Udo Bullmann does not think much of political role models. „I’m a Lutheran Christian and don’t need any more gods,“ says the SPD politician. Rather, the MEP is impressed by people who sometimes swim against the tide, who stand up and speak their minds, even if it does not necessarily bring them advantages. During his time with the Young Socialists in the 1980s, he was thus always on the side of the undogmatic. „Always anti-authoritarian,“ Bullmann says, „giving strength to those who need it.“