Alliance 90/The Greens: Greens present new economic policy course

The Greens are planning a realignment of the party's economic policy. To this end, party leaders Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak presented two key proposals for the federal party conference in December. At the heart of the proposals is the goal of more closely linking climate protection and economic success. In doing so, the party leadership is also reacting to growing fears of relegation and the future as well as a deep mistrust in politics.

Brantner called for a fundamental change in the relationship between the state and business. »We don't say what everyone has to do, but rather we enable those who have a plan for their lives, for their companies, to be able to implement it accordingly.«

“Simply making cuts is not a reform”

In one of the proposals, the party promotes “new growth” with more investment, less bureaucracy, lower energy prices and stronger social security. To this end, she proposes a paradigm shift in reducing bureaucracy: reporting and documentation obligations should be fundamentally abolished unless they are newly justified.

The Greens are also proposing stronger taxation of very high assets, a digital tax for large digital platforms and reforms in care, pensions, education and the labor market. “Simply making cuts, as the federal government is doing, is not a reform,” says a key motion.

Consistent action against enemies of the constitution

In the second key proposal for the renewal of democracy, the party leadership calls for fundamental state reform, better financial resources for municipalities and consistent action against “enemies of the constitution”. A possible AfD ban should be examined under constitutional law.

Regarding the demand for fundamental state reform, co-chair Banaszak said: "The state is sometimes omnipresent, omnipresent, in places where people don't actually want to be annoyed." At the same time, the state is failing where it is actually needed. The Greens themselves would also have to change their political work: “Less instruction, more encounters, less culture war, more conversation on an equal level,” demanded Banaszak.