Grüne: program for the 2024 Saxony state election

The Greens want to implement the Green New Deal in Saxony faster and shift the economy toward climate-friendly business. Saxony is to remain an energy and industrial state. The platform argues that a swift transition keeps the state's economy competitive.

The Greens want Saxony's economy to become climate-friendly. This should happen faster than now. Saxony should stay a state with a lot of industry. The party says this keeps companies strong.

The Greens want to make the health economy a priority of Saxony's economic policy. The platform points to the strong growth of the life sciences and argues that this sector can grow in a carbon-neutral way more easily than others.

The Greens want to strengthen the health economy in Saxony. This includes companies in medicine and life sciences. These companies are growing fast. The party says they can grow without harming the climate.

The Greens want to support regional producers, direct marketing, the food industry, and skilled trades. Public contracts are to take regional quality criteria into account. The platform argues that regional economic cycles make the economy more independent and protect the environment.

The Greens want to give more support to local businesses. This includes farmers, food companies, and craftspeople. The state should look at regional quality when it awards contracts. A website should show products made in Saxony.

The Greens want to further develop the state's tourism strategy with a focus on sustainability, variety of offerings, and securing skilled workers. Winter sports regions are to become independent of artificial snowmaking; the platform calls for a year-round tourism plan and a winter sports strategy. Climate-damaging investments are to be excluded from tourism funding.

Climate change means less snow. So the Greens want tourism all year round. Winter sports towns should no longer depend on artificial snow. Projects that harm the climate should get no funding. Small businesses should get help.

The Greens want to steer public investment toward infrastructure, education and green technologies. A guideline with sustainability standards is meant to shape planning and financing decisions, and planning and permitting authorities are to be better equipped.

The Greens want the state to invest money in a targeted way. The money should go to infrastructure, education and green technology. A guideline should set rules for sustainability. The offices for planning and permits should get more resources.

The Greens want to overhaul Saxony's funding system: support programs are to become simpler, transparent and digital while pursuing ecological and social goals. Longer-term, institutional funding is meant to cut red tape and provide security, especially in the social sector.

The Greens want to make funding in Saxony simpler. Applications should be digital and easy to understand. Funding should come with conditions. Some areas should get money for a longer time. Founders should have less paperwork.

The Greens want to give preference in funding to sustainable product design and circular-economy business models. In construction, durable, repairable and reusable building methods are to be strengthened. This is meant to bring investment in innovative fields especially to regions undergoing structural change.

The Greens want to fund companies that reuse things. This is called a circular economy. Buildings should last a long time. Building parts should be usable again. The paperwork for funding should get simpler.

The Greens want to bring companies from strategically important industries such as solar manufacturing to Saxony. For new commercial projects, adding renewable energy installations is to be a binding criterion, and new business parks are to require good public transit access.

The Greens want to bring certain companies to Saxony. These include companies from the solar industry. New business parks should get power from wind and sun. People should be able to reach them easily by bus and train. If there is a dispute, a mediator should help.

The Greens want funds for structural change in the coal regions to arrive faster and be awarded transparently. Local people are to have a say, and the regional advisory committees are to get real decision-making powers. Companies are to be able to receive funding directly in the future.

The Greens want to hand out the money for the coal regions faster. People there should help decide. The process should be open. Companies should be able to get money directly too. Sorbs, women and young people should have more of a say.

The Greens want to strengthen the skilled trades through better business conditions and fewer bureaucratic hurdles. A broad appreciation campaign is meant to raise the standing of the trades and win young people for vocational training.

The Greens want to help the skilled trades. There should be less paperwork. More people should start their own trade business. A campaign should show how important the trades are. Young people should become interested in training.

The Greens want to fund IT security and digitalization at small and medium-sized trade businesses. To transform the construction sector, businesses are to cooperate more closely so that regional value chains for sustainable building emerge.

The Greens want to help small trade businesses. They should get money for secure computers and digital tools. Building firms should work together more. Used building parts should be reused through special exchanges.

The Greens want to keep energy-intensive industry in Saxony and cap the electricity price during the transition period. The state is to catch up on expanding renewable energy, which the platform says secures low prices in the long run. Companies should also become less dependent on authoritarian states.

The Greens want to keep industry in Saxony. Many companies need a lot of electricity. So the price of electricity should have an upper limit for some time. Saxony should make more power from wind and sun.

The Greens want to make it easier to start a business by cutting red tape and improving access to capital. Women, people with a migration background, and other underrepresented groups are to get dedicated funding budgets. Social enterprises are also to receive more support.

The Greens want more people to be able to start a company. There should be less paperwork for that. Women and people with a migration background should get extra funding. Companies with social goals should get more help too.

The Greens want to use the European Chips Act and federal support to strengthen Saxony as a leading IT location in the EU. The chip industry, research, training, and other businesses are to be linked so that technologies such as artificial intelligence are developed in the state.

The Greens want many computer chips to be made in Saxony. They want to use money from the EU and the federal government for this. Companies, research, and training should work closely together. New technology should come from Saxony.

The Greens want to link public contracts to environmental and social criteria, including compliance with collective wage agreements and a procurement-specific minimum wage. Bids are to be judged on costs over the entire life cycle. Government purchasing is meant to help sustainable products reach market maturity.

The state buys many things and awards contracts. The Greens want new rules for this. Companies should pay fair wages and protect the environment. The state should not look only at the purchase price.

The Greens want the state to buy only fairly produced goods and to secure this in the procurement law. Saxony is to set an example and support the supply chain law.

The state buys many products. The Greens want these products to be made fairly. This should be written into law. Saxony should use fair products at its own events.

The Greens want to update Saxony's Inclusion and Participation Act and launch a "decade of accessibility." Public buildings, websites, schools and rural infrastructure are to become barrier-free faster. Assistance and self-determination for people with disabilities are to be guaranteed.

The Greens want fewer barriers for people with disabilities. Government buildings and websites should be usable by everyone. Daycare centers and schools should also be rebuilt. A law on this should be rewritten. People with disabilities should get good personal assistance.

The Greens want to double the hiring quota for people with disabilities in the state's public service from five to ten percent. Moving from sheltered workshops into the regular labor market is to become easier, with fair pay. The state is meant to set an example for inclusive employment.

The Greens want more jobs for people with disabilities. The state should hire twice as many of them as now. Moving from a sheltered workshop to a regular company should be easier. Pay should be fair.

The Greens want to counter loneliness in old age with meeting places, counseling at home and mentoring between young and old. Older people would also get voluntary and flexible ways to keep contributing their experience.

Many old people are lonely. The Greens want to create places where people can meet. Examples are mobile cafés or community gardens. Advisers should also come to people's homes. People who care for relatives should get more help.

The Greens want Saxony's public procurement law to ensure that only companies bound by collective agreements receive public contracts. Compliance with the minimum wage, social protection and workplace safety is to be checked permanently. Collective bargaining coverage and worker participation in Saxony are also to grow.

