of the us we want to be as close to citizens. thank you miss miss. it is meant for this uh, address you have stated verify it or do this in a minute. that was given to you and you've been in the commission for the last 5 years. what have you done to make these priorities actually come true? well, there's a lot we have done. i have done the minimum wage is one of the great achievements to give people decent wages all over europe. there's no reason why in some parts of europe, people that have very little wages, they cannot me make a decent living out of that. there is the protection of special categories of what goods like the platform would, cuz we have no protection in many countries. we have now adopted a directive on protecting them, but also protecting them against the defense of algorithms. we have created a child guarantee because unfortunately in your we have millions of children who are in public c. and we need

a strong child policy to take children out of public. but parties on the right and on the fundraising to be the different. i mean, to offer different policies than yours seem to be on. on the right. they seem to be gaining ground. so, i mean, haven't you being in process for too long? haven't you lost touch with, with, with the public? no. i don't think that by achieving what i have just mentioned, which has now to be implemented by members dates. that's also an issue. i think we have responded to high expectations from citizens. never forget citizens, your bins. it's then come out of different crises. we have the financial crisis, we have the coven crisis, we have the russian board. and now we have to make sure that we put the citizens in the heart of our policies. and that we assure also that the living and that the social justice full in order to be able to approve this, you need support. and the problem in my question goes to the inner workings of the

problem, which is really important for the upcoming 5 year term. would you work with european people's party if and support their lead, kind of, which is important as well, was left on the line. if she cooperate with e, c, r, or id. so let's certainly, uh, i'm ready to work with all democratic forces, but i do not consider that that is the, or i d r, democratic forces. and by the way, on all the why do you think there are no democratic forces, things like that. you have a, have a very different vision of us for having a different different version of your it doesn't mean that the no, nope just where the impulse i was yesterday in sweden. there is an id 5 c which supports or even sometimes more that supports the swedish government. it's which is a need to be a liberal government and what they are doing on fake news. great thing,

the farm producing fake fake news. this is the case, but also we need to lead. we see no attacks against women right against the media. so they do not correspond to the fundamental values. mr. phillips sense for what are the red lines for the support of there's a lot underlined by the density we our read lines have be clearly exposed. yep. being exposed into badly building declaration, they have been exposed in the declaration, many other parts of epstein. unfortunately, if it be did not want to side and this is no alliance, no arrangement, with the extreme right. this is clear and i would say, i'm such an issue. you, you, you, we need to, that would not be great. that's what i was trying to get from you with the card, right? right, thank you so much for your time. you know, the 2nd topic we want to look into is defense and security. these topics have

become more concrete and pressing issues for many in the e. u and beyond. in these last couple of years. let's take a look. the vs, envision of ukraine in 2022 has brought war once again onto european soil. you political support for ukraine has generally been solid, with billions of euros and delivered and more from but as the fighting drives on, the results of those calling for total you printing victory is being tested. closer to home, concern over terror attacks continues with extra security measures in place for both the olympics and friends and the football euros in germany. and nearly a 3rd of europeans now put the defense and security among the top issues for the

selection defense and security. i think a that's clear, keep people up at nights from madrid's to a little and from brussels to visually as and indeed it is to vilnius that the son for the 1st question on defense and security feeling is in lithuania, the florida is yours. this weekend this so we can hello uh some videos. my name is oh, what am i to get you guys to? so i'm a journalist from this the way the national radio and television and here and how i headquarters. we are closely following the debate. there is a lot of young people standing next to me is that you call us hello brussels. at he is in the 12th grade. he is going to be a 1st time voter. so he has a question for the candidates. so my question would be, how do, if you need union ground and hands the corporation in the field of defense make the country is by defense products together and making the defense market more

integrated. that's a very clear question. thank you very much for that. and i'll pass it over to you sandra. we'll see what's can be done by the one 3rd of citizen senior. what about right? because the brutal violence and the aggressive in biotech. and because both thing was no stopping keith, this is why we must we, you know, crane and z is why we need the area. you jump ah, as a friend for reduced ask because either your follow up for to see that the table and to defend your interest, or you'll find yourself in the menu, decided anybody gene in washington and that is not the very nice perspective for these. why we want to do battle, and you will be on defense. the just beats these white record for a one on the don't you would all plan on both defense and you'd up you on the fast rejoined boned to the very crazy bulk of our lead the my call got lost the cool our commission on that. but i don't have looked at all of these,

but you know where that is? my last point. there is no yes, security. without the more capturing the dictation forever in your role that you spend no defense, you must that one, you will forgot your education. i know the change with that your time is up. thank you very much. the same question for you, miss ryans? good. i'm hoping that you and hands closer cooperation in the fields of defense. i wish i would be standing here and say that we do, don't have to put this in the center because we wouldn't have a wall in the east of europe. we wouldn't have an aggressive like that even if we team in the east of europe. but we are at a turning point for europe and the question on whether we are going to work together on defense and security is going to be key for our citizens. and yes, we have to work together when it comes to procurement when it comes to research of development. and this is not only a question of whether we can defend ourselves. this is also a question of whether we are spending text k as minus efficiently. because right now, in the european union,

