As the German playwright Berthold Brecht once said: "Two men—one rich, one poor—come face to face. Said the poor man with a twitch: Were I not poor, you wouldn't be rich."
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Özlem Demirel is a German MEP with The Left.
Özlem Demirel is a German MEP with The Left.