The Greens want the state to give contracts only to companies with a collective agreement. A collective agreement sets pay and working conditions. Authorities should check the minimum wage and workplace safety. The Greens also support works councils.

The Greens support general minimum fees for services billed by time. At the federal level, they want to push for stronger social security for solo self-employed people.

The Greens want to help self-employed people. There should be a lowest allowed fee for their work. People who work alone for themselves should be better protected.

The Greens want a more sustainable, fairer and more transparent state budget. Where the state itself is in control, it should reach climate targets earlier than the law requires. The state's assets and debts would in future be presented as in a balance sheet.

The Greens want Saxony to handle tax money with care. Everyone should be able to see what the state spends money on. The state should lead by example on climate protection. It should reach its climate goals sooner. For example with solar panels and renovated buildings.

The Greens want to add sustainability reporting to the state's financial accounts and treat climate and environmental risks as financial risks. A sustainability ratio is to be calculated for the budget and raised over time. According to the platform, this would provide the transparency needed for budget decisions.

The Greens want Saxony's budget to be more sustainable. The state should report how sustainably it spends money. Risks from climate and the environment should be counted too. One number should show how sustainable the budget is. That number should go up every year.

The Greens want to evaluate the reformed property tax and adjust it where needed so that it reflects real conditions more accurately. The tax administration is also to focus more on audits and on-site presence. According to the platform, this would bring in more revenue without placing extra burdens on honest taxpayers.

The Greens want to take a close look at the new property tax. They want to change the rules if needed. Tax offices should also do more checks on site. This should bring in more money for the state. Honest people should not pay more because of it.

The Greens want to fundamentally reform Saxony's debt brake and modernize the state's fiscal constitution. In the platform's view, the current rule holds back innovation, puts the state's attractiveness for business at risk and leaves it little room to act in downturns. Special funds are to be set up only for large, multi-year and unavoidable purposes.

The Greens want to change Saxony's debt brake a lot. The debt brake limits how much the state may borrow. The Greens say the rule is too strict. Saxony should be able to spend more in bad times. That way the state can help the economy better.

The Greens want to give Saxony's municipalities better base funding and more financial leeway. To do so, they want to reform the state's fiscal equalization law in particular. According to the platform, the goal is for cities and towns to be able to carry out both mandatory tasks and voluntary public services over the long term.

The Greens want to give cities and towns more money. To do that, they want to change a law. The law sets how the state shares money with towns. Towns should decide for themselves what they need the money for. For new tasks, they should get the needed money right away.

The Greens want to make preserving, converting and repurposing existing buildings the guiding principle and give it priority over new construction. Saxony's building code is to become a "conversion code," and building materials are to be reused more often.

The Greens would rather convert old buildings than build new ones. That saves raw materials and energy. Saxony's building rules should make conversion easier and cheaper. Before a demolition, there should be a check of which parts can still be used. Empty train stations, department stores or churches should get a new use.

The Greens want to pass federal social housing funds on to municipalities in full and top them up where needed. Rent and occupancy commitments would last at least 20 years and be unlimited where possible.

Social housing has low rents. The Greens want to give more money for it to cities and towns. The homes should stay cheap for at least 20 years. Where possible, they should stay cheap forever.

The Greens want the state to make full use of existing tools such as the rent brake and the cap on rent increases to slow rising rents. An appropriate quota would apply for barrier-free and wheelchair-accessible apartments.

In some cities, rents are rising fast. The Greens want to use all existing rules against this. One example is the rent brake. There should also be more homes for people in wheelchairs. A fixed quota should ensure this.

The Greens want funding programs to renovate and repurpose vacant buildings in small towns and villages. In their view this preserves the rural building culture that has grown over time; municipal property should no longer be sold off.

Many old houses in rural areas stand empty. The Greens want to give money to renew them. Examples are old farmsteads, train stations and village schools. Towns should stop selling their buildings. Village shops can open there.

The Greens want good planning and building culture throughout Saxony, in cities and villages alike. The platform argues that heritage protection, climate action, accessibility, and affordability can be reconciled through joint, participatory planning.

The Greens want good planning and building in Saxony. This should apply in cities and in villages. Old buildings should stay protected. Building should also help the climate. Local people should have a say.

The Greens want binding minimum quotas for recycled materials and circular building materials in construction. In the state's own tenders, reusing building components is to gradually become a planning principle. The platform points to the construction sector's high carbon emissions and raw material use.

Construction produces a lot of CO2. It also uses a lot of raw materials. So the Greens want fixed rules for building. Part of the building materials should be recycled. The state should start with its own buildings.

The Greens want to reduce daycare costs for parents. They propose a cap on parent fees and advocate free lunch in daycare as well as a fee-free final daycare year. Daycare costs should be shared fairly among the state, municipalities and parents.

Parents should pay less for daycare. The Greens want a limit on the fees. Lunch in daycare should be free. The last year of daycare should be free too.

The Greens want minimum standards for child and youth services that apply across Saxony, because they see resources as unevenly distributed among counties. Youth work and youth associations would get reliable funding, and child protection would be expanded.

Youth services are not equally good everywhere in Saxony. The Greens want the same minimum rules for the whole state. Youth groups should get steady funding. Children should be better protected from violence.

The Greens want to expand child and family centers at daycare centers and schools across the state so that family education reaches all families easily. For them, family is wherever people take responsibility for one another, in all its forms.

Families should find advice and help easily. The Greens want more family centers in daycare centers and schools. Counseling should also be easy to reach in rural areas. For the Greens, all kinds of families belong.

The Greens want to scrap Saxony's Landeserziehungsgeld (state child-raising allowance) and redirect the money to reconciling family and work, especially daycare that also covers early and late hours. At the federal level they back a basic child allowance that reaches all children.

Saxony pays parents a state child-raising allowance. The Greens want to end this payment. The money should go to better daycare. Daycare centers should also open early and late. The Greens also want a basic child allowance for all of Germany.

The Greens want a phased plan to ensure that by 2035 each daycare professional is responsible for fewer children. This is meant to support children better and ease the load on staff. Where the number of children falls, staff should be kept on anyway.

Daycare centers should have more staff per child. The Greens want to reach this step by step by 2035. Staff should get more time to prepare. If there are fewer children, the staff should stay.

The Greens want to secure and expand social work in daycare centers permanently, even after current EU funding ends. Language learning embedded in everyday daycare routines should be rolled out statewide. Inclusive daycare centers should get more space, staff and money.

Daycare centers should have social workers for the long term. Right now an EU program pays for this. Children should learn language better during the daycare day. Children with and without disabilities should be cared for well together.

The Greens want to change the rules on who may work in a daycare center. In the future, skills and qualifications should count, not only formal degrees. Professions such as speech therapy or occupational therapy should be a regular part of the team and count toward the staffing ratio.

