EU election: German Left nominates migration activist as lead candidate Activist Carola Rackete, who rose to prominence as captain of an NGO search and rescue boat, was nominated on Monday (17 July) as one of the two lead candidates for the German Left Party for next year’s EU election. Rackete is known in Italy for ramming a finance police patrol boat in 2019 during a rescue mission. “From ramming Italian finance police patrol boats to a candidacy with the Left is an instant. “She rammed a patrol boat […] and did not respect the ban of the Italian police force. Similarly, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party, Fratelli d’Italia (ECR), came out strongly against the German left candidate.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2023 16:56 UTC