Grüne on culture and media

The Greens want a securely funded, transparently run Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavaria's public broadcaster) and a diverse media landscape. Media oversight bodies are to have equal numbers of women and men and become younger and more diverse. Media literacy is to be promoted for everyone in Bavaria.

The Greens want a strong public broadcaster in Bavaria. It should have secure funding and be open about its spending. There should be many different media. Oversight boards should have as many women as men. Everyone should learn to use media well.

The broadcaster is to expand its on-demand services and make content from other public broadcasters easier to find. For private and non-commercial media, the platform plans fair competitive conditions and funding based on content quality and diversity of opinion. Public money is to be granted only where women and men get equal pay for equal work. Providers of media education in and outside schools are to get sufficient funds, and all educational staff are to be trained in media literacy. One focus is on addiction-promoting mechanisms such as loot boxes in video games.

The Greens want to fund the full range of arts and culture reliably, reform the Bavarian Culture Fund and draw up a statewide cultural development plan. Minimum fees for artists are to apply to public contracts and grants. The Tanzverbot (ban on dancing on certain religious holidays) is to go, and a center for cultural education is to be founded.

The Greens want steady funding for culture. There should be a plan for all of Bavaria. Artists should get a minimum fee for state-funded work. The ban on dancing on quiet holidays should end. A new center should support cultural education.

Funding is to range from the independent scene through folk music and games to top-tier institutions, in cities and rural areas. A soundproofing fund is to support clubs and live music, the renovation backlog at cultural buildings is to be cleared, and venues made accessible. The Greens want to tie grants to criteria for gender parity, diversity and sustainability and to eliminate gaps between women and men in pay and stage appearances. For the film industry, a “Sozial-Drehpass” (social filming pass) is planned to reward productions with exemplary social standards. The center for cultural education is to award project funds, offer training and connect associations; youth art schools and the state music plan are to be strengthened.

The Greens want to equip Bavaria's memorial, learning and remembrance sites according to need and support civil society initiatives. Municipalities are to get money when they rename streets and buildings named after historical perpetrators. In the platform's view, perpetration under National Socialism and colonialism has not been sufficiently examined so far.

The Greens want to equip memorial sites better. These places recall crimes from history. Groups that care for remembrance should get help. Some streets are named after perpetrators from the past. Towns should get money when they change these names.

The platform regards a living culture of remembrance as important for democracy. It points out that antisemitism and racism continue to have effects today. The remembrance work fought for by survivors and progressive groups is to keep its critical impact. The financial help for renaming covers both streets and public buildings.

The Greens want to preserve Bavaria's historic monuments while modernizing them. More solar installations are to be possible on protected buildings, along with new uses inside and better insulation. Municipalities and private owners are to get more money for renovation.

The Greens want to protect old historic buildings. More solar panels should be allowed on them. Owners should be able to change the inside more easily. There should be more money for repairs. The offices should handle requests faster.

Changes inside buildings are to allow new uses and so prevent vacancy. The heritage authorities are to get more staff and money so that funding applications are handled faster. The platform stresses that, besides famous sights, the many smaller monuments also need protection. Violations of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act are to be pursued more consistently so that monuments do not decay or get deliberately destroyed.