Daycare centers lack skilled staff. The Greens want more kinds of professionals to work there. These include speech therapists and drama teachers. Skills should matter more than the diploma alone.

The Greens see the teacher shortage as the biggest challenge in education policy. They want to attract and keep more teachers through better working conditions, part-time options and a new working-time model. School buildings should be energy-efficient, digitally equipped and suited to modern teaching.

Saxony does not have enough teachers. The Greens want to make the job more attractive. Teachers should find it easier to work part-time. Schools should have good buildings, good furniture and good technology.

The Greens want every school in Saxony to have at least one school assistant by 2030. The state budget should provide dedicated positions for this. Other professionals such as school psychologists and inclusion assistants are meant to ease the load on teachers.

Teachers should get help in daily school life. By 2030, every school should have at least one assistant. The state should create separate jobs for this. There should also be more school psychologists.

The Greens want a teacher education act for Saxony. Degree programs should be organized by the age of the students taught rather than by school type and include earlier and more frequent practical phases. Career changers should find it easier to enter teaching, and certain in-service training would become mandatory.

The Greens want to change how teachers are trained. There should be a new law for this. Student teachers should practice in schools earlier. People from other jobs should find it easier to become teachers.

The Greens want to make it easier to set up a Gemeinschaftsschule (comprehensive school) or Oberschule+, so that children learn together for longer. Above all, the minimum number of parallel classes required should be lowered. They also advocate compulsory all-day schools funded through multi-year lump sums.

In comprehensive schools, children learn together for longer. The Greens want such schools to be easier to set up. The rules for this should be less strict. There should also be more all-day schools.

The Greens want a statewide social index to direct money and staff to schools facing particular challenges. Schools should also have more say over their own budgets. Inclusive schooling close to home should be guaranteed for all types of special educational needs.

Some schools have a harder time than others. The Greens want to give these schools more help. A social index should show which schools they are. Schools should also decide more about their own money.

The Greens want to give schools that practice inclusion lump-sum funding that the schools can spend as they see fit. The platform argues that the current tools are not enough to make inclusion work.

Inclusion means children with and without disabilities learn together. The Greens want to give these schools more money. The schools decide how to use it. They can pay for rooms or for more staff.

The Greens want newly arrived children and teenagers to get a school place quickly and want to strengthen German as a second language. The platform explicitly describes diversity in schools as a benefit.

Some children are new in Saxony and speak little German. The Greens want to give them a school place quickly. There should be more German lessons for them. This needs more teachers.

The Greens want to stabilize the school network so that education does not depend on where a child lives. Where enrollment falls, the Oberschule+ model would keep sites open, and digital teaching would fill gaps.

There are fewer schools in rural areas than before. The Greens want to keep these schools. Where teachers are missing, there should be more lessons by computer. Schools should work together on this.

The Greens want more young people to finish school with a certificate and plan to expand special learning programs for that. These are meant for students who are disengaged, skip school or struggle with mental strain.

Some young people no longer like school or stop going. The Greens want to help them with special learning programs. They should still get a school certificate. Nobody should use these programs to avoid compulsory school.

The Greens want lessons at all schools in Saxony to start later and at staggered times. Health education would also get more room in the curricula.

School should start later in the morning. The Greens say this is good for health and for enjoying learning. Students should also learn more about health. For example about stress, drugs and illnesses.

The Greens want independently run schools to benefit from state programs just as public schools do. The reduction applied to their staffing subsidies would be dropped.

Some schools are not run by the state. They are called independent schools. The Greens want them to get equal support. A cut in the money for their teachers should end.

The Greens want to maintain and expand the Sorbian daycare and school network to strengthen the Sorbs' language and culture. An action plan is meant to tackle the teacher shortage, which the platform calls an existential problem.

The Sorbs are a minority in Saxony with their own language. The Greens want to keep Sorbian daycare centers and schools. More teachers who speak Sorbian should come. Adults should also be able to learn Sorbian.

The Greens want leaner framework curricula that center on skills rather than reproducing knowledge. The results of the participation process 'Bildungsland Sachsen 2030' should actually be put to use for this.

The Greens want shorter curricula. Students should mainly learn skills and not just repeat facts. Reading, writing and math should get stronger. Lessons should relate more to everyday life.

The Greens want civic education to be a cross-subject part of school life and want students more involved in decisions. For the party this also means schools taking a stand against discrimination.

Students should have more say at school. For example in projects or the design of the schoolyard. This way they experience democracy themselves. Schools should also stand up against unfair treatment of people.

The Greens want education for sustainable development (BNE) and global learning included in every curriculum and in the training of all teaching professions. The platform treats knowledge about environmental and climate protection as a foundation of education, along with support for STEM subjects.

Students should learn more about the environment, climate and sustainability. Sustainability means living so that there is enough for everyone later too. The topic should appear in all subjects. Math, technology and science should also get support.

The Greens want to anchor cultural education more firmly in schools and strengthen arts subjects. School exchanges, education about Europe and learning Czech and Polish would also be supported.

Students should learn more about art, music and culture. A new statewide office should bring everyone involved together. The Greens also want more school exchanges with neighboring countries. Students should be able to learn Czech and Polish.

The Greens want all schools connected to broadband by 2025 and will push at the federal level for a DigitalPakt 2.0. Municipalities would continue to get state help to renovate and build schools.

All schools should have fast internet by 2025. The federal government should pay for devices, tech support and teacher training. Students should learn to handle media and AI well. The state should help towns and cities build schools.

The Greens want to cut significantly the number of students leaving school without a certificate and call for transition management and a training guarantee. Career guidance would rank equally with university guidance at all secondary schools.

Fewer young people should leave school without a certificate. The Greens want a training guarantee. That means every young person should be able to get a training place. Schools should give better information about jobs.

The Greens want a law giving employees in Saxony time off for education and back the citizens' petition for five education days. Continuing education would grow across the board, from job-related courses to basic education.

Workers should get time off to learn something. The Greens want a new law for this. There should be more courses for adults. People should also get help with phones and the internet.

The Greens want to keep student numbers at today's level over the long term to meet the demand for skilled workers. University study should be possible at every stage of life and be inclusive and accessible.

As many people as today should keep studying in Saxony. Part-time study should be possible. People with disabilities should be able to study without barriers. Students in dual programs should get more pay.

The Greens want to bring more students and researchers from abroad to Saxony and keep them there. According to the platform, the state's prosperity cannot be secured unless international skilled workers stay permanently.

More people from other countries should study and do research in Saxony. They should also stay in Saxony afterward. There should be good advice in one place. Universities should work more with neighboring countries.

The Greens want to scrap fees for long-term students because, in the platform's view, they harm academic success. Student services, affordable housing and cafeterias would be secured.

People who study for a very long time pay fees today. The Greens want to end these fees. There should be more cheap dorm places. Students should be able to apply for BAföG easily online.

