When thinking about what needs to be changed, it is also important to build on the EU’s strengths and to protect our collective achievements. They are too often forgotten: some people ask, what has the EU actually achieved? As if there was no good response.
We benefit from the dividends of our Union day in, day out: peace, democracy and the preservation of economic wealth across the continent based on the four freedoms. In this respect, the EU and its institutions provide a forum where we can settle disagreements in a civilised manner and arrive at joint decisions.