Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Bonjour, vous êtes le bienvenu au notre comité. C’est une semaine sombre pour toute l'Europe. Je crois qu’on a souvent dit que l’Europe a besoin d’une nouvelle énergie. Je crois que on a trouvé cette énergie dans la crise en Ukraine.

Mr. Schmit is very welcome. It is great to see him here. We have three speakers who have to fit into 14 minutes so I will be brief. How does he see the crisis in Ukraine impacting on his work? We already see 1 million people displaced from Ukraine and our labour markets will open up to those people. We see the impact on the energy supply routes and in Germany's decisions, where, following the abandonment of nuclear energy, there is now a significant shift in its approach. Elsewhere will follow suit. In the agriculture sector there is a shortage of supply from the traditional grain markets and a shortage of fertilisers. How does Mr. Schmit perceive this impacting on his work, which is extraordinarily important? We are trying to come to terms with a new economy, as he outlined well in his comments. I would like to hear his perspective on that. Perhaps my colleagues can speak now too, rather than be squeezed out.