On Friday the 20th of September 2024, a few of us German students, who were interested enough to get up in the middle of the night, got the chance to watch a popular german News Show, called “MoMa”. This special episode took place in Potsdam instead of Berlin, due to its main Topic: Landtagswahlen in Brandenburg. Landtagswahlen are the elections that define the parlament of each federal state. The show featured interviews with each party’s top candidate, concerning the most discussed issues: Education and Migration. Behind the scenes, we got to discuss our own questions with the candidates, some seemed thrilled to talk to us, others would have rather enjoyed their morning coffee without a bunch of curious teens. A few talks lead to cool selfies, others to frustration on both sides. Nonetheless a very successful event, that for sure helped us, 16+ year olds, who are allowed to vote, to make up their mind and be well prepared for a democratic decision-making progress this Sunday, 22th of September.
