Your Excellency, Prime Minister Weil, Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to send you my warmest greetings on the 75th anniversary of the State of Lower Saxony.
Lower Saxony is one of the most innovative regions in the world, especially in environmental and sustainable energy technologies.
The world benefits from your innovations, as we work together to tackle global challenges: from COVID-19, worsening climate change and dramatic biodiversity loss, to growing hunger, persistent poverty and deepening inequalities.