The Green top candidate for the EU elections, Lena Schilling, is introduced to the European capital Brussels. During a four-day trip, she will meet Green MEPs, the previous ÖVP mandate and Vice-President of the EU Parliament Othmar Karas, a Ukrainian aid organization and students.
The Belgian Marta Barandiy is the founder of the NGO ‘Promote Ukraine’ and organizes international aid to the war-torn country from Brussels. “It was very exciting for me to learn firsthand from Marta Barandiy how we can support Ukraine. As a neutral state, we can also continue to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom, for example with humanitarian aid,” Schilling said.
Schilling and Barandiy have something special in common: both started doing politics as activists, Barandiy with her Ukrainian NGO Schilling in the climate and environmental movement. Now both are candidates for the EU Parliament – Barandiy for the liberal party “Voor U” in Belgium, founded in December 2023.
Core team of 15 volunteers
Since 2014, Promote Ukraine has been a hub for coordination and cooperation between volunteers and civil society organizations for a democratic and sovereign Ukraine. After Russia invaded on February 24, 2022, the Coordination Center was launched. The core team of fifteen volunteers manage fundraising, humanitarian aid and refugee support programs.
Schilling traveled by train to Brussels and met Terry Reintke, leader of the Green Party in the European Parliament, Othmar Karas. the First Vice President of the EU Parliament and a group of the Young European Greens (FYEG). After her misstep with Norway, Schilling is now well prepared to answer questions about the European Union.
Source: Krone

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