Lisa Schubert: First non-bober member of the Bundestag

Sometimes it takes some time and happiness. Lisa Schubert had both. In the Bundestag election in February, the 22-year-old left-wing politician from Düsseldorf narrowly missed the move into parliament: she won 9.3 percent of the first votes and landed on the 14th place on the North Rhine-Westphalian list of the left. However, only 13 candidates were allowed to go to the Bundestag.

But now 67-year-old Uwe Foulloung is withdrawing. He will resign his mandate for health reasons at the end of July and Lisa Schubert should take up his place. The student from Düsseldorf will not only become the youngest member of the Bundestag, but also the first non-born person who ever sat in the German Parliament. There she wants to “give all discriminated and unknown and unknown a voice” and stand up for the interests of young people and precarious employees, the young politician said, among other things, on the social network Instagram.

She would not have expected that a member of the Bundestag would not have expected again. “I found the surreal and couldn’t believe it at all.” Despite the electional slump, she had the thoughts in the back of her head, but not expected that things would go so quickly.

However, the 22-year-old said that her political career was already cemented at a young age. As a teenager, she was involved in “social, anti -fascist and climate political fights”. At the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, where she is studying social sciences, Schubert has been active in the Socialist Democratic Student Association (SDS) of the LEFT for a good two years. When Sahra Wagenknecht returned to the party, Schubert became a member.

In the election campaign of the early Bundestag election, the 22-year-old campaigned with topics such as social justice, disarmament and gender justice. “My place in parliament should not be an end in itself, but help (…) to stand up for the visibility of all people,” Schubert writes on Instagram.

But she does not yet have concrete plans, “what exactly that can look like” – after all, she wants to end her studies. How should that work in addition to the political career in the Bundestag? Schubert also has to find out.

In any case, it is not easy: Although the 22-year-old should only go into the Berlin political company on 1 August-i.e. in the middle of the summer break-she already has a lot to do. At the beginning of July, she took part in her first parliamentary group meeting of the left. In addition, Schubert has to familiarize himself in terms of content, because Uwe Foulloung will probably inherit the place in the Finance Committee.

In terms of content, Schubert particularly wants to devote himself to the topics of anti -militarism, the war in the Gaza Strip and young people. Their reality of life is not shown politically too little, k. In addition, she also wants to pursue politics for people in Düsseldorf. Specifically, Schubert wrote the rental and living situation in North Rhine-Westphalia on the to-do list.

Is there still space for studying? At least the conclusion is not far.