Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann couldn't believe it at first.
Why was Düsseldorf at the top of the list of election results - and not Aachen?
In the last election, the FDP had the best second vote nationwide.
How this succeeded in the city, which once elected a mayor from the SPD and sometimes from the CDU, she tells us on her way through the old town and the new Kö-Bogen.
The city has helped shape her as a local politician.
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Whether it's the carnival car maker Jacques Tilly or the wealth researcher Thomas Druyen: The people of Düsseldorf defend themselves against the clichés about the city.
In the old town, with Altbier, the boss of the “Uerige” brewery, Michael Schnitzler, still sees the ideals of classless society: everyone talks to one another.
How liberal Düsseldorf is and how much FDP is in the city, we clarify in the FAZ podcast for Germany.
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