REC. May 15th 2014 - European Commission candidate's debate
After an emotionnal morning at the anti-TTIP demonstration, we had some time in the afternoon to planify for the coming days and also prepare for tonight's big event : the debate between the candidates to the European Commission!
At 6.30 PM, all the Federation of Young European Greens and EGP offices went to welcome Ska Keller, arriving by bike, in front of the European Parliament, where the debate was taking place. Few dozens of hard core activists and campaigners were present at the entrance, shouting Ska Keller's name, holding huge "CHANGE EUROPE, VOTE GREEN" signs, and of course outnumbering the socialists facing us, in support of Martin Schultz.
The debate began at 9 PM, released at the exact same time on many European TV channels and online. We somehow came to get sitted places after huge negotiations and could follow properly one of the best debates Ska never held. Her energy, her willing and her passion was absolutely communicative, among the other candidates Alexis Tsipras (European left), Martin Schultz (PSE), Guy Verhofstadt ( ALDE) and Jean Claude Juncker (PPE).
After 130 minutes of the extremely annoying voice of the Italian TV presentator though, we left very enthousiastic of Ska's performance, more than ever proud of wearing our Green t-shirts !