Grüne on culture and media

The Greens want to make media education a fixed element from daycare onward and support efforts to counter disinformation. They also back public broadcasting and want to strengthen regional media and the creative industries.

Children should learn early how to deal with media. This should start in daycare. The Greens want to inform people about false news. They want to keep many different media in the state.

Institutions for civic education, democracy promotion, and media literacy are to be strengthened, and people with little digital experience are to be reached as well. The platform justifies this by pointing to targeted disinformation meant to sway elections and damage institutions. Public broadcasters are to cooperate more closely and build shared platforms, up to a European public open space. Digital public-service offerings are to reach young people in particular. Funding for the cultural and creative industries is to be expanded, with funding criteria that take youth protection into account.

The Greens want to continue remembrance work on National Socialism and make May 8 a memorial day. Every student should visit a Nazi-era memorial site once free of charge. German colonial history is also to be examined critically.

The Greens want people to remember the crimes of the Nazis. May 8 should become a memorial day. Every student should visit a memorial site once for free. People should also remember the crimes in the former colonies.

Funding for trips to memorial sites is to continue; every student should visit a Nazi memorial or concentration camp at least once at no cost. Educational programs at Osthofen and Hinzert and projects on the former Westwall are supported, and the foundation "Grüner Wall im Westen" is to become a place of civic education with more funding. The state's democratic heritage, such as the Hambach Festival, is to be cultivated. On colonial history, the Greens want to fund research, education and cultural projects. Municipalities are to get help reviewing street names and monuments and creating places of remembrance for the victims.

The Greens want reliable funding for culture and, to that end, a culture law with a funding plan for each legislative term. Grant applications are to become simpler and digital. Young people are to receive an RLP-Kulturpass (culture pass) that gives them access to cultural life.

The Greens want a culture law. It would include a fixed plan for funding culture. Applying for money should be simple and digital. Young people should get a culture pass. It would make it easier for them to enjoy culture.

The funding framework is to become clearer and simpler through a reform of grant law and the cultural funding guideline. Concept funding for the independent arts scene is to be secured long term, and further multi-year funding is to be examined. The state culture foundation and the Kultursommer RLP festival are to get a sharper profile as sources of new ideas. Regional culture funds and so-called "Kulturknoten" (culture hubs) for local culture are under review. Funding for the major theaters, orchestras and museums is to remain secure.

The Greens want people working in arts and culture to be able to live off their work. They plan to extend minimum fees tied to state funding and to increase the state culture budget. Volunteer-run cultural work is to be backed by paid staff.

The Greens want better pay for artists. Projects with state money should pay minimum fees. The state should spend more money on culture. Volunteers in culture should also get more help.

The platform calls for extending minimum fees in state-funded projects and using grants, residencies and prizes as support. The culture budget is to rise to offset higher costs in the cultural sector. At the federal level, the Greens want to push for better social security for artists. The program "Zukunft durch Kultur" (Future through Culture) is to grow so that paid staff and volunteers get support. Professional associations are to be assisted with generational change.

The Greens want every young person to have access to arts and culture, from daycare through school and beyond. Cultural education is to become part of all-day schooling, and cultural institutions are to get more funding as meeting places. New spaces for culture are also to be created in cities and rural areas.

All children and young people should experience art and culture. This should also happen in all-day schools. Libraries, music schools, theaters and museums should get more money. Buses should take school classes to cultural places. People with little money should get cheap or free access to culture.

Partnerships between cultural institutions and schools or daycare centers are to be funded, along with programs such as "Jedem Kind seine Kunst" (Art for Every Child) and culture hiking days. A funding program for culture buses is meant to make school trips to cultural venues easier, with culture buses for adults as well. A "Third Places" program is to create meeting spaces in libraries, museums or vacant buildings, and a production house for the independent arts scene is planned. Cultural providers are to get help with digitalization, climate protection and accessibility, and a "Green Culture Seal" is to certify sustainable institutions. For people on low incomes, especially children and teenagers, the party seeks cheap or free offers, plus funding for film festivals.

The Greens want to recognize clubs and discos as cultural venues and make them a fixed part of municipal urban planning. Existing locations are to be secured. At the same time, measures against sexualized violence in nightlife are to be strengthened.

The Greens see clubs and discos as part of culture. Cities should include clubs in their planning. The party wants to stop clubs from closing. Going out should be safe for everyone. So there should be more protection from sexual violence.

The plan includes funding for nightlife coordination offices and better noise protection. Sustainable club concepts and creative temporary uses of spaces are to be supported. The party wants to develop strategies to prevent club closures. Awareness structures, meaning contact points and teams for people affected by harassment, are to be funded in nightlife and at public events.

The Greens want to raise awareness of the state's cultural heritage and help museums examine their collections. An advisory office is to help identify objects linked to Nazi-looted property or colonial contexts. The state's culture is also to become more visible, for example by hosting a European Capital of Culture.

The Greens want more people to know the state's cultural heritage. Museums should check where their objects come from. Some objects may have been stolen in the Nazi era. Others may come from former colonies. An advice office should help museums with this.

More attention and educational work is planned for the SchUM sites in Speyer, Worms and Mainz and for Hambach Castle. Archives are to be strengthened as places of democracy and remembrance, and the state archive law is to be put into practice, especially in rural areas. The cultural landscape is to be linked more closely with tourism and promoted through a marketing strategy. Additional culture adviser positions and regional culture managers are to support local actors. The party wants Rhineland-Palatinate to host a European Capital of Culture and to fund cultural cooperation with European countries.