FDP on culture and media

The FDP wants to simplify permits for film and television shoots in the ports and promote the ports as filming locations. It expects this to improve the image of the maritime industry and of both cities.

The FDP wants to make filming in the ports easier. Film crews should get permits faster. The ports should become known as places to film. This should be good for the image of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

The platform describes the ports as a fitting backdrop for art, culture, film and television. Filming permits are to be easier to obtain. In addition, the ports are to be actively marketed as filming locations. The FDP names an image boost for the port economy and for Bremen and Bremerhaven as the expected benefit.

The FDP wants to preserve and maintain historic buildings in Bremen and Bremerhaven. To do so, more money is to go into heritage protection of city-owned buildings, and a fund is to be created from which private owners can apply for money.

The FDP wants to keep old buildings. The city should spend more money on its old buildings. There should also be a fund. A fund is a pot of money. Private owners can get money from it.

The platform notes that many valuable buildings were destroyed in World War II and not rebuilt afterward. The remaining prewar building stock should therefore be cared for. Budget funds for heritage protection of city-owned buildings are to rise. From the new fund, private owners can get money to maintain, preserve and renovate their historic houses.

The FDP wants to limit public broadcasting to information and education and remove entertainment from its mandate. Through reforms of mandate and structure, the broadcasting fee is to fall to no more than 10 euros a month in the long run. Part of the broadcasting council is to be directly elected.

The FDP wants to make public broadcasting smaller. It should only inform and educate. Entertainment should be dropped. The broadcasting fee should fall to at most 10 euros a month.

The entertainment division could be transferred to privately run channels; in sports, public broadcasters should show amateur events instead of major events. In the future, one nationwide linear TV channel and one media library are to suffice, while regional news programs such as "buten un binnen" are to be strengthened. Radio Bremen should offer only audio and video online so as not to disadvantage private media companies. Apprentices, university students, people doing voluntary service or voluntary military service, and school students are to be exempt from the fee, and salaries and pensions are to match private-sector levels. Part of the broadcasting council is to be elected by fee payers, and another part is to consist of independent experts.

The FDP wants to adequately fund the major cultural institutions in Bremen and Bremerhaven and to give targeted support to the independent arts scene. The program also views cultural spending as a way to strengthen the local economy and therefore wants to focus more on cultural tourism.

The FDP wants to pay theaters, museums, and other cultural places well. Independent artists should also get support. Culture should bring more visitors to the cities. The FDP says this also helps the economy.

The program sees adequate funding for institutions with national reach as a task for the state and its municipalities. For the independent scene, it lists artist grants, scholarships, public commissions, support for venues and studios, and new spaces for creative people. Institutions with strong private involvement, such as the Kunstverein or the Bürgerparkverein, are to receive public support. A broad cultural offering is also meant to keep university graduates from moving to other cities. The Bremen music school and the Bremen adult education center (VHS) are to merge to make administration more efficient.

The FDP supports lifting the general ban on dancing on certain public holidays. Its reasoning is that faith is a private decision and that no religious community should be favored.

On some holidays, public dancing is not allowed. The FDP wants to end this ban. It says faith is a private matter. No religion should get special treatment.

The program states that no religious community should be favored in cultural funding. At the same time, the FDP affirms Bremen's history, which was shaped by Christianity and seafaring. This heritage is to be remembered by maintaining traditions, monuments, and museums.

The FDP wants to strengthen Bremerhaven's cultural offerings, preserve the city's theaters, and expand cultural education for children and teenagers. The program sees culture as an asset for the city's appeal and as a driver of neighborhood development.

The FDP wants to strengthen culture in Bremerhaven. The theaters should stay. Children and teenagers should find it easier to enjoy culture. The city should advertise its culture more.

The Stadttheater is to continue with its three divisions and the JUB! youth theater; the Theater im Fischereihafen is also to be secured, with the FDP expecting a contribution from the state-owned fishing port operating company. For cultural education, the party can envision a dedicated center that could also house a youth culture meeting place. Independent arts projects are to receive steady funding, especially those for young people and families. The offerings are to be marketed better locally and beyond the region. The FDP supports developing the Deutsches Auswandererhaus (German Emigration Center) into a national research institute for migration.

The FDP wants a new civic hall built on Wilhelm-Kaisen-Platz in Bremerhaven. An investor is to build and finance it, and the city would then rent it. In the program's view, this is the only way to get a new building soon.

Bremerhaven should get a new civic hall. It is for sports, culture, and trade fairs. A private company should build and pay for it. The city then rents the hall.

The hall is meant for sports, culture, and trade fairs and to secure Bremerhaven's role as a regional center. The FDP does not consider converting or expanding the old hall worthwhile given its condition. The plan is a PPP model, meaning a public-private partnership. The city would lease the hall back, possibly as a lease-purchase.

The FDP wants to strengthen the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven and have its museum ships repaired. The permanent exhibition of the Historical Museum is to be modernized, and admission fees are to be charged there again.

The FDP wants to strengthen the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. The old ships should be repaired. The Historical Museum should get a new exhibition. Visiting it should cost money again.

The city is to provide money for the museum ships, and the Task Force Maritim is to continue its work. The FDP wants to secure federal funds for renovating the Scharoun building; the museum is to remain a member of the Leibniz Association. For the party, renovating the building takes priority over funding a replica of the Najade. It names the history of polar research as a further focus. On the Historical Museum, the program criticizes that the city's history is shown only up to the 1950s and that accessibility has gaps; it says free admission brought neither more visitors nor savings.

The FDP wants to give the Nordseemuseum (North Sea Museum) in Bremerhaven a permanent exhibition site with a storage depot. The platform argues that many of the exhibits, currently in storage, are of high historical value.

The Nordseemuseum has no building of its own right now. Many items are kept in boxes. The FDP wants a fixed place for the exhibition. A storage space should be part of it.

According to the platform, the museum's collection is currently in storage, with individual items on permanent or occasional loan. The FDP wants a fixed exhibition site that is combined with a depot. The platform names the Werftquartier district as a possible location.