The Green Party

Energy from wind, sun, water, and biomass – that’s the clean future! Until 2030 we want to cover our energy requirements to 100 % with renewable energy sources. Small businesses, cooperatives, and municipal works will generate most of the power. This is energy transition in citizen’s hand – thus, we’ll be fit for the future.

Is the growth of the gross domestic product an indicator for our wealth and quality of life? – No, it is a mere addition of goods and services brought forth by the national economy. It does not reveal much about people’s contentment with life. We aim to measure the life quality in order to steer the developments in our country into a positive direction.

um die Entwicklung in unserem Land besser zu steuern.

We demand general minimum wages of at least 8.50 € . The precise figure will be determined by a minimum wage commission set together from unions, employers’ associations, as well as scientists. Employment must be worth the effort, and workers should not be dependent on additional government help because of dumping wages.

Today, people with high incomes can switch from the statutory health insurance to private ones where they receive privileged medical treatment. It’s unfair and shows a lack of solidarity. Our alternative is he green citizen’s insurance. It will include everyone: statutory and privately insured, officials, and free-lancers. We will terminate the two-class medical treatment system in our health care system.

The suffering of animals held in factory farming is terrible, and the large amounts of cheap meat can only be produced by using massive antibiotics – with considerable risks to our health. We, Die Grünen, will no longer tolerate it. Intensive livestock farming must no longer be subsidized, and the abuse of antibiotics must be stopped.

Badly regulated financial markets have led the world into an epic financial and economic crisis. Despite this fact, banks and hedgefonds are still not being controlled more effectively. Next to a European bank union with a clear-cut supervision, we need bank financed rescue funds, and most of all a compulsory debt brake for banks. Die Grünen want to rearrange the capital markets.

Racism, intolerance, anti-Semitism, hostility towards Muslims, Sinte, and Romani people, transphobia and homophobia – all these are expressions of group-focused enmity. We have no place for that in our society. We are decidedly opposing this kind of demeanour. Therefore, we promote projects for a civil society.

We want to develop good day care accommodations fast. Families are only able to choose how to bring up their children, if there’re day care accommodations available to everyone who wants one. We want nationwide quality standards and more skilled professionals in day care facilities.