9 May is Europe Day, a moment to pause and reflect on our common European project. Europe is not just a continent. It is the bold, living testament to what people can achieve when they choose unity over division, cooperation over conflict.  To every European citizen, I say: this day is yours. The European Union is yours. It is the sum of our shared will, our common dreams and our daily choices. Where once our history was written in the blood of the trenches, we now write it together, through