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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.66,0:00:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> PRESIDENT: Please, Mr. Lauer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.62,0:00:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.62,0:00:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> LAUER: Yes, how much time do I have left? 18:01, great.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.13,0:00:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> PRESIDENT: Ten minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.90,0:00:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> LAUER: Dear Mrs President, ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.10,0:00:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear Mr Wowereit (he is the mayor of Berlin)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.84,0:00:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Andreas' last speech he shed light on the programmatic aspect of the government policy address,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.63,0:00:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would like to rise to speak in order to explain some things that are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.62,0:00:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a more general nature. The pirate parliamentary group has been part of this house since September of last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.11,0:00:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after the euphoria and avowals at the beginning on behalf of the parties
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.75,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have already been part of the house to change their style of politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the daily grind seems to have creeped back in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.19,0:00:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can understand your hope that we will adapt to you rather than have you adapt to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.26,0:00:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but such black and white logic falls short. The entrance of the pirate party
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.13,0:00:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the Berlin state parliament marks a break. With us, a political party has entered,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.61,0:01:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose members are socialized by new media and the internet. That's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a matter of fact you have to accept, if you want to understand our surprise and displeasure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding the events of this parliament. We grew up in a world that offered everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.52,0:01:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanted to enter it, a neutral platform for free development of the individual. Of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.50,0:01:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world - the internet - involves dangers, but name me just one place where that isn't applicable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.84,0:01:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We perceived the chances of the internet to be greater. And the equality of opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.60,0:01:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the physical world, which is addressed in many election programs and this government statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.82,0:01:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is realized in the internet. Because there, indeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.59,0:01:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one cares where you come from, what gender you have or what religion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.64,0:01:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you belong to. You just have to convince by what you do. Such
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.42,0:01:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a parallel society - and I'm using this term intentionally at this point - is becoming
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.10,0:01:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more important in this moment, in which more and more citizens of our society are ignored
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.91,0:02:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the social system or don't want to be pressed in existing social conventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.93,0:02:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pirates don't represent the schools' darlings, but instead
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.07,0:02:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Nerds, the outsiders; those that weren't invited
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.28,0:02:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the parties during their time in school; those that did not stand in the middle of the community *heckling sarcastically, pretending compassion.*
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.45,0:02:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, and a short while ago you talked about solidarity, and now you say 'Aww' at something like this; you should be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.97,0:02:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ashamed of yourselves! We had to find (....) - Unfortunally I've forgotten my cress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.50,0:02:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had packed it, you could have collected it here and then
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.05,0:02:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hold the cress." (A term that could be loosely translated as "shut up".)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.25,0:02:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of the internet we are at the eye of the storm of a process involving all of society,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.61,0:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the end of which we can not see yet. The social change,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.57,0:02:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused by the internet as a technology (...)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.05,0:02:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> PRESIDENT: Mr Lauer, a second, excuse me. Ladies and Gentlemen, interjections are one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.87,0:03:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a constant level of noise another. Please let the speaker be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.73,0:03:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> LAUER: I'm coming to the point. Because of the internet we are at the eye
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.73,0:03:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the storm of a process involving all of society, the end of which we can not see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.88,0:03:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet. The social change caused by the internet as a technology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.27,0:03:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is noticeable, and we shouldn't let the chance go by to shape that change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.82,0:03:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The internet ruthlessly changes the paradigms of the 19th and the 20th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.32,0:03:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is knowledge, what is work, what are qualifications in a world that offers me all information
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.34,0:03:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the push of a button? At best we are engaging with the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.60,0:03:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symptoms of a changing world. But we have to start to engage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.46,0:03:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the causes. At the same time we can't react with solutions from the 20th century
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.10,0:03:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the problems of the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.79,0:03:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the meantime the internet can do more. It is not just Google and eBay, but also the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.12,0:04:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,democratic participation of many. As a parliament we can not ignore the technological leaps of the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.68,0:04:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last years. The problem is that this house does not reward innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.69,0:04:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why should it, since it itself is about continuity, and in the moment when 149 persons
