presidential rival, donald trump, mr biden flatly rejected isolationism. he said the rangers who fought in normandy 80 years ago would undoubtedly want the us to stand up to vladimir putin s aggression in europe. well, i m here to tell you that with them gone, the wind we hear coming off this ocean will not fade it will grow louder. as we gather here today, it s notjust to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6, 1944, it s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us, and they re summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they re not asking us to scale these cliffs, but they re asking us to stay true to what america stands for. they re not asking us to give or risk our lives, but they are asking us to care for others and our country more than ourselves. they re not asking us to do theirjob. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression a
There is a big issue when it comes to security and when it comes to keeping track of all the people that come in. i think that europe doesn t have the capacity to receive that many people. for more on this, i spoke to lucinda creighton, ireland s former minister for european affairs, and senior fellow at the centre for european policy analysis. for our viewers around the world, lucinda, put into context for how important the eu parliament elections are. over 370 million people are eligible to vote. what sort of significance or power do meps have? quite a lot, actually. in the early days of the european parliament, it wasn t a powerful legislature, but over various treaty changes and constitutional change in europe, over the decades, it has become extremely powerful. it is basically the co decision maker now for almost all aspects of legislation.
there is a big issue when it comes to security and when it comes to keeping track of all the people that come in. i think that europe doesn t have the capacity to receive that many people. for more on this, i spoke to lucinda creighton, ireland s former minister for european affairs, and senior fellow at the centre for european policy analysis. for our viewers around the world, lucinda, put into context for how important the eu parliament elections are. over 370 million people are eligible to vote. what sort of significance or power do meps have? quite a lot, actually. in the early days of the european parliament, it wasn t a powerful legislature, but over various treaty changes and constitutional change in europe, over the decades, it has become extremely powerful. it is basically the co decision maker now for almost all aspects of legislation.
it s a very big opportunity for us. i really like it because it gives us a voice that we never had before. europe needs to be stronger because we can t always trust nato. the tension is really getting real and my history teacher| now are really saying that it wouldn t surprise me - if something would i happen in the future. so that really scares me. opinion polls suggest younger voters have helped the far right make significant gains. these young farmers say the eu isn t listening to them and that immigration continues to be a problem. the reason why we vote for the right is that we have a status quo that we want them to do away with. we have global issues that we don t know how we can take control of. we can actually solve the issues that the left tried to solve but failed to do so. there is a big issue when it comes to security and when it comes to keeping track of all the people that come in. i think that europe doesn t have the capacity to receive that many people. for more on this