Good line for Eickhout: "Four years ago, VdL said that the Green Deal was her Man-on-the-moon moment. Can you imagine JFK coming back four years later and saying 'halfway to the moon is good enough'?" (Also somewhat unfair to VdL I think, she's not arguing to stop)

The first of three topics is "climate change"! We're in business! 😎 The Left claims that the top 1% are responsible for "50% of pollution". ALDE doesn't say much. Schmit talks about citizen buy-in. VdL talks about implementation.

Every single one of the candidates talks about "democracy" in their opening minute. Silence after the ID's speech. Eikhout gets applause from his line 😆

The audience (online and in-person) are being asked to participate in a Slido. This audience slants young. In her opening, VdL even comments that the audience is the age of her children.

Alright, I'm going to do the #LiveSkeet#Maastricht@politico.eu#Energy#Climatemaastrichtdebate.eu/watch-live/

"We are called to outspend the Americans and the Chinese. We Europeans are not good at being Americans and we're even worse at being Chinese. Let Americans be Americans and Chinese be Chinese. We can be Europeans, with the best place to live on Earth - especially if you're a woman." Vestager!

Commissioner Vestager speaking at trade association Orgalim: "let nobody say we don't have an industrial policy; we do, it's called the twin digital and green transition". 🔌💡

Breton ends his speech: “I would like to thank the sector for your work and your service to - … your service to Europe.” 😅

Impressive turnout, this is a big room and it’s mostly full

Crud, forgot the alt text. Breton at a podium on stage with the event picture in the background (a human hand and a robot hand reaching for a glowing atom)