Grüne on foreign affairs and defence

The Greens want to strengthen Berlin's city partnerships and focus them on topics such as climate protection, protecting democracy, resilience and future technologies. Berlin is to learn from other cities and countries. Partnerships with cities in the Global South and the state's development cooperation are to grow.

Berlin has partner cities around the world. The Greens want to strengthen these partnerships. Berlin should learn from other cities, for example on transport. There should be more partnerships with cities in poorer countries. Berlin should support more development projects.

The platform names Paris for transport, Copenhagen for cycling and energy, Kyiv for resilient infrastructure and Estonia for digital skills as models. A Berlin resilience strategy is to emerge from this as well. Partnerships are to become more visible and lead to joint projects that improve daily life. With cities in the Global South, Berlin wants to cooperate on subnational climate diplomacy and on coming to terms with colonial history, among other things. The Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (state office for development cooperation) is to be given more weight.

The Greens want Berlin to permanently support exchange with democratic initiatives and pro-European movements abroad. Democracy is to be at the center of the city's international cooperation. According to the platform, those involved should learn from and support one another.

The Greens want to support groups abroad that work for democracy. Berlin should stay in contact with them. This applies to Ukraine, Taiwan and Georgia, for example. Everyone should learn from each other.

The platform names initiatives from Taiwan and pro-European movements, above all in Ukraine, and also in Belarus, Georgia, Hungary and Moldova. It sees Budapest, Warsaw and Taipei as examples of a resilient civil society. In the party's view, Berlin should stand up for its values more firmly in the contest between democracies and autocracies. The city is also to become more crisis-proof and invest in its security.

The Greens want Berlin to use its sister-city ties to stand up for civil and human rights worldwide and to lead an alliance of democratic actors. At the same time, the city should be more careful when working with partners from authoritarian states.

Berlin has partner cities in other countries. The Greens want Berlin to speak up for human rights there. Berlin should support queer people in other cities. Berlin should be more careful with countries that are not democracies.

Exchange with civil society organizations is to get a fixed format, such as round tables. The Rainbow Cities Network is to grow, especially by adding European cities where, according to the platform, queer groups are under pressure. The state's foreign trade promotion is to aim at lower risk and more diversified trade ties. Together with federal and customs authorities, the Greens want to quickly stop the activities of the "Russian House."