ITALY: EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY LAUNCHED IN ROME.

Record ID: 584764

  • Title: ITALY: EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY LAUNCHED IN ROME.
  • Date: 21st February 2004
  • Summary: (U6) ROME, ITALY (FEBRUARY 20, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV/CU: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN FOYER OF HALL (2 SHOTS) 0.08 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALIAN GREEN PARTY LEADER, ALFONSO PECORARO SCANIO, SAYING: "It is a fraet event, because it is the first political subject, the first party to transform itself from a federation to a single united party, for environment, for democracy, for peace and for human rights. It is above all the only true political entity ready for the new Europe." 0.26 3. MV: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ENTERING HALL (2 SHOTS) 0.36 4. LV/GV: DELEGATES INSIDE HALL (3 SHOTS) 0.50 5. CU: SLOGAN OF GREEN PARTY SAYING "EUROPE, LETS HAVE A PARTY" 0.56 6. VARIOUS OF A FILM SCREENED WITH MUSIC ESPECIALLY COMPOSED BY ITALIAN COMPOSER ENNIO MORRICONE; EUROPEAN GREENS SLOGAN APPEARING 1.44 7. LV: PEOPLE APPLAUDING 1.47 8. GV: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) PECORARO SCANIO SAYING: "It is the first congress for the European Green party. This is a great choice and a great challenge. We are ready for Europe." 1.59 9. MV: APPLAUSE 2.03 10. LV/GV: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER SHAKING HANDS WITH OTHER GREEN PARTY MEMBERS (2 SHOTS) 2.11 11. MV: CHILD IN AUDIENCE 2.14 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FISCHER SAYING: "We all believe in human rights. We believe in the principal of one world. And we must be very careful to preserve this one world. In this one world, all the people have the same rights." 2.28 13. LV: FISCHER TALKING 2.35 14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FISCHER SAYING: "Its the first time we have had a European-wide election campaign. I am ready, as far as I can be, to contribute to these election campaign albeit I am not running for the European parliament. I am not running for the European Commission but as European I will run for my party. Thankyou very much." 2.57 15. MV/LV: EUROPEAN GREEN MEMBERS POSING FOR FAMILY PHOTO, WITH FISCHER IN MIDDLE (2 SHOTS) 3.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAEIJ1VNGMOT0VAWQ9CTNO7OS5G
  • Story Text: Thirty one Green parties from accross Europe meet in Rome
    to found a new European Green Party

    Members of Green parties across Europe met in Rome
    on Friday (February 20) to launch the first ever European
    Green Party in order to come to a more united strategy on green
    issues.

    It is a great event, because it is the first political
    subject, the first party to transform itself from a
    federation
    to a single united party, for environment for democracy,
    for peace and for human rights. It is above all the only
    true
    political entity ready for the new Europe, said Italian
    Green Party member, Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio.

    The twenty-five EU nations who will make up the new
    group will unite under one banner, in the lead up to
    European
    Parliamentary elections in June 2004.

    The new party will endorse traditional Green issues
    such as sustainable development and a European-wide
    transport network
    that takes into account environmental factors, as well as
    the battle against genetically modified foods and renewable
    energy.

    Organisers screened a special promotional film,
    depicting social and environmental battles in the past, to
    music
    especially written for the new party by Italian film
    composer Ennio Morricone.

    German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer also attended
    the launch Germanys Green Party - the only green party
    currently in
    power and likely to have much influence in the new party.

    "We all believe in human rights. We believe in the
    principal of one world. And we must be very careful to
    preserve
    this one world. In this one world, all the people have the
    same rights," said Fischer.

    "It's the first time we have had a European-wide
    election campaign. I am ready, as far as I can be, to
    contribute to these
    election campaign albeit I am not running for the European
    parliament. I am not running for the European Commission
    but as European I will run for my party. Thankyou very
    mu
    ch," said
    Fischer.

    The congress will end on Sunday (February 22) when
    delegates will sign the founding charter in the presence of
    Rome's mayor, Walter Veltroni.
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