New York, USA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written individually to Ms. Roberta Metsola and Ms. Ursula von der Leyen to congratulate them on being respectively re-elected President of the European Parliament and President of the European Commission.
He expressed to them both his great admiration for the spirit of the European Union that has preserved peace among its members and in the region for more than six decades. In the spirit of reconciliation and cooperation that followed World War II, the European Union has seen the common good as more important than the local interests of individual countries. This demonstrates, he wrote, a sense of wisdom and maturity in a world that has become increasingly interdependent and challenging.
He wished them both every success in ensuring that the European Union remains a strong model for others to follow.
