The North Sea is the place where energy and security come together. In these times of geopolitical developments, it is particularly important to strengthen cooperation with the North Sea countries. We must protect our critical infrastructure. That is why we are working closely with the business community and other stakeholders to ensure our energy supply, accelerate the energy transition and guarantee security. We are doing this, for example, by coordinating our activities at sea and organising joint exercises. We made further agreements and reaffirm existing ones on this during the North Sea Summit in Hamburg.(Dick Schoof)