English subtitles for clip: File:Sergey Lagodinsky - GEF - The EP Goes Green.webm

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I'm Sergey Lagodinsky,

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I'm a member of the European Parliament

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from Germany.

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I hope he or she,

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I have male and female best friends,

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would describe me

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as a reliable and honest person.

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I joined the Greens in 2011,

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because I thought that his is the best party

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to advance diversity and open society,

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and fight for civil rights,

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and a green future for the European continent.

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Because most of the challenges

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that we are facing

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whether climate change,

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or the situation in the world globally,

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or even democracy,

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we cannot solve them alone anymore.

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Those challenges we have to face

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as a continent, as a European large family.

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Two main causes I want to fight for:

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Rule of Law and Civil Rights,

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also in the digital age.

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And peace and democracy in our neighborhood,

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eastern neighborhood, Turkey and other countries.

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I was really positively surprised

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by the diversity of people who support

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our “Green Wave”, as people call it.

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I thought this was really impressive

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to see people who are left, and moderate,

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who are old, and young,

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all joining forces to make a green change

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in Europe possible.

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And this was really rewarding

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and really impressive to me.

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What was the first thing you did after

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you found about your election?

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I tried to sleep!

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And then, I couldn't sleep,

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because I started thinking about

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what are the first things to do here in Parliament,

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to change our world for better.

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I think, it was still a campaign mode,

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but I really do hope that we will able

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implement as many good things as possible,

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things that we promised to our voters.