AfD on digital affairs

The AfD wants to create a central digital platform for the skilled trades in the state. Businesses would upload documents only once and forward them to every authority involved. This is meant to save them paperwork, time and money.

The AfD wants an online platform for craft businesses. Businesses upload their papers there only once. Then they send them to the offices with one click. This means less paperwork for craft workers.

Documents, certificates and applications would be stored on the platform. A business could send them with one click to the state and municipal offices that request or process them. Documents would only need updating when necessary. The state, municipalities and the platform operator would have to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.

The AfD wants to actively promote artificial intelligence in the state and make Kaiserslautern Germany's AI hub. The technical university there would get more money for AI. The platform argues that AI boosts productivity and that Germany must not miss out on the development.

The AfD wants to support artificial intelligence. These are computer programs that learn by themselves. Kaiserslautern should become the main AI center in Germany. The university there should get more money.

The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) would receive a larger AI budget. The state would support private projects such as the high-performance data center in Nierstein. The platform points to California, Texas and parts of Asia, where it says AI is already driving growth. The goal is a leading role at least within Germany and Europe.

The AfD wants to launch a state program that closes gaps in mobile coverage and provides fast internet everywhere. This is meant to help businesses, make working from home easier and make rural areas more attractive.

Some places have no cell phone signal. Some places have slow internet. The AfD wants to change that with a program. The whole state should get fast internet. This helps companies and people in the countryside.

The platform notes that most businesses depend on fast connections, yet Rhineland-Palatinate still has mobile dead zones and places without broadband. A rollout program is supposed to eliminate these gaps. The AfD expects less commuting because more people could work from home. Rural areas, which the platform describes as digitally left behind, are meant to benefit most.

The AfD wants to simplify administrative processes in municipalities so they can be handled fully digitally. A right to non-digital access to public offices is to remain. In addition, cooperation between municipalities is to be strengthened through simpler rules and funding.

Many public offices still work with paper. The AfD wants people to be able to apply from home on a computer. People who prefer it should still be able to go to the office without a computer. Towns should also be able to work together more easily.

The platform blames the backlog on overly complicated processes, some unchanged for decades, and points to the missed goals of the Onlinezugangsgesetz (Online Access Act). Red tape is to be cut, and switching between digital and paper formats inside the administration is to end. Paper applications are also supposed to become simpler as a result. For cooperation between municipalities, the AfD plans leaner state rules, more flexible forms of cooperation and low-bureaucracy funding through the revenue-sharing system. Municipalities could then jointly employ specialized staff and work at lower cost.