Viirg, Renate
Introduction
Hi! I’m a 14-year-old upper comprehensive school pupil from Torpparinmäki. I chose to stand as a candidate because I would like to have the opportunity to make a difference in current affairs. I think it would be important for Helsinki to be a safe and equal city for everyone living here. All young people should also have the opportunity to influence the future of Helsinki because it’s their future, too.
My hobbies include playing the guitar, the clarinet and cheerleading once a week. In my spare time, I like to draw and listen to music. I’m also interested in languages. I’m trilingual myself: I speak Finnish, German and English.
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Answers to the election machine
Schools should have more days during which they only serve vegetarian food.
Our school has vegetarian options every day, I don’t think we need more vegetarian food.
Schools should focus on grouping more extensively than now.
Because then you wouldn’t hang out with the same friends all the time and you would get to know new people.
Distance learning needs to be established as a permanent learning method in addition to contact teaching.
Could be, when necessary.
The competitiveness of young people’s sports activities should be reduced.
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The City of Helsinki should primarily offer summer jobs to those young people who do not yet have work experience.
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The public spaces in Helsinki should maintain the division between women’s and men’s toilets.
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Helsinki should start offering free public transport to those under 18.
Because moving around Helsinki would be easier.
It would be better if there were no e-scooters in Helsinki.
It would be better because they wouldn’t be left lying all around and they wouldn’t take up as much space.
For a member of the Youth Council, pushing their own goals through is a more important quality than agreeing on compromises.
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On which topics would you like the Youth Council to focus, in particular? Select the three that are the most important to you.
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