Grannies for future: 100-year-old German enters politics

German great-grandmother Lisel Heise's ambition to enter politics crystalised a few years before her 100th birthday when organisers of a public hearing cut off her microphone while she was arguing for the reopening of an outdoor pool. The pool galvanised Heise and her political career started with her election as the town council member of Kirchheimbolanden, Germany.

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