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It was a victory announcement: On list presented Platz 7 Alliance 90/The Greens in the European elections it on. And so was "Maria Franziska Keller, a student," Reaching the European Parliament hardly miss. A young woman under 30, placed so far above - this had none of the other major parties married.
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According cheerful comes Ska Keller, as she has called her youth, in the Free University in Berlin. Strenuous weeks behind her.
In spite of the secure tickets for one of the 736 parliamentary seats, the 27-year-old student in the campaign steers Tour: They climbed on podiums, squatted in student flats on the couch in order to discuss about politics, and fought for their party at market places and
Village festivals in the province of Brandenburg.
Policy on Europe will find it exciting: "There is not so much about national interests, but that together we build a Europe. Because you can collaborate with other people who come from other countries, but the same ideas."
Many of these German euphoria for Europe do not share. This shows the
low voter turnout on Sunday. The EU has an image problem, no question.
National politicians use the EU as a scapegoat
The newcomer from the Brandenburg Guben looks at the reasons why the EU countries and their governments: "There is always a lot of national politicians in the EU deported, what they find bad. Although they partially have caused. And everything from their perspective is good, that they push themselves too. "
Previously studied in Berlin Ska Keller Islamic studies, Judaism and Turkish and will complete their studies this year. Ins EU parliament to be elected, does it with a blow to Großverdienerin. Ska Keller knows that there are many discussions about the high salaries of the MPs there. The approximately 14,000 euros gross per month are also available for a conversion. To debate the content to meet the basement continues to openness: "One must make transparent what you get for funds and what you do with it."
Brussels is looking forward to the student. That there is a second seat of the Parliament in Strasbourg, she is wrong: "There should be only one seat in Parliament. This outward and Herfahrerei costs a lot of money, but also costs a lot of nerves and time that you otherwise could use better. "
Take a five-year term, so long will Ska Keller in Brussels. What to do next, she knows just yet. For life to sit in Parliament, she can not imagine. A life policy, but
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