Type A Event #1 in Essen, Germany
On June 17, 2026, the project’s first Town Hall in School event took place in Essen, Germany. In five parallel workshops, approximately 130 eleventh-grade students from the Maria-Wächtler-Gymnasium explored the importance of EU cohesion policy at various political levels.
In a design thinking workshop, the students analyzed problems they perceived in Essen and developed potential solutions, which were then presented to policymakers. The focus here was, for example, on concrete proposals for affordable recreational activities for young people.
In the picture, students in conversation with:
- Eliseo Francesco Maugeri, The Left (Die Linke), Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Group in the City Council
- Ingo Vogel, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Member of the Bundestag (MdB)
- Matthias Hauer, Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), Member of the Bundestag (MdB)
- Julia Kahle-Hausmann, SPD, Member of the State Parliament (MdL)
- Manfred Gunkel, Animal Protection Party (Partei Mensch, Klima, Tierschutz), Regional Chair Essen and Deputy member of the School Committee Essen
- Angelika Remiszewski, Animal Protection Party, State Chair North Rhine-Westphalia
- Luca Ducrée, CDU, Councilor for Horst and Eiberg
Date & Time: June 17, 2026, Maria-Wächtler-Gymnasium in Essen
