Avs, from universal income to renewables: all the proposals up for vote ahead of Sunday's assembly

From guaranteed minimum income at European level to the reduction of emissions, through free transport for the under 30s, equal marriage and the fight against homophobia. These are just some of the proposals that Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra has put forward on the online platform «Let's decide», giving citizens the opportunity to vote for those they most identify with and to in turn suggest new ideas. The objectives of the «Vote for Ideas» initiative are «to reiterate that the center-left urgently needs a common program» and to build «a participatory and “bottom-up” contribution».

«Let's decide» is the participatory platform of Avs and has been online since last May. The tool was created by the party to collect citizens' proposals. On the portal, starting from Monday 12 October, users were given the opportunity to vote among 82 proposals, divided into 16 themes ranging from energy to housing, from work to peace, from healthcare to digital. The vote will close on Sunday 18th, at 11am, coinciding with «Let's decide together», the Avs national assembly dedicated to the participatory construction of the red-green contribution to the common program of the centre-left.

In a note, the party announced that in just four days almost 10 thousand people registered on the platform and that over 90 thousand votes were cast. Just under two days before the start of the meeting, 44 proposals had already exceeded one thousand votes and the most voted had exceeded two thousand. Avs also explained that 58% of the people who joined the platform are not members of the party and that the age group most represented is between 18 and 34 years old. During the assembly, the most voted proposals will be presented.

Among the main objectives of the Green and Left Alliance are the fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions. Precisely for this purpose, the adoption of a law on national climate transition is expected within the first hundred days of the legislature. To protect the environment, the idea of ​​a drastic rethinking of mobility is also put forward which involves an investment of 30 billion taken from the Pnrr complementary fund to make local public transport "capillary, efficient and competitive". Not only that. Avs aims to make urban transport and regional trains free for under 30s and over 65s.

The red-greens would then like an Italy powered 100% by renewable energy sources, abandoning the use of gas, oil and coal. The party remains firm on its historic position: there is no need to "focus on false expensive solutions such as nuclear power". To combat high energy prices, however, we propose "controlled energy prices and targeted support measures for companies in difficulty, while introducing additional rewards (for example tax credit) for concrete investments in energy efficiency and renewable sources".