago. the spirit that brought down the iron curtain coming back to that so if there are millions of europeans. who. get involved because it's the right thing to do there are people who are working to reinforce their communities there are people who give it time to look after elderly people or cleaning parks there are people who go out onto the street but there are others who are changing their lifestyles to protect the climate. people who want to make a difference who's. we to the parliament the council and the commission we have to make the difference. and that's the spirit in which i put my team together it's in that spirit that i stand here before you. asking you

for your trust. let's get down to work so that in 30 years time we can say that. the villa hope there's a labor or hope a long live europe. but we were just watching the incoming e.u. commission president as he left london line addressing the parliament. ahead of a vote on her executive team she was speaking there in english french and her native german talking about gender equality climate change digitization migration just some of the challenges facing the european union today and there as well in

strasbourg is your chief and correspondent max off when we can cross straight over to him now max as you have on the line making a call for a fresh start for europe what did he make of that speech. 1st of all it appears that you know she touched or she reached out to the different political groups and gave everyone a little bit of what they wanted to year to the left for example inclusiveness to the right competitiveness and then of course she touched upon her 3 major issues we talked about it earlier her 3 priorities that are reflected in the choices of the so-called beis executive presidents of the e.u. commission one is making europe fit for the digital age the 2nd one is to have an economy that works for the people and those of course factor in what i said earlier inclusiveness on the one side with all the digital disruption that we have but also being competitive and that leads us to the 3rd big topic which is i think

a measure that making europe fit for the digital age so that's that and the 3rd topic the most important one perhaps is the green deal for europe that she has been announcing and has made out as her top priority ever since she was elected right here at the european parliament in july there was also one touching moment that was unexpected when she mentioned a sister of hers that she lost when the sister was 11 years old was enough on the line herself was 13 years old and her sister died of cancer she used that or she mentioned that because she also announced more research into fighting that illness that disease and having a european cancer plan like i said unexpected very personal notes there was also some laughter when it came to bragg's you can always count on the back to 2 years here in the european parliament to you know also have a humorous note although she did say that she still regretted the u.k. leaving the european union and that she would always be

a remainer. now max before we dig into some of those issues that you just mentioned one thing i did notice was that there seem to be quite a few empty seats there in the e.u. parliament in this morning any idea as to why. you know that's often the case here in stroudsburg the. members of the european parliament usually show up when they have to vote they don't always show up for the different speeches and it was about fondling and doesn't really have support throughout all the different political groups for example not from the very far right or the very far left so that explains part of it but it appears that those who intend to vote for her later in the day were present. a message was so silly and attempted being a unifying one let's get to what was her message but we know you know how come most of the process is associated with the european union can be do you think that the

e.u. parliament will now get behind what appears to be a very ambitious plan. it's going to be different from the past because in the past you needed 2 parties the 2 big parties the conservatives which is also the party of laws of the funded and on the other hand the social democrats but both of those droops lost votes lost shares and no longer have a majority together so you need a 3rd party for example the liberals the party of the manor and i call the french president or the greens who are not officially supporting those are left on the alliance so it appears that she will need to work her majorities case by case depending on the topic for example when when it comes to the european green deal that is something that will appeal to the greens something they actually would like but to get them on board she will have to make sure that what you know that the policy in this european green deal appeals to the green so it will be a case by case majority which will make it much harder than in the past from

actually started to introduce a new commission team i mean there were lots of names in that speech what walk can you tell us about some of the key members. i think she mentioned all the names of the 26 commissioners because the commission of course has 27 members including the president of the you commission which is also enough on the line but the most exposed the most important members of that commission are the 3 executive vice presidents i believe we have some some footage of these people let me mention that the 1st one for the european green deal because we've been talking about that is the social democrats hans to moments that's the guy with the white beard who was sitting next to it was enough on the line during that speech he is a very seasoned politician he was also a member of the younger commissions of the predecessor of fun and i and this is been a very prestigious portfolio where the social democrats said hey this is a very good thing that we have that we can say we are in charge of this very

important topic that of course helped or will help was enough on the line to also get the social democratic votes their 2nd member is not the best danish commissioner she also was part of the u.n. for commission beforehand and she will be in charge of the portfolio that will try to try to make europe fit for the digital age it's a very pressing issue because europe is lagging behind in most areas of digitalisation for example all the digital giants so the companies that are shaping our world today don't come from the european union most of them at least they come from the united states of america and also from china and so that's also why it was a tough on the law and pointed out why this issue is so pressing so my go to this saga will take care of that and the 3rd portfolio is to have an economy that works for the people and that is via this dombrowski from also was a member of the younger commissions.