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The European Sustainable Energy Week offers an interview with MEP, Sven Giegold,on Twitter.Citizens chat for one hour with the inspiring politician about current issues.

On the 20th of June there will be an open interview with MEP, Sven Giegold within theframework of Sustainable Energy Week 2012. The twitterview, as interviews conductedthrough the social networking site Twitter are colloquially known, will take place between16:30 and 17:30 next Wednesday, 20th of June.

The European Commission, the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation(EACI) and campaign partners 'Sustainable Energy Europe' support this initiative. Thistwitterview is a great opportunity to ask the European politician all of those energy relatedquestions that they might have and to read their answers in less than 140 characters,

something that seems difficult for the MEP who has such a gift with words.

Sven Giegold shone in Berlin at the TEDxChange conference1 about the changes thatGermany has made in terms of sustainability in the last thirty years. In short, an inspiringmessage of change which is sure to be repeated in the twitterview during EuropeanSustainable Energy Week 2012.

Sven Giegold (@sven_giegold). MEP, inspiration for many.Born November 17, 1969, Las Palmas.

University studies in Adult Learning, Politics andEconomics in Lneburg, Bremen and Birmingham. MA in

Economic Policy and Economic Development from theUniversity of Birmingham (UK).

He has collaborated in the creation of the EcologicalCenter of Verden, with 40 jobs in green businesses andsocial initiatives (1996-1999). He is co-founder of ATTACDeutschland (2000), BUND Federation representative inthe Circle of Coordination and the Council of ATTAC. He isalso co-founder of the International Network for Tax Justice(London) (2002). He has worked on the creation of theEuropean Coordinator of ATTAC (including teamcoordination tasks: campaigns, events and political

statements). Co-founder of the Institute ModerneSolidarische eV (January 2010).

Member of European Parliament since July 2009 andCoordinator of the Greens / EFA Group in the Committeeon Economic and Monetary Affairs.

He plays a vital role as a presenter of papers and author of interventions in the media oncritical issues such as globalisation, ecology, and fiscal policy since 2001.

1 Conference TEDxChange Berlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKWPi5P-PM

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European Sustainable Energy Week 2012.One of the most important events in the energy world is just around the corner. From the18th to the 22nd of June 2012 the sixth edition of European Sustainable Energy Week will beheld. Its objectives are clear: to demonstrate, promote, analyze and celebrate energyefficiency and renewable energy.

Since the first edition in 2006 to the present theres been a big increase in terms of eventsand participants. The first edition had a just one debate in Brussels, whereas if we go back to2010, over 300 events were held and last year this figure reached 700 with more than 30,000participants, not only at European level which endorsed the development of this commitmentto ecological, social and economic development. 2012 may be the year to overcome thebarrier of 1,000 events.

European Sustainable Energy Week is the key annual event to enhance the achievement ofthe objectives set in 2008 by the European Union to reduce greenhouse gases and showsupport for renewable energy.

For more information on the interview or any event taking place during European SustainableEnergy Week, please dont hesitate to contact our office, visit the website: www.eusew.eu orwrite to us on twitter: @euenergyweek

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