{"id":138111,"date":"2022-03-23T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=138111"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:12","slug":"eur-students-enter-the-council-we-need-a-young-person-who-thinks-about-a-green-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/23\/eur-students-enter-the-council-we-need-a-young-person-who-thinks-about-a-green-future\/","title":{"rendered":"EUR students enter the council: \u2018We need a young person who thinks about a green future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the run-up to the municipal council elections, EM talked to five students who were dreaming of a good election result. For three of them, this dream was fulfilled; for the other two, the results were disappointing.<\/p>\n

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How did that happen? That\u2019s the question that Mina Morko\u00e7<\/a> asks herself when she sees the result of the Rotterdam municipal council elections. Her party GroenLinks has again won five seats, meaning that as number five on the list, Morko\u00e7 will be a member of the municipal council for the next four years. What particularly stands out is the huge number of preferential votes she received. Of the nearly twenty thousand GroenLinks votes in Rotterdam, the student received 2,780. Only party leader Bokhove received more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was in shock. I worked really hard over the past few weeks and went out a lot to present myself. I felt I\u2019d done well, but this is much better than I thought. It shows that we really need a young person who thinks about a green future for the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

After all the festivities in recent days, the real work will soon start for Morko\u00e7. From next week, training sessions and workshops will prepare her for council work. \u201cI\u2019m going to absorb all the knowledge like a sponge, and particularly remember lots of names,\u201d she laughs. \u201cIt\u2019s going to a lot of fun, a real learning curve. What do I hope to achieve? I want to work towards a green and inclusive city where everyone feels safe and where also the LGBTI community can walk hand in hand to a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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