Swing Vote: Rotterdam Mayor Abseils Down City Tower After Election Bet
Schouten completed the descent after Rotterdam turnout rose to 40.7%, higher than the 38.9% record low in 2022.
- On Thursday, Rotterdam Mayor Carola Schouten abseiled down the 100-metre Euromast, fulfilling a pre-election pledge to boost voter turnout in municipal elections.
- Schouten promised the stunt if municipal turnout exceeded the 38.9 percent recorded in 2022. Voters pushed turnout to 40.7 percent, prompting the mayor to honor her commitment.
- The 48-year-old mayor completed the descent in over 10 minutes accompanied by an expert. She prepared by training beforehand, telling AFP the instructors taught her, "don't look down."
- Prime Minister Rob Jetten was scheduled to join but canceled due to scheduling clashes. His spokesman confirmed Jetten will "definitely do it," while Schouten said, "I'm quite sure that one day he will go down also."
- The event echoes the 2012 incident where London Mayor Boris Johnson got stuck on a zip wire. Schouten emphasized the stunt's deeper message: "This was a fun thing but the message behind it is very serious.
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The Chatelier speaks of the mayor of Rotterdam Carola Schouten who knows how to give of her person. She found herself suspended in the vacuum at more than 100 meters high. Eléonore Payro, on the other hand, evokes a road trip by stop. (Company topics).
There are electoral promises that fall into oblivion after the elections and others that end up hanging from a rope at 100 meters high. The mayor of Rotterdam (Netherlands), Carola Schouten, has overcome this Thursday a paralyzing fear to the heights to descend by rappelling by one of the most emblematic monuments of her city, the Euromast, 185 meters high. Schouten had committed himself to the voters to go down from the top of the tower if the …
Swing vote: Rotterdam mayor abseils down city tower after election bet
Carola Schouten had pledged to take the plunge if turnout in municipal elections in March was higher than four years earlier. And the voters of Rotterdam took her at her word, pushing up turnout to 40.7 percent, higher than the record low 38.9 percent recorded in 2022. Under cloudy skies and swinging precariously in a blustery wind, Schouten inched down the abseiling rope accompanied by an expert, taking just over 10 minutes to complete the desc…
If the turnout for the municipal elections is higher than four years ago, I will abseil down the Euromast. That is what the mayor of Rotterdam promised. Her action also contributes to her visibility in the city. About ten camera crews, as well as foreign journalists, were present.
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