Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, ALDE’s unconventional candidate

Controversial and popular in Germany but relatively unknown in Brussels, Marie Agnes Strack Zimmermann’s nomination as the lead candidate of the liberal party ALDE has taken many by surprise. But who is she, and what does she have in store for the European Union?

We invited Euractiv’ Germany’s politics reporter Nick Alipour to understand Strack-Zimmermann’s power and influence better.

[Euractiv illustration by Esther Snippe]