The Greens want to clear the renovation backlog in university buildings with an overall plan guided by sustainability and inclusion. Universities would get support on their path to climate neutrality.

Many university buildings are old and need repairs. The Greens want one big plan for this. The buildings should be good for the climate and free of barriers. Universities should get their own climate experts.

The Greens want the democratically elected bodies of universities to decide on their internal affairs. Senates and faculty councils are to have equal representation of member groups, and the university council would only advise from outside.

The Greens want more say for people at universities. All groups should have equal weight in key committees. The university council should only give advice. Students who volunteer should get more support.

The Greens want to make academic careers more predictable and steadily increase the number of permanent positions below the professorship level. They call for a collective agreement for student employees. They also want more women in professorships and leadership roles.

The Greens want more permanent jobs at universities. Permanent staff should do the tasks that never end. Students who work for the university should get a union contract. More women should become professors.

The Greens want research results to be freely accessible and universities to lead on open-source software and open teaching materials. State-funded research institutes are to receive regularly rising budgets. Universities of applied sciences should be able to award doctorates themselves in research-strong fields.

The Greens want open research. Everyone should be able to read and use results. State research institutes should get more money each year. Some universities of applied sciences should be allowed to award doctorates.

The Greens support Islamic religious education in Saxony's schools, taught by teachers trained in Germany. Imams under Turkish influence would not be admitted to teach it. As a principle, no one should be favored or disadvantaged because of belief or non-belief.

The Greens want Islam classes in Saxony's schools. The teachers should be trained in Germany. Imams influenced by Turkey should not teach there. All people should be free to live their faith.

The Greens want to strengthen dual vocational training, especially in the skilled trades, to counter the shortage of skilled workers. The network of vocational schools is to be kept. They are looking into founding Azubi-Werke (apprentice service organizations) modeled on student services.

The Greens want to strengthen training in companies and vocational schools. Vocational schools should stay open. In rural areas, apprentices should get housing and transport options. The Greens are looking into apprentice service organizations. These would work like student services, but for apprentices.

The Greens want more young people to complete their vocational training successfully. Young people who are not in school, training or work are to be reached in a targeted way. The youth employment agencies are to keep receiving support.

The Greens want fewer young people to drop out of training. Some young people have no school, no training and no job. There should be special programs for them. Parents should be involved too.

The Greens want training for the master craftsperson qualification (Meister) to be free of charge, putting it on a par with a first university degree. They also want better career guidance and training conditions in the skilled trades. The platform justifies this with the need for skilled workers, including for the energy transition.

The Greens want master craftsperson training to be free. A first university degree is free too. Both paths should count the same. Training in the skilled trades should also get better.

The Greens want health insurers to pay for contraceptives in a socially fair way and abortions to be available close to home. Fertility treatment is to get more support, regardless of partnership status and also for lesbian couples and trans, intersex and nonbinary people.

The Greens want health insurance to pay for birth control. Women should be able to end a pregnancy close to home. People who want children should get more money for treatment. This should also apply to singles and lesbian couples. Schools should offer free period products.

The Greens want to secure local medical care through regional health centers, more practice assistants and incentives for family doctors in rural areas. They also want more training and university places and more responsibilities for non-physician health professions.

The Greens want more family doctors in rural areas. Money should serve as an incentive. There should be regional health centers. More people should be able to train for a health job. Pharmacies and therapists should get more tasks.

The Greens demand that the state at least double its investment funding for hospitals. According to the platform, this would let Saxony meet its legal obligations and cover the hospitals' investment needs in full for the first time.

Hospitals need money for buildings and equipment. This money comes from the state of Saxony. The Greens want to pay at least twice as much. Small local hospitals should stay.

The Greens want to expand counseling close to where people live and better connect social work, psychiatry and therapy. An initiative is meant to remove stigma from mental health and build knowledge about it.

More and more people have mental illnesses. The Greens want more counseling nearby. Helpers should work together better. A campaign should show that people can talk openly about mental problems.

The Greens call for a dedicated care law for Saxony that addresses quality, local structures and needs planning. They also support a nursing chamber as the self-governing body of care workers and want better working conditions in home care.

The Greens want a separate care law for Saxony. Care workers should get their own representation. It is called a nursing chamber. Work in care should get better. Relatives who provide care should get help.

The Greens want to help people with addiction quickly and without stigma, relying on prevention, youth protection and help rather than punishment. Drug consumption rooms would be expanded, drug checking piloted and addiction services adequately equipped in all regions.

The Greens want to help addicted people instead of punishing them. There should be more rooms where people can take drugs more safely. People should be able to test drugs for dangerous substances. Ads for alcohol and nicotine should be banned in public places.

The Greens want to make Saxony a "safe harbor" for refugees. Asylum seekers should stay in reception centers for no more than three months and then live in municipal housing that is as decentralized as possible. Counseling, social work and the protection of children are to be strengthened.

The Greens want to give refugees in Saxony better help. They should live in large reception centers only for a short time. After three months they should move to smaller housing. Children should be able to play and learn there. There should be more advice and support.

The Greens want binding guidelines for deportations in Saxony. Families should no longer be separated, people should no longer be deported at night, and those who want to leave voluntarily should not be deported. The party justifies this with the suffering and trauma it says deportations cause.

The Greens want firm rules for deportations. Families should stay together. There should be no deportations at night. People who want to leave on their own should not be deported. Independent observers should check the whole process.

The Greens want a state law on participation and integration that covers all immigrants. It would create permanent structures such as commissioners and advisory councils. Immigration offices are to be better equipped and work more toward integration.

The Greens want a law on integration. It should apply to all immigrants in Saxony. Districts should have commissioners and councils for migrants. Immigration offices should get more staff and work faster. Forms should be available in several languages.

The Greens want adult immigrants to be able to attend language courses from the start and without exception. The courses should be easy to access, and job-related courses and formats for parents are to be expanded.

The Greens want German courses for all immigrants. The courses should start right after arrival. There should be more courses for work. Parents should get courses that fit family life. There should be more teachers for language courses.

The Greens want to make full use of the option to switch from the asylum system into labor migration. Anyone who wants to work in Saxony should be allowed to, including people with tolerated status. Early language training, counseling and support for employers are meant to speed up integration into work.

The Greens want refugees to be able to work sooner. People with tolerated status should also be allowed to work. They should learn German early. Immigration offices should use the leeway they have. Companies should get help too.

The Greens want to simplify the recognition of foreign qualifications and build a welcoming culture in Saxony. In the platform's view, only an open-minded Saxony attracts skilled workers. This includes fighting racism and antisemitism and making working life more multilingual.

The Greens want to make it easier to recognize foreign qualifications. Saxony should be open to people from other countries. Racism and hatred of Jews should be fought. More languages should be possible at work.

The Greens want a statewide gender equality strategy and a public-law equality foundation. They support a parity law so that women are equally represented in politics. Unequal pay is to be reduced through information and pay audits.

