CDU on Europe

The CDU rejects a common European deposit insurance scheme and wants to press the EU to drop the plans. In its view, pooling bank risks creates neither trust in savings deposits nor more stable banks. Instead, banking regulation is to depend on the size and importance of each institution.

The EU plans shared protection for savings across Europe. The CDU is against this. It says all countries would then share the risks of banks. That does not make savings safer. Small banks should have lighter rules than large ones.

The rejection also covers deposit insurance in the form of a reinsurance arrangement. The platform argues that jointly borne bank risks do not contribute to stability. What should be pursued instead are proposals for graduated regulation depending on the size and importance of individual banks.

The CDU wants to strengthen teaching about Europe in schools with a cross-subject curriculum. Exchange programs run by schools, municipalities and clubs are to be expanded and promoted more. The party commits to continuing on the European path.

Children should learn more about Europe in school. There should be a teaching plan across several subjects. The CDU wants more exchange between countries in Europe. Schools, towns and clubs should take part.

A sponsorship program is to give interested people insight into the parliaments of other EU countries, and in return young people from abroad are to get to know the Lower Saxony state parliament. To fight youth unemployment, the CDU wants to use new tools such as the EU's ALMA program together with schools and businesses. It seeks closer cooperation with the Netherlands. The program describes the EU as a guarantor of peace and stability and stresses Lower Saxony's responsibility for the success of European projects.