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The 27-year-old political scientist Franziska Brandmann is the new chairwoman of the JuLis
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The 27-year-old political scientist Franziska Brandmann from Grevenbroich has been elected as the new federal chairman of the Young Liberals in Erlangen.
At the federal congress of the FDP youth organization she received 182 of the 197 votes and thus a result of 92 percent.
Brandmann had no opponent.
She succeeds the FDP member of the Bundestag Jens Teutrine, who no longer stood for election.
In her application speech, Brandmann had made demands on her own party for its participation in the federal government. The party must not lose its liberal, free face. It has to make a difference if the FDP is part of the coalition, she said. According to the information, Brandmann said "that so many young and first-time voters put their trust in the FDP in the Bundestag election was not a reward for work already done, but a leap of faith."
There is an urgent need for a reform to support students, which must include a parent-independent BAföG.
The new government, from cannabis to euthanasia, must also advocate a policy "that is as liberal as our society has long been."
Furthermore, the new government must work for a pension reform that "thinks" young people.
"We will support the FDP constructively and critically over the next few weeks, months and years and advocate liberal principles and convictions within the FDP," said Brandmann.
The youth organization is well aware that government participation will also force the FDP to make compromises.
"But you mustn't get lost in these," emphasized Brandmann.
"We must and will remind them of that."
jso / dpa / AFP
