BSW on digital affairs

The BSW opposes the gradual disappearance of cash. Everyday matters should remain possible without apps and without being forced to go digital.

The BSW wants to keep cash. People should still be able to live without apps. Nobody should be forced to go digital.

The platform describes a creeping displacement of cash and rejects it. It calls for a right to manage daily life without digital applications. The BSW is critical of growing pressure to digitize.

The BSW wants fast internet and complete mobile coverage throughout Saxony, including rural areas. According to the program, poor connections hamper business in regions such as the Erzgebirge and the Vogtland.

The BSW wants fast internet everywhere in Saxony. Cell phone service should work everywhere too. This matters most for villages and mountain areas. The federal government should pay for it.

The program names the Erzgebirge, the Vogtland and the Zittau Mountains as examples of areas with poor phone and data connections. The federal government should fully meet its financial responsibility for broadband expansion. Extra costs caused by delays, for instance because providers are lacking, should not fall on the state of Saxony and its municipalities.