Frankfurt (Oder) – He doesn’t want to celebrate his departure, he says, because there is nothing to celebrate. In eight years as a member of the Bundestag, Martin Patzelt has not celebrated anything. Not his victory against AfD leader Alexander Gauland in 2017 in the Oder-Spree constituency. Not the 2019 migration package, which he helped to decide. Not the release of blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, for whose trial he went to Vietnam as an observer. He says he doesn’t want to celebrate his departure because there is nothing to celebrate. In the entire eight years of his work as a member of the Bundestag, Martin Patzelt has not celebrated anything. Not his victory against AfD leader Alexander Gauland in 2017 in the Oder-Spree constituency. Not the migration package 2019, which he co-decided as a reporter for underage refugees while such a refugee was living with him.
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