Meeting of the European Council - Informal dinner of heads of state or government in Brussels. MEPs give statements and talk to press during the EU leaders meeting.

Brussels

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KELLER, Ska (Greens/EFA, DE)

BULLMANN, Udo (S&D, DE)

meeting of the European Council

2019 European elections (T)

Informal Dinner of the Heads of State or Government: - MEPs statements

Exterior shots of the EU Council headquarters.

Atmosphere shots at the EU Council Atrium, media room. MEP Udo BULLMANN, S&amp;D Group leader talking to the press.

SOUNDBITE (English), Udo BULLMANN (S&amp;D, DE), We come not from red line, we come from the demand for policy change. So we have an ambitious program to fight climate change. We have an ambitious program for more social justice, fighting poverty and having minimum wages in each country of the European Union. Fair taxation, and that is our program that will be negotiated with our partners. And then we find the right people for the posts. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Udo BULLMANN (S&amp;D, DE), We have to be ambitious on our climate goals. We have to stop the pollution of our air, of our water, of our soil. It's very concrete. It's in our program and we will follow up pragmatically on that.

SOUNDBITE (English), Udo BULLMANN (S&amp;D, DE), Yes we will have a progressive Commission's President. I'm very much thinking about Frans Timmermans. 

Atmosphere shots, media working at EU Council

SOUNDBITE (English), Ska KELLER, Greens lead candidate, It's very clear that people voted for change. We have been presenting a program that had a positive vision and outlook for Europe, and which was very clear on climate protection, on a social in Europe, and also on ensuring democracy and civil liberties all over Europe. And we have got a lot of support for that program all over Europe. So we have a clear mandate and also the task to promote and push for that change now at the European Union level.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ska KELLER, Greens lead candidate, What is important for us is that our issues are on the table, our demands are on the table. So if anyone wants to talk with us, we are very ready to talk with Democratic parties. But it needs to be on the basis for our program, of our demands because we set out to make the European Union more ecological and more social and this is what we want to deliver.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ska KELLER, Greens lead candidate, <p>Whichever country, or region in our case, is developing the climate friendly technologies has an advantage for the future and current job market and an advantage on the global markets right now. Letting China and Korea develop electric cars and I don't know what, and this should actually be happening inside the European Union in order to safeguard the jobs and also the industry here. So economic policies need to go hand-in-hand with climate policies.</p>