Ska Keller has been the most important Green politician at EU level since 2016. Together with Belgian Philippe Lamberts (59), she has led the group for six years. She was the top candidate for the European Greens in 2019 and also ran for first place for the German Greens in the same year. In the European Parliament, she also ran to become parliamentary president in 2019. She gave an engaging speech but could not prevail against David Sassoli, the Socialist candidate. Now she is giving up.