Damian Boeselager (Verts/ALE). – Mr President, I'm always amazed by the far right of this House. There was a mentioning of the new sun of democracy rising across the ocean, and I was wondering that maybe some of the colleagues got a bit too much sun already when I look at what they're saying.

They're saying it's amazing that we have this expansionist person now there, but then I hear a Danish far-right guy saying: 'Yeah, but maybe don't take Greenland. You know, that's not so good.' So when it goes against your own interest, then suddenly you realise that maybe if there's an expansionist on the other side, it's not so good to be a patriot and in favour of that.

There are three main implications of Trump taking power. The first one is about the economy, the second one is about security, and the third one is about democracy. When it comes to economy, we need to work closer together. We need to go into free trade agreements to diversify trade. We need to really unleash innovation in Europe and build the interior market.

When it comes to security, we need to understand that 17 different tank systems for the same category in Europe doesn't make sense. We need to be able to support Ukraine and defend ourselves.

And when it comes to democracy, I can only ask all citizens of the European Union to get active in politics now, because we really need you in the centre and not in these false patriotic parties.