EPA 2021 - Chairperson Granger Speech

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EPA 2021 - Chairperson Granger Speech

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Election Night EPA Headquarters

EUROPOLIS, EPA Headquarters.-"Good Evening friends, colleagues and members of this our Eurogroup! I stand here thanks to the hardwork of our Councillors who preceded me. I thank Councillor Tusk for his hard fight and must say that we are working together as one. And that is my message for you, unity."

"I stand today at the crosscurrents of that history — knowing that my piece of the European dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me. All of them driven by the same conviction that drove my mom to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress herself for work. The same conviction that drives the men and women I've met all across this Union; The young people across Europe serving our communities — teaching children, cleaning up neighborhoods, caring for the least among us each and every day. People like Edward Firoux, who's never forgotten where he came from and never stopped fighting for folks who work long hours and face long odds and need someone on their side again."

"People like Poppy Carlton-Romanov, who put those a hundred cracks in the glass ceiling, so that our daughters — and sons — can dream a little bigger and fight for what we believe is also true, a free Icholasen. All of us driven by a simple belief that the European Union as it is just won't do — that we have an obligation to fight for the Union as it should be. That is the thread that runs through my journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope."

"So tonight, in honor of my mother's memory — out of gratitude to those whose triumphs we mark this week, and those whose everyday sacrifices have brought us to this moment — let us devote ourselves to finishing their work; let us work together to fulfill their hopes; And so it is with humility. . . determination . . . and boundless confidence in our Progressive promise, that I accept the position for Chairperson of the European Progressive Alliance!"

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