With her work, Sophia Russack wants to contribute to making the EU more transparent and democratic. She recommends that the Council, Parliament and Commission make EU processes easier to understand.
By Redaktion Table
Like her latest project, the life of sinologist and café owner Julia Hofmann has two layers: Berlin and Beijing blend in her double-exposed pictures; she herself has been commuting between China and Germany for years.
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Daniel Mitrenga represents the interests of 180,000 family businesses in Brussels. The economist heads the European department and is a member of the management board of the association "Die Familienunternehmer".
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Thanasis Bakolas has been Secretary General of the Christian Democratic party family EPP since June 2022. Party leader Manfred Weber gave him a mission: to clean up the EPP.
By Isabel Cuesta Camacho
Gao Yaojie is considered a pioneer in the fight against AIDS. She drew attention to a catastrophe that shook rural China and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people.
By Michael Radunski
Gunther Kegel was re-elected President of the ZVEI this year. The electrical engineer is working with the association to promote an electrified and digitalized society – in this respect, Germany is lagging far behind in Europe.
By Redaktion Table
Liu Zhenmin will very likely become China's new climate envoy and chief negotiator at the next COP. Liu is following in big footsteps. He is considered less powerful and less well-connected than his predecessor, Xie.
By Nico Beckert
"Peatlands are the big climate construction site," according to Franziska Tanneberger. Due to their drainage, large amounts of CO2 are released. When peatlands are destroyed, crucial CO2 sinks are lost. The co-director of the Greifswald Moor Centrum is advocating for the protection of peatlands.
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Jan Philipp Albrecht spent four years as Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalization in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, before which he was a member of the European Parliament for nine years. Today, as Co-Chair of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, he campaigns for democracy, the achievement of climate targets and cross-media discourse.
By Tim Winter
