Grüne on foreign affairs and defence

The Greens want voluntary service programs to remain voluntary and open to everyone, regardless of income or where they live. The platform rejects a return to general military conscription.

The Greens do not want a required service. Young people should choose a service freely. There should be more money for it. The Greens say no to a military draft.

The platform lists three measures: better pay, a higher travel allowance and access for young people who hold the Berufsreife (basic school-leaving certificate). The aim is that neither income nor place of residence keeps anyone from serving. A return to general conscription is explicitly rejected.

The Greens want the state and municipalities to buy goods according to social and ecological standards. The platform justifies this with responsibility for living conditions in other countries. The partnership with Rwanda is to grow at the civil-society level, while political contacts are to be avoided for now.

The state and towns buy many goods. They should look for fair work and protection of nature. There should be fixed rules for this. The partnership with Rwanda should go on. But the Greens want to avoid contact with the government there for now.

For public procurement, the party calls for binding rules on the core labor standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and a state coordination office. The state's development policy network is to receive continued and expanded support. On Rwanda, the platform distinguishes, because of human rights violations and the eastern Congo conflict, between political contacts and the grassroots partnership, which is to keep receiving support. Democracy and the rule of law are to be promoted, including through contact with Rwanda's green party. In talks, the party wants to raise ending the fighting with Congo and respecting human rights, and to start joint projects on inclusion.

The Greens back Ukraine and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in defending against Russia's war of aggression. They favor sanctions on Russia, the reconstruction of Ukraine and peace negotiations based on international law. In the platform's view, this protects Europe as a whole.

The Greens support Ukraine against Russia's attack. They are for sanctions on Russia. Sanctions are penalties, such as trade bans. Ukraine should get help to rebuild. The party also wants peace talks that follow international law.

The platform describes Russia as a threat to a democratic and free Europe. The state's cooperation with Ukraine's Vinnytsia oblast is to be revived through exchange in politics, civil society, culture and business. The party welcomes partnerships between municipalities and Ukrainian municipalities. Peace negotiations are to respect international law.

The Greens give priority to civilian strategies and disarmament. They want no nuclear weapons stored in Rhineland-Palatinate and favor a dialogue on gradually reducing stockpiles. The party rejects a return to general military conscription.

The Greens want no nuclear weapons in Rhineland-Palatinate. The number of nuclear weapons should go down step by step. The party is against bringing back the draft. Noise from military planes should go down. The state's Peace Academy should get more money and staff.

The party supports Germany's observer status at the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and new arms control initiatives; the platform also points to the changed security situation caused by Russia's war of aggression. No operations that violate international law, such as with armed drones, are to be directed from German soil. The Peace Academy of Rhineland-Palatinate is to get better funding and staffing, the organization Givat Haviva more support, and peace education in schools is to be promoted. Military aircraft noise, including from the Polygone and TRA Lauter training areas, is to be reduced, and former military sites are to be used for housing, renewable energy and business parks. People who want to avoid taking part in a war are to be given protection; the party wants to keep up exchange with democratic actors in the United States.