we still have too many only nationally focused projects. so the european union has to work closer together. we need to have a european fund to spend on defense. but also let me tell you this we, we cannot only and by spending money together, we also finally have to enter unanimity in town. so when it comes to for an end security policy, we cannot give people like victo on a vitro right on our security. so let us and then the materials on. so thank you very much. and i, i personally want to remind you not to forget your card. you all have 3 cards lift except for mr. buyer who already used one. and you may use one after this. if you want to, whenever you want to. so of course, in some you countries, people as young as 16 or 17 years old will be able to vote for the 1st time in this upcoming european elections. we have some of those 1st time orders a here in the audience with us in brussels. so i was going out to my uh, and pull up from poland to say our content creators with significant presence on

social media. and they're here. so over to you, my, on all please. yeah, thank you so much. since 2022, europe has sent tens of billions of yours worth of a to ukraine. much of it as motorist systems and billions more as promised. at the same time, and the states have also increased the spending on the own security system and moments. so our question is sure to your ups priority, remain training soldiers and purchasing weapons and ammunition for ukraine, or is it now time for that you to focus primarily on army its own member states. think the question is clear. thank you my. i know a lot for this question and it goes to the question, me please. well, you know, i share the view that i would prefer not to invest so much money into defends or in the help in the ukrainians. we haven't chosen the war. we haven't chosen the

threats coming from russia and the fascist regime in most gulf. so it is absolutely important valid security to have a free life to protect our values, to invest in defense. but that does not mean that we should not invest in our social cohesion, because security is obviously about defense. it's about ministry, but it's also about internal cohesion. and that goes together, so both have to be possible. thank you mr. schmidt. the same question. the same question all me, you free in life, all the members, these goes to you. this is on the line. yes. i think we need nothing either or but we need both because we have to improve our defense industry. we have to make sure that the fragmentation will you have in the european union stops that we have the common european project. for example, an air defense shield for all a funeral,

like it was proposed by me to talk is interest. is some a project where all of your piece would say yes, we take the money we invest and that just protects all of you. but of course, 1st and foremost, we have to stand by as you frame, ju crane is fighting a wall that is freedom against oppression. that's the wall. that is democracy. ok against a top per cease, your brain is fighting for our values and all free nations. so we have to support some crane and the 1st place and of course wrap up our own defense at the same time . thank you very much. and now the part that wants to be played is by design. i believe we cannot speak about security without speaking about what i believe is the biggest threat for our security right now. and that is the rise of the far right. we see that the far right politicians that want to destabilize this union that wants to take away the fundamentals of what has been peas,

freedom and prosperity in europe over the last few kids. and we see revelations of fire, right. politicians that working with poor team that are working with china that are trying to undermine our interest. and the biggest security strategy that we need to have is to prevent a shift to the file from happening. we cannot have extended on to flooding the approaching, sitting in parliament. we are going to stand up to that europe has to resist to this fall right stretch. thank you maslanka. at least. yes. i want to put this question to you in a recent speech and interview president my co of uh, from spoke of europe facing exists then she'll threats and that's and i quote, civilizations can die. we know from opinions of is that increasing numbers of europeans worry about their and their family future. now, how seriously do you think europe is existing? surely, for instance, and what is your message to consent process?

and i put this question to you, mr. buyer or i think the most urgent threats to security is the culture of these off the, which we're heading to. and unfortunately, because we can spend one euro only ones. and now i know that natal already spends 1.3 trillion you're on defense. this is 3 times, much more than china and russia combined. european nato countries spend 2 times more for defense than russia. and i'm wondering if this is not enough. and that's why i believe we need 40 ecological for political and also for social reasons. political solutions for the conflicts in which we are in. we need disarmament. we need peace, and we need stability in europe. thank you mister buyer and mister goldie,

i see you put up your card and mister smith asked about this, it goes, you know, i would like to, to uh, to address myself to mrs on the line. because we all share the need to strengthen defense. but they say that i have to say that i'm need to be disappointed with your record in this the because your speech on your ability fast came in october 2023. your problem is that you will be also going to find you come up with the 3rd step and which 111 be done. why don't be, don't you? will they industry defense program one. we know, you know, we, we, we need the one on the mall. we don't know whether you will, i save or a funeral and for the fast. so our can you show that the, the new term, your, with the bed to comply with the awards. ok. thank you very much, miss on the line. you can reply so too. so i think it is absolutely fair amount indeed to look at the financing of defense. and i've been very clear, i've just proposed the project that we could do as

a common european project. and here it is up to us to say yes, we want to fund it to get the as europeans, but then we have to speak about how is the funding that to of options to do that, either national contributions on your own resources for the european level and i think it is no time to really speak about you own resources for the european level . you cannot give tough to the european level without funding it. so we shall join forces and talk to the member states and being the pol human strong to say, now let's work on the new own resources. ok, father, your o. p level, in order to really fund our defense. thank you for that. before i moved here, mr. smith, i just want to check mr. buyers, did you need to pull the cards or was it by? i did i did. you did. okay, so i go 1st to mr. smith and then i come to you, mr. schmidt. well, i hear all the time, this figure is how much we spend and how is it? that's the russians. but you have to look what happens every night.