The Greens want equal chances for all genders. There should be a plan for all of Saxony. A new foundation should support equality work. A law should bring equal numbers of women and men into politics. Women and men should earn the same.

The Greens want a state law that sets uniform rules for protection from violence across Saxony. The support system against domestic violence, stalking and gender-based violence is to be expanded in line with the Istanbul Convention and be open to all genders.

The Greens want a new law to protect people from violence. The same rules should apply all over Saxony. Victims should get more help and protection. This applies to all genders. Children should also be safe in schools and care homes.

The Greens want more counseling and contact points for queer people, especially for young people and in rural areas. Schools should be safe places to learn for all children, and the "Schule der Vielfalt" (School of Diversity) project is to grow. The state action plan on diversity is to be carried out by all ministries.

The Greens want more help for queer people. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. There should be more counseling, also in rural areas. Schools should be safe for all children. Police and courts should build more trust.

The Greens want an anti-discrimination law for Saxony and a state commissioner for anti-discrimination. People who experience racism or discrimination in public offices or other institutions should be able to file complaints with bodies that operate across regions.

The Greens want a law against discrimination in Saxony. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of where they come from. A commissioner should take care of this issue. People should be able to complain about public offices.

The Greens want Saxony to conclude a state treaty with the body representing Saxony's Sinti and Roma. It is meant to make support for the minority, its culture and its history binding and permanent.

Sinti and Roma have lived in Saxony for centuries. The Greens want a firm treaty with their representatives. The treaty should secure support for this group. Schools should also teach more about their history.

The Greens want to strengthen Jewish life in Saxony, make it more visible and expand the protection of Jewish institutions. They commit to defending Israel's right to exist and want to oppose antisemitic positions.

The Greens want to protect Jewish life in Saxony. Jewish institutions should get more protection. The party stands against hatred of Jews. There should be more Jewish religion classes where needed.

The Greens want to open the cultural sector equally to people with and without an immigrant background and plan a state concept for this. Cultural offerings are to become accessible, and state committees, juries, and advisory boards are to be half women.

The Greens want more diversity in culture. Immigrants should be able to take part equally. People with disabilities should have access everywhere and help decide. Juries and advisory boards should have as many women as men.

The Greens back a reform of maternity protection as demanded by women entrepreneurs and tradeswomen. The skilled trades are to get a stand-in service like the one in agriculture, with state money if needed. The goal is a labor market where women can carry out their plans.

The Greens want to help self-employed women. Maternity protection should get better for them. The skilled trades should get a stand-in service for the business. The state of Saxony should pay part of it. Women and men should earn the same.

The Greens want to strengthen Sorbian institutions, bring responsibility together in one ministry and fund the Foundation for the Sorbian People reliably. In the long run there is to be a debate about a democratically elected Sorbian representative body.

The Sorbs are a minority in Saxony. The Greens want to strengthen their rights. One ministry should handle all Sorbian matters. The Sorbian foundation should get enough money. Town signs should show both languages in the same size.

The Greens want a climate protection law for Saxony that makes climate neutrality by 2040 binding. It would be based on a CO2 budget and include interim targets for each sector. The aim is for the state and its municipalities to contribute their share to the climate targets.

The Greens want a climate law for Saxony. Saxony should be climate neutral by 2040. That means Saxony no longer harms the climate. The law sets how much CO2 is still allowed. Each sector gets its own targets.

The Greens want the public sector in Saxony to operate climate neutrally by 2035 at the latest, because the program sees it as a role model. In addition, all state funding programs, laws and regulations would be aligned with the climate targets.

The public sector in Saxony should be climate neutral by 2035. The Greens say the state should set an example. All state funding programs should also fit climate protection. The same goes for laws and rules.

The Greens want far more electricity from renewable sources and a faster exit from coal. In the program's view, sticking with coal beyond 2030 harms the environment and is expensive. The shift in power and heating is to be designed in a socially fair way.

The Greens want much more power from wind and sun. Saxony should stop using coal sooner. The party says coal after 2030 is costly and harms the environment. The changes should stay affordable for everyone.

The Greens want to expand the power grid more strongly and develop various kinds of storage. Controllable generation capacity is to step in when wind and sun do not deliver. Renewable power would also be linked with transport and heating and used close to where it is produced.

The Greens want to build more power lines. They also want storage for energy. When there is no wind, other plants should supply power. The power should also be used for transport and heating. It should be used near where it is made.

The Greens want to prevent bottlenecks at the authorities as applications for wind turbines rise. Lower-level authorities would get more expert support and statewide guidelines. Fast procedures should not come at the expense of nature and the environment.

The Greens want more wind turbines in Saxony. Offices should be able to check applications quickly. They get more help from experts for this. The state should provide clear guides. Nature should stay protected.

The Greens want all municipalities to receive mandatory payments from wind turbines and solar parks nearby. According to the program, the expansion should first benefit local people and strengthen municipal finances.

Towns should get money when wind turbines stand nearby. This also applies to large solar plants on open land. The Greens want to make this a fixed rule. That way local people benefit.

The Greens want to require solar installations on all public buildings and parking lots owned by the state. A mandate would also apply to new commercial buildings, apartment buildings and parking lots. The goal is to make full use of already built-up areas for solar energy.

The Greens want a solar mandate. State buildings should get solar panels. The same goes for state parking lots. New business buildings and new apartment buildings also need solar panels.

The Greens want to support solar installations on existing buildings with low-interest loans, with higher subsidies for modules made in Saxony. Ground-mounted solar parks would follow strict sustainability criteria. Balcony solar and solutions for listed heritage buildings would also be supported.

People who put solar panels on their house should get a cheap loan. There is more money for solar modules from Saxony. Solar parks should also help nature. The Greens also want to support small panels for balconies.

The Greens want to keep using biomass for electricity, heat and fuels, as long as it cannot be used as a material and does not displace food production. A biomass strategy for Saxony is to be drawn up for this purpose.

Biomass means things like organic waste, manure and slurry. The Greens want to keep making energy from it. This must not get in the way of growing food. The plants should mainly run when there is little wind and sun. Saxony should get a plan for this.

The Greens rely on energy storage and gas power plants that can run on hydrogen to secure the power supply alongside wind and solar. Saxony's hydrogen economy is to grow on the basis of green hydrogen.

Wind and sun do not always deliver power. So the Greens want energy storage. They also want gas power plants that can run on hydrogen. Saxony should make and use more green hydrogen. Green hydrogen is made with power from wind and sun.

The Greens want energy to be used more sparingly in all areas of life. Advice on saving energy is to be strengthened, and Saxony's businesses are to get support in tapping their savings potential.

The Greens want everyone to use less energy. There should be more advice on saving energy. Companies and trades should also get help with saving. The state should set a good example itself.

