Three backers for the district council

Green Group welcomes new faces / "Promoting people in the Main-Kinzig district"

New faces in the Green parliamentary group: In addition to the already advanced Marina Lehmann, Gülümser Tanta-Yalcin and Victoria Schmidt are now also taking part in their district mandate. Both take the seats for Angelika Gunkel and Monika Kühn-Bousonville, who were elected to the district committee at the latest roundtable meeting and thus no longer belong to the group.

"I look forward to advancing the people of the Main-Kinzig district with good applications," says Marina Lehmann. The 31-year-old, who currently works in the family-owned company as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, has been politically engaged since 2010 and has been with the Greens since 2019. In 2020, Lehmann competed as mayoral candidate in Rodenbach and was able to achieve a very good result there.
For the Rodenbacher, the topics of women's politics, the environment and construction are particularly important: "Our Green Group is broad and qualified in this regard", Lehmann welcomes and adds: ‘At the end of the day, I can actively influence the fundamental decisions of our district.’ One of Lehmann’s concerns is public transport: "A mobility transition must finally take place so that people can come home safely in the evening and at the weekend." At the same time, Lehmann wants to promote education and digitalisation: “The pandemic has challenged us all on a daily basis and demonstrated the need to effectively drive the digital transformation.”

In addition to Lehmann, Gülümser Tanta-Yalcin is also sitting in the district council for the first time. Tanta-Yalcin has been a member of the district board since 2017, before that she was a spokeswoman for women's politics and a member of the board of the Hanau Local Association of the Greens. The dipl. Business economist and interpreter wants to focus on the communication of different cultures: “I stand for cultural and social diversity, with the aim of peaceful and democratic coexistence.” It is about building a bridge between cultures and dismantling prejudices against other cultures and languages.

However, diversity also means promoting people with physical disabilities: ‘Those who hold back in society because of their physical impairment. I would like to encourage them to take part in social events.”

The trio of repeaters completes Victoria Schmidt. The 22-year-old teacher of political sciences is also a member of the Gelnhäuser municipal council and board member of the local association: "I am very much looking forward to a good exchange with many experienced people and new impulses." This is made possible by a strong group: “This always opens up new perspectives on a wide range of topics.” Schmidt would like to focus on rural areas: “Many of our decisions concern not only the people living in the larger cities, but also or especially the people living in rural areas. We must not lose sight of this. Because the strength of our Main-Kinzig circle is diversity", Schmidt concludes.