Stock Photo - 25 March 2019, Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder): Franziska Giffey (SPD, l-r), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Kristy Augustin (CDU), Spokeswoman for Family Affairs, Women and Youth of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Brandenburg Landtag, Rene Wilke (Die Linke), Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder), and Annalena Baerbock, Co-Chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, are waiting for the start of a discussion event on child poverty at the European University Viadrina. In the afternoon, the political leaders of the city, state and federal government discussed on the podium how existing possibilities for combating child poverty can be exploited and which financial and legal framework conditions need to be improved. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Frankfurt (Oder)/Brandenburg/Germany