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01 December 2019The EU is a "treasure" that must be "preserved" and the new European Commission has "the responsibility to leave a" stronger "Union than the one it" inherited "," said the Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, at the Maison de l'Histoire Européenne, in Brussels, on the occasion of the ceremony for the 10th anniversary of the Lisbon Treaty.

"There can be no better day to start working", he noted, "we are the guardians of the treaties and we are the custodians of the spirit of Lisbon".

Sassoli symbolically handed over a copy of the consolidated text of the Lisbon Treaties to von der Leyen, who from today, as President of the Commission, is its custodian and guarantor of its correct application. ".

"Ten years ago our predecessors still debated whether Europe should have a flag and a hymn," von der Leyen recalled, "but in these ten years millions of people took to the streets waving our flag."

"The European Parliament is ready to work as one team with you to continue building Europe", President David Sassoli assured her, addressing von der Leyen and the presidents of the ECB Christine Lagarde, and of the European Council, Charles Michel. "We must transform the promises into reality, from the fight against climate change, which for us is an emergency, to raising the cost of living, Europeans want to see real action", Sassoli insisted.