Munich councillor to address medical students' rally for fairer practical year at Maxmonument

Medical students were due to hold a demonstration and rally at the Maxmonument in Munich on 28 October at 2.45pm, calling for better conditions during the practical year of medical studies.

The event, called fairesPJ, was organised by the student representative body for human medicine at LMU Munich together with the Federal Representation of Medical Students in Germany. The practical year, known in German as the Praktisches Jahr (PJ), is part of the medical degree.

City councillor Angelika Pilz-Strasser, of the Greens – Rosa Liste group on the city council, was to give a welcome address at the rally on behalf of the Lord Mayor.

It is the third year in a row that the organisers have staged a demonstration and rally on the issue.