Welcoming Correia, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola noted that the landmark visit comes at a significant moment for European democracy. “It is important now more than ever before that we continue to learn lessons from the past and to write our own history together,” President Metsola said.
“With war returning to European soil and with geopolitical tensions on the rise globally, we must keep talking about our continent’s democratic traditions and our shared European values of freedom, democracy and rule of law,” she added.
President Metsola concluded by noting that the House of European History “shows us how the peoples of Europe have managed to look beyond what divided them and embrace what unites them. It helps us to understand who we are, how far we have come – and what our shared future could be.”
Ms. Correia, a European studies student who had come to the European Parliament campus from Porto, Portugal, said she was honoured to be the museum’s one millionth visitor. Her visit, she said, was an opportunity to “understand the history and legacy of the European Union. I already believe in Europe as a whole - the museum’s permanent exhibition made me feel more connected to other Europeans.”
