EU parliament's youngest lawmaker eyes re-election

Strasbourg, France (AFP) April 24, 2024

When Kira Peter-Hansen took her seat in the European Parliament, aged 21, she was mistaken for an intern. Now the legislature's youngest member is 26 and eyeing a second mandate in June elections, aiming mainly to defend the EU's climate initiative. A Danish lawmaker with the leftwing Greens group, Peter-Hansen entered the parliament five years ago, still a university student at the time and