The Greens want to subsidize energy-saving renovation and the replacement of fossil heating systems, mainly in low-cost rental, cooperative and social housing. The funding is to be linked to local energy advice in order to prevent energy poverty.

The Greens want to give money so that homes need less energy. Old oil and gas heaters should also be replaced. The money should mainly go to low-cost rental homes. There should also be advice on saving energy. Towns should get more money for climate protection.

The Greens want to anchor state-specific rules on municipal heat planning in the climate protection law and give municipalities sufficient resources for it. Which climate-neutral technology is used should depend on security of supply and price, with the program highlighting heat pumps in particular.

Towns should plan how to heat without oil and gas in the future. The Greens want rules for this in the climate protection law. Towns should get enough money and advice. Which technology is used should depend on price and reliability. The Greens see heat pumps as especially suitable.

The Greens want to involve residents more in the energy transition, including financially. Energy cooperatives are to get advice, land and exemptions from tendering requirements so that public acceptance grows.

The Greens want many people to take part in the energy transition. Residents should also be able to earn money from it. Energy cooperatives should get advice and land. In a cooperative, residents run energy plants together. This should make more people support the energy transition.

The Greens demand that Saxony exit coal well before 2038 and burn only as much coal as Germany's 1.5-degree budget allows. The village of Mühlrose is to be preserved; no more villages should make way for open-pit mining.

The Greens want to stop using coal earlier than planned. The current date is 2038. Saxony should burn only as much coal as the climate goal allows. The village of Mühlrose should stay. No more villages should disappear for coal.

The Greens reject any further extension of the Polish lignite mine Turów on Saxony's border. They call for cross-border environmental assessments in line with EU law and promise help to affected towns such as Zittau.

The Turów coal mine is in Poland, right at the border with Saxony. The Greens do not want it to run longer. They demand a proper check of the effects on the environment. The check should apply across the border. Towns like Zittau should get help.

The Greens want to use former open-pit mining land for wind and solar farms. This land should be open not only to coal companies but also to citizen energy cooperatives, mid-sized firms and municipal utilities, so that coal regions remain energy regions.

Wind turbines and solar panels should stand on old mining land. The Greens do not want only coal companies to get this land. Citizen cooperatives, small firms and local utilities should also be able to build there. This way the coal regions can keep earning money with energy.

The Greens want to make sure that mine operators pay for restoring the land. To this end they are to be required to make payments or provide securities so that the costs do not fall on the state budget. The party also proposes a foundation for the long-term consequences of lignite mining.

After mining, the land must be made usable again. That costs a lot of money. The Greens want the coal companies to pay for it. The companies should set money aside or give guarantees in advance. Otherwise the state might have to pay. There should also be a foundation with the federal government and other states.

The Greens want the state of Saxony to modernize its own buildings so that they are fully climate neutral by 2035. They also call for a solar mandate for public properties in new construction and major renovations.

The state of Saxony owns many buildings. The Greens want them to stop harming the climate by 2035. New public buildings should be planned as climate neutral from 2025. Public buildings should get solar panels. The state should set an example this way.

The Greens want to preserve farmland in order to secure the food supply in Saxony. Solar installations are therefore to go first on roofs, parking lots and unused land. On farmland, solutions that combine power generation with farming are to take priority.

Fields should stay fields. Solar panels should go on roofs and parking lots first. On fields, both should work: power and crops. This is called agri-photovoltaics.

The Greens want to increase the climate budget for municipalities and anchor it permanently in the fiscal equalization law. The platform calls it a success story because local climate action works well when procedures are simple. It is meant to serve as a model for building future-oriented tasks into fiscal equalization.

Towns in Saxony get money for climate protection. This money is called the climate budget. The Greens want to raise the climate budget. Towns should get it for good. To make sure, it should be written into a law.

The Greens want to keep the rule that forest cleared for wind turbines is replaced by new forest elsewhere. The party rejects payments that would allow developers to avoid reforestation.

Sometimes wind turbines stand in a forest. Trees have to go for that. The Greens want new forest to grow somewhere else. Nobody should be able to pay money instead.

The Greens want to gear urban and village planning to heat, drought and heavy rain. Rainwater is to seep away and be stored on site, and more trees, greened buildings and unsealed surfaces are to provide cooling.

There is more heat, drought and heavy rain. The Greens want to prepare towns and villages for this. Rainwater should stay in the ground and not just run off. There should be more trees and plants on buildings. Hot places like schoolyards and parking lots should get shade and open ground.

The Greens want to slow species loss and factor species protection into every form of land use. Protected areas are to be preserved, improved and better linked, and the Saxon Switzerland National Park is to remain.

Many kinds of animals and plants are disappearing. The Greens want to slow this down. Protecting species should be considered everywhere, including farming, forests and towns. Protected areas should stay and get better. The Saxon Switzerland National Park should be kept.

The Greens want to keep restoring damaged nature, guided by EU targets. The rewetting of Saxony's peatlands is to be secured for the long term because, in the program's view, it serves the climate and biodiversity. The network of conservation stations and the funding of nature conservation are also to be strengthened.

The Greens want to repair damaged nature. Peatlands should become wet again. This helps the climate and many animal species. Conservation stations should get reliable funding.

The Greens want more nature in cities because, in the program's view, cities are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Alongside green spaces and trees, small dense urban forests are to be created, including ones with edible plants.

The Greens want more nature in cities. There should be small, dense forests. They cool the city and clean the air. Animals find a home there.

The Greens want to reverse the loss of forest area and create more forest. Anyone converting forest to another use is to be required to plant new forest elsewhere; the party rejects paying money instead. Wood is to be used mainly for long-lasting purposes and burned less.

The Greens want more forest in Saxony. Anyone who removes forest should plant new forest elsewhere. Paying money instead should not be allowed. Wood should be used for building rather than burning.

The Greens want to draw up a comprehensive water strategy for Saxony. Priority is to go to a secure drinking water supply, wastewater disposal and the protection of water bodies. Water use is to fall, and soils in town and country are to store more water.

The Greens want a plan for water in Saxony. Drinking water should stay safe and good. Everyone should use less water. The ground should be able to soak up rain better.

The Greens want to restore rivers and streams to a natural state and, in flood protection, move dikes back first rather than build new ones or raise them. The EU Water Framework Directive is to be implemented quickly because, in the program's view, money is better spent on clean water than on penalties. The Elbe is to be developed in a near-natural way.

The Greens want to give rivers more room. Dikes should stand farther away from the river. Streams should flow naturally again. This protects nature and helps during floods.

The Greens want reliable funding for animal shelters so that they do not have to turn animals away despite rising numbers and falling donations. Veterinary offices are to get more staff to inspect and penalize violations in keeping, breeding and transport.

Animal shelters have too little money. The Greens want to give them secure funding. Offices should get more staff. They should check whether people treat animals well.

The Greens regard veterinary care as a task of the state and want to secure it everywhere in Saxony, including in emergencies. To do so, models from human health care are to be transferred to veterinary medicine.