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.75,0:04:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as elected representatives substitute 3.5 million citizens of Berlin,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.78,0:04:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is about a reduction of complexity. Yes, and it is about power. In the moment in which this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.93,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,house decides the citizens' involvement in the political process,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is about the fear to abolish itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.66,0:04:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fear not: We abolished ourselves quite some time ago already.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.09,0:04:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what does your government policy address really mean, Mr Wowereit? It was you who
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.43,0:04:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,declared today what is supposed to happen during the next 5 years. How is it going to come about? Through
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.67,0:04:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws. Who decides on those laws? This house. But: Where are these laws written?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.23,0:05:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who of the present representatives is Mr or Mrs "drafted-by-consultant"? Where
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.30,0:05:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this consultant sitting? He sits in the administration. It is a sad reality that this house is not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.27,0:05:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fullfilling its constitutional task
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.85,0:05:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to generate laws out of its midst. It will be sad reality that over the next
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.72,0:05:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 years every change will come out of the Senate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.11,0:05:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every change will be nodded through by the (ruling) coalition, with them grinding their teeth or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.72,0:05:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the opposition will cry. And the opposition will make suggestions, and the coalition will cry. At this point
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.35,0:05:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explicitly speak to the backbenchers in the parliamentary groups: Did you imagine it this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.95,0:05:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this worth for you? To nod through what Mr or Mrs drafted-by-consultant wrote in some
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.14,0:05:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senate administration for five years? The free mandate, anchored in the constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.55,0:05:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is becoming a maculation in the state parliament week in week out. And who in here has the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.09,0:05:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,backbone left to disagree with his or her parliamentary group in public
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.61,0:06:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This toeing of the parliamentary party line, which again toes the Senate line
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.07,0:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a danger for democracy. When we are talking here about the dangers of lobbyism and more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.98,0:06:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transparency in this house we misjudge that the lobbyist comes to those
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.87,0:06:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing the law, not to those nodding the law through.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.79,0:06:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are not debates taking place in this house anymore, but a Punch and Judy show,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.48,0:06:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the roles divided by coalition and opposition. There is a concentration of power at the Senate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.11,0:06:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking place that is not healthy. In the light of the challenges facing the City of Berlin it is noteworthy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.63,0:06:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we, as representatives, only obliged to our conscience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.99,0:06:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put up with this. The solution is just as simple as radical: The state constitution
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.96,0:06:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says in § 59 section 2: "bills can be contributed by the middle of the parliament,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.24,0:06:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the senate or by public initiative". Let's remove
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.33,0:07:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"by the senate". Let's provide the members of this parliament
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.20,0:07:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the authority to write laws, so that real
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.65,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,debates are taking place in this house - relevant and cross-party. Try
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imagine how motivating it can be, if you put
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.50,0:07:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bill through after a hard debate, on which you worked on with much blood, sweat and tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.24,0:07:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course I know: this is just wishful thinking. After my speech
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.85,0:07:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will argue with enough reasons to explain why the system that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.15,0:07:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have for over 50 years now is good and must be continued. You will
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.36,0:07:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular explain to yourselves that you play an important role in what
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.55,0:07:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is taking place in this house. And even if what I just said should have reached you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.55,0:07:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not be bold enough to discuss it within your parliamentary group,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.09,0:07:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within your party. During our election campaign we had a billboard with the slogan "Why am I hanging here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.62,0:07:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to vote anyway?". Similarly you could put up one over this console
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.82,0:08:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the headline: "Why am I talking here, I know how you are going to vote
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.04,0:08:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyway?". The Pirate Party's success is also the result of a crisis of trust in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.17,0:08:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our representative parliamentary system. The Citizens of Berlin
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.32,0:08:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't be demanding more participation if they felt they were
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.01,0:08:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being represented adequately in here. Has nobody here ever asked himself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.35,0:08:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question, why people, to whom electricity comes out of walls and money out of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.43,0:08:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ATMs, suddenly are interested in political participation?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.95,0:08:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to convince the people of Berlin that the democratic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.19,0:08:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representational system is necessary, then we should all start very quickly to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.47,0:08:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reasons for it. With a business as usual intention it will not work at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.65,0:08:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.83,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>PRESIDENT: Thank you.