00:00Every year, participants from around the world, including government ministers in the energy sector,
00:06gather at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, BETD,
00:10to discuss a safe, affordable and environmentally friendly global energy transition.
00:16Speaking with Euronews at this year's summit,
00:18the outgoing German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck,
00:25called on politicians to put climate crisis back on the political agenda.
00:55He praised the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, for her leadership.
01:13He however called for comprehensive reform to ensure unity across the board in Europe.
01:26We need majority decisions in the Council, also in foreign security and finance policy.
01:31I would say that Europe needs its own financial-political autonomy,
01:35so that it has the possibility to take in money on its own.
01:38And then there is the old American saying,
01:41no taxation without representation or legislation.
01:44This means that at some point it also needs its own legislative competence through a full mandate.
01:51So we have to make our way to a real federal European republic.
01:55This means that the Commission has to be elected correctly in the end,
01:59the parliament has to be a real parliament.
02:01Habeck stepped down as leader of the Greens following the party's loss at the February polls.
02:07Despite the setback, Germany's Greens helped push through a major spending package
02:12that included a special fund of 100 billion euros for climate protection.
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