{"id":196679,"date":"2026-03-11T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=196679"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:34:38","slug":"student-op-de-kieslijst-mina-gaat-voor-de-klimaatdoelen-en-betaalbare-woningen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/11\/student-op-de-kieslijst-mina-gaat-voor-de-klimaatdoelen-en-betaalbare-woningen\/","title":{"rendered":"Student on the ballot: Mina goes for climate targets and affordable housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">\u201cWhen the topic of students comes up, everyone in the municipal council looks at me\u201d, says Mina Morko\u00e7, a municipal councillor for GroenLinks. The only student on the council is standing for election again for GroenLinks-PvdA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1600x1066.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196663\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5009476309226932;width:705px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__closeup_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-2048x1365.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161060 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p>Mina Morko\u00e7 is in the municipal council since 2022.<\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/pien-duthmann\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Pien D\u00fcthmann<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What would you like to have achieved in the municipal council in four years\u2019 time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe climate targets! At the moment it seems we are not going to meet the 2030 targets, but if we really push for them in the coming years it might still be possible. And secondly: that a lot of affordable housing has been built \u2013 or that we are building it, because that process always takes time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p>In the run-up to the municipal elections, EM talks with students who are standing for election in Rotterdam. Mina Morko\u00e7 (28) is currently studying Law and Tax Law. She also works as a paralegal at Loyens and Loeff. She has been a member of the municipal council for GroenLinks since 2022 and is standing for election again for GroenLinks-PvdA.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You have now been in the Rotterdam municipal council for four years. Can you give one example of something concrete you have been able to do for students?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToo many to list. It started in 2022 with the energy allowance. Students were excluded from it. They were told to borrow more money or ask their parents for support. Many students cannot turn to their parents for that, and borrowing money is simply not the solution \u2013 by the way, I already have a student debt of about 60,000 euros myself. On my initiative, all young councillors in the Netherlands wrote a letter to the cabinet. Thirty million euros were made available, 3.2 million for Rotterdam, to help students pay their rising energy costs. You had to submit a lot of documents to qualify for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI quickly thought: I know students, this will probably be too much hassle. Students often already feel that they are not entitled to help and therefore do not pursue it. Through a motion I had it recorded that the remaining money always had to go to young people. More than 2 million euros remained, which went to debt assistance for young people so they can continue their studies, and to educational institutions for teaching materials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t&#039;It is nice and unfortunate that I&#039;m the only student in the municipal council&#039;\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you combine being a student and a councillor?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy studies are a way for me to eventually become a lawyer. At the moment I sometimes work 80 hours a week on my council work \u2013 officially it is meant to be two and a half days a week, and I also work two and a half days a week as a legal professional. So I am not the standard student, but I am regularly on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the topic of students comes up, everyone in the municipal council quickly looks at me because I am currently the only student on the council. That is nice and unfortunate at the same time. I hope more young people will join the council. Diversity in all respects is important. For example, there are only five councillors who rent their homes and forty who own their homes. I personally pay a huge amount for 30 square metres. The fact that 17,000 homes in the city are standing empty is therefore impossible to explain when so many people are looking for an affordable place to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have to speak to students to know what is going on and how student culture works. D66 once had a motion on student housing titled \u2018earning your door\u2019. I tapped councillor Tim on the shoulder and asked: do you know what that means? He did not. Then I explained that the term comes from student association culture and that you often have to earn the door by having sex in your room. He had to laugh at that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1600x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Mina-Morkoc__full1_GroenLinks_Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026_Rotterdam_06032026_Pien-Duthmann-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1773161056 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p>The fact that 17,000 homes in the city are standing empty is impossible to explain, according to Mina.<\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/pien-duthmann\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Pien D\u00fcthmann<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking at Rotterdam politics, what has really made you angry recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe way Leefbaar and the VVD talk about homeless people. They want to fine homelessness. Think about the future and work on affordable housing so that they too can have a home. And do not talk about these people as if they are objects that you can simply move around. They are still people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your future dream for Rotterdam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA city where people take more account of one another, from small to large, animal and human. That the right balance is found. Rotterdam has given me everything \u2013 I was born and raised here. I want others to look at this city in the same way, that it is not just a place you pass through before moving on. That it is a pleasant, liveable city for everyone who wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen the topic of students comes up, everyone in the municipal council looks at me\u201d, says Mina Morko\u00e7, a municipal councillor for GroenLinks. 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