There should be vets everywhere in Saxony. This also applies to emergencies. The Greens see this as a job for the state. There should be central emergency phone numbers.

The Greens want the state of Saxony to stop funding animal experiments with public money. Animal testing should no longer be used in education and training. A cash prize is meant to encourage the development of animal-free research methods.

The Greens want fewer animal tests. Saxony should stop paying for them. Students should learn without animal tests. A prize should reward research that works without animals.

The Greens want to create a right of collective legal action for associations in Saxony. Associations could then go to court over legal violations that affect the general public. This is meant to give animal welfare interests better representation, much as in environmental and nature protection.

Animals cannot go to court themselves. The Greens want animal welfare groups to be allowed to sue for them. Many other German states already allow this. Saxony should allow it too.

The Greens want to revise Saxony's hunting law so that animal and species protection take priority. Holders of hunting licenses should be required to undergo further training. Every county should have a rescue station for wild animals.

The Greens want to change the hunting law in Saxony. Protecting animals should matter more. Hunters should have to take regular training. Every county should get a station for injured wild animals.

The Greens want to strongly promote the circular economy in response to expected raw material shortages. Existing clusters are to grow, and new products are to be supported until they reach the market. The state procurement law is to give special weight to circular business models.

The Greens want materials to be used again and again. This is called a circular economy. Companies and researchers should work together more closely. The state should prefer such companies when it awards contracts.

The Greens want to keep Saxony's repair bonus permanently and support initiatives that put the right to repair into practice. Repair cafés, repair initiatives, and repair buses are to receive start-up funding as needed. According to the platform, this saves resources and saves consumers money.

The Greens want to keep the repair bonus. It gives people money when they get broken devices repaired. Repair cafés should get money to get started. When buying a product, people should see how easy it is to repair.

The Greens want to sharply reduce municipal waste through a statewide zero-waste strategy and avoid conventional waste as a matter of principle. Municipalities are to get support for their own strategies. The party also backs setting up a hazardous waste company.

The Greens want much less trash in Saxony. There should be a plan for the whole state. Cities and towns should get help with their own plans. There should be more deposit and take-back systems.

The Greens want to cut land consumption and reach the point by 2030 where, on balance, no new land is sealed. Land that is already sealed is to be used before new land. Commercial sites are to be awarded only by lease and based on the best concept.

The Greens want less land to be built over. By 2030, no new land should be sealed on balance. Old industrial sites should be used first. Commercial land should only be leased. The best concept should get the land.

The Greens want farming to use significantly fewer pesticides, even after the EU extended the approval of glyphosate. Farms are to be supported in doing without chemical-synthetic products.

The Greens want less poison on the fields. Farmers should get help if they stop using chemical products. Authorities should check the use more closely.

The Greens want to develop organic farming further in line with demand and federal targets and to support farms that switch. Nitrate pollution in groundwater is to fall, and a humus strategy is meant to ensure healthy soils.

The Greens want more organic farming. Farmers get help when they switch. There should be less nitrate in groundwater. Nitrate is a substance from fertilizer. The soil should stay healthy.

The Greens want to achieve, at the EU level, a public-good premium with a simple points system that rewards farming's environmental services. Awarding the funds is to become simpler and red tape is to be cut.

Farmers get money from the EU. The Greens want this: Those who help the environment get points and money for them. The rules should become simpler.

The Greens want to expand regional food production and marketing and raise self-sufficiency, especially in vegetables. Daycare centers and schools are to serve considerably more food from organic and regional sources.

The Greens want more food from Saxony. Daycare centers and schools should serve more organic food from nearby. Regional markets should get help. Wine growing should also get support.

The Greens take a critical view of genetic engineering of crops in agriculture because of possible risks to people and the environment. Instead, traditional and organic breeding methods are to be strengthened. The party wants to support the bioeconomy and its research.

The Greens are critical of genetic engineering in plants. They name risks for people and the environment. They prefer breeding plants in the usual way. Research on products made from plants should get money.

The Greens want a Saxon farm structure law and rules on farm inheritance to curb high land prices, speculation and the disappearance of farms. In addition, start-ups, farm succession and recruiting skilled workers are to be supported, and farms are to be relieved of red tape.

Farmland has become expensive. The Greens want a law against this. It should protect farms. Young people should get help when they take over a farm. Farmers should have less paperwork.

The Greens want an animal welfare strategy for farm animals in Saxony that strengthens humane, land-based husbandry. Animal transports to countries outside the EU should be banned and regional slaughtering supported. A food strategy is meant to promote plant-based, seasonal and regional meals in public cafeterias.

The Greens want farm animals to live better. Animals should have more space and time outdoors. Animals should no longer be shipped to faraway countries. Cafeterias in schools and hospitals should serve more plant-based food from the region.

The Greens reject the current expansion plans for the Leipzig/Halle cargo airport and call for suspending flights there between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. In general, noise, exhaust and unnecessary light are to be reduced, which the program also describes as a matter of social justice.

The Greens want less noise and dirty air. No planes should fly at night at Leipzig/Halle airport. The airport should not grow as planned. Lamps should only shine where light is needed.

The Greens want to make it easier for work machinery and vehicles to switch to fully electric drive and to expand charging infrastructure, especially in rural areas. In large cities, commercial traffic is to get reserved daytime parking spaces with charging stations. Electric mobility is to become more attractive on price than combustion engines.

Companies should find it easier to switch to electric vehicles. There should be more charging stations, especially in the countryside. In big cities, companies should get reserved daytime parking with chargers. Parcel services should deliver without exhaust fumes.

The Greens want to reduce air freight over the longer term because of its climate impact. For Leipzig/Halle Airport, planning is to start early on how freed-up capacity can be put to other uses.

Cargo planes harm the climate. So the Greens want fewer cargo flights over time. This will free up space at Leipzig/Halle Airport. New plans for that space should be made early enough.

The Greens want to give bicycle tourism in Saxony special priority. A coordination office is to develop and market long-distance cycling routes, and the junction-based signage system is to be finished quickly. On public transit, taking bikes along is to become easier and accessibility is to improve.

The Greens want more bike vacations in Saxony. A new office should take care of long bike routes. Bike paths should get better. It should be easier to take bikes on buses and trains. There should be more charging stations for e-bikes.

The Greens reject using structural change funds to pay for expanding the A4 highway. Instead, they want to expand and build freight terminals and test ways of shifting goods from road to rail.

The Greens do not want to widen the A4 highway with money meant for the coal regions. The money should go to freight transfer stations instead. More goods should travel by train instead of by truck.

The Greens regard mobility as a basic right and want an investment drive to expand rail, local public transit, cycling, and walking routes. All plans for new and widened roads are to be reviewed for climate impact, effectiveness, and cost efficiency. A state mobility law and a state mobility plan are to provide the basis.

