MEPs Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout received staunch support from the majority of the party.
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00:00 The European Greens Congress have nominated German Terry Reich and Dutchman Bas Eickhout
00:06 to head their lists for the European elections in June.
00:09 For the Greens, the only answer to international and European challenges is to strengthen the
00:15 European Green Pact.
00:17 China is doing very clear industrial policies.
00:20 Look at how they did with the electric car.
00:23 America, United States, investing a lot of money in green innovation.
00:27 So the green race is on.
00:29 In Europe, it was at the forefront.
00:32 Now stopping, pausing, resting, moratorium whatsoever will really make it worse for our
00:37 industry.
00:39 And I think that's going to be the message to our industry, but also to the people.
00:43 If you want a future where you have future jobs, then you need the Green Deal.
00:47 The Greens also believe that a fairer climate transition is the best solution to combat
00:52 the far-right surge predicted in the polls for the upcoming European elections.
00:57 [APPLAUSE]