The Greens want more buses, trains, bike paths, and sidewalks. Everyone should be able to get around well. Plans for new roads should be checked. The checks look at climate protection and costs. A new law should set the rules.

The Greens want to keep the Deutschlandticket (nationwide local transit pass) affordable in Saxony and avoid sharp price increases. Low-income people and apprentices would get their own fare, and public-sector employees a job ticket.

The Greens want to keep the Deutschlandticket cheap. This is a pass for local trains and buses in all of Germany. The price should not jump. People with little money should get their own fare. So should apprentices. State workers should get a job ticket.

The Greens want a mobility guarantee so that people in cities and rural areas can get around without a car. Binding minimum standards for train and bus frequencies plus on-demand services are to secure this. By 2030, public transit's share of all trips is to double.

The Greens want a mobility guarantee. That means everyone can get around well without a car. Trains should run at least once an hour. Small towns should get on-demand buses and taxis. By 2030, twice as many trips should be made by bus and train.

The Greens want to enshrine the mobility guarantee in a mobility law and the state transit plan. Local transit would become a mandatory task for municipalities. In return, they would get more money and new funding options.

The Greens want a mobility law. It says how often buses and trains must run. Towns and counties must then offer local transit. The state gives them more money for this. Federal money goes fully to the towns and counties.

The Greens plan an investment drive for rail, local transit, cycling and walking paths. The commuter rail networks around Dresden and Leipzig and the Chemnitz Model are to grow. The party also wants more funding for electric buses.

The Greens want to put a lot of money into buses and trains. More commuter trains should run around Dresden and Leipzig. They should come more often. The network around Chemnitz should grow too. Cities should be able to buy more electric buses.

The Greens want to put disused rail lines back into service and call this a priority. This is meant to make the rail network less vulnerable to disruptions. More state money would be made available to pay for it.

Some rail lines in Saxony are no longer in use. The Greens want trains to run there again. This matters a lot to them. Then trains have other routes when a line is closed. The state should give more money for this.

The Greens want to create new stops on existing rail lines and turn stations into mobility hubs. There, rail, bus, bicycle and car would be linked. Platforms are to be fully accessible without barriers.

The Greens want more stops on rail lines. Stations should become nicer and safer. Changing there should be easy. There should be spaces for bikes and cars. Everyone should reach the platform without barriers.

The Greens want better long-distance rail links for southwestern and eastern Saxony and want lines to Poland and the Czech Republic expanded and electrified. The Deutschlandticket should be valid on Saxon sections of long-distance trains.

The Greens want more long-distance trains for Saxony. The southwest and the east should get better links. More trains should also run to Poland and the Czech Republic. The Deutschlandticket should be valid on some long-distance trains in Saxony.

The Greens want as much freight as possible moved by rail instead of truck and plan to draw up a freight strategy for this. The Elbe river is not to be deepened or widened; the party rejects a barrage near Děčín.

The Greens want more goods to go by train. Fewer trucks should be on the road. There should be a plan for all of Saxony. Small loading terminals should help firms use rail. The Elbe should stay a natural river.

The Greens want to launch a cycling drive and close the gaps in the bike path network between regional centers by 2032. At least ten euros per person per year would go into cycling and walking. The guiding principle is "Vision Zero," meaning no traffic deaths.

The Greens want more and safer bike paths. By 2032 the network should have no gaps. The state should spend at least ten euros per person each year on this. Sidewalks should get better too. No one should die in traffic.

The Greens want to support the shift to electric mobility with a state charging-infrastructure drive, especially in rural areas. Saxony is to become a lead market for future-ready vehicles. Car sharing in smaller towns would be subsidized.

The Greens want more charging stations for electric cars. People in rural areas should find one quickly too. In parking garages, people should be able to park and charge. Saxony should keep building cars for the future. Small towns should get more car sharing. That means people share cars.

The Greens want to maintain existing roads rather than build new ones. All new construction and widening projects would be reviewed, including for compatibility with climate targets. The party rejects widening the A4 highway from Dresden to Görlitz.

The Greens would rather repair old roads than build new ones. Every planned new road should be checked. Does it fit the climate goals? The A4 highway should not get wider. Bike paths and trees should line the roads.

The Greens stand by the goal of zero traffic deaths. Municipalities should find it easier to order speed limits around schools, daycare centers and similar places. On state and federal roads, speed limits and more checks are planned where safety requires it.

The Greens want safe roads. No one should die in traffic. Cars should drive slower near schools and daycare centers. Towns should be able to set this more easily. Some major roads should get speed limits and more checks.

The Greens want fiber-optic and high-capacity wireless networks across the whole state so that no region is left behind. Priority is to go to rollout that companies finance themselves, and duplicate networks are to be avoided.

The Greens want fast internet everywhere. There should be fiber cables and good wireless networks in every area. Companies should build the networks themselves where possible. Applications for this should get simpler.

The Greens want public agencies to give priority to open-source software in order to make them more independent. State IT and data centers are to conserve resources and run entirely on renewable energy.

The Greens want government offices to mainly use open software. Anyone can look at open software and improve it. This should make offices less dependent on single companies. The state's computers should run on green power.

The Greens call for a comprehensive data strategy for government and business. Machine-readable government data is to be openly available as a rule, unless security concerns stand in the way. This is meant to let agencies justify their decisions in a traceable way.

The Greens want government offices to share their data openly. That should be the normal case. It does not apply when safety is at risk. This helps everyone understand how offices decide.

The Greens want to set up a dedicated digital ministry in Saxony. Digitalization tasks are to be bundled in a single financial plan and accompanied by an advisory committee of the state parliament.

The Greens want a separate ministry for digital matters in Saxony. The money for digital tasks should be in one plan. A committee in the state parliament should give advice on this.

The Greens want to strengthen the right to informational self-determination and expand IT security in Saxony. A new institute is to inform the public about data protection and point out security gaps. The party rejects interception of encrypted communications at the source, remote searches of devices, and digital counterattacks.

The Greens want to protect personal data better. A new institute should inform people about data protection and safe computers. Agencies should tell people what data they store about them. The state should not secretly break into phones and computers.

The Greens want a fundamental renewal of civil protection and disaster response in Saxony, citing new demands from climate change and an aging population. They plan a state office for civil protection and better preparedness among both the public and the administration.

The Greens want Saxony to be better prepared for disasters. The main reason is climate change. There should be a new state office for protecting the public. People should be able to prepare better themselves. People with disabilities should be well protected too.

The Greens want quality and fair pay to count for more than price when rescue service contracts are awarded. Selection by the administration, rather than Europe-wide tendering, is to become the norm. Uniform standards and incentives are planned for fire departments.

The Greens want a good rescue service. The cheapest price should not decide who runs it. Good care and fair pay matter more. Ambulances should arrive faster. Volunteer fire departments should get more support.

The Greens want to dissolve Saxony's Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (state domestic intelligence office) in its current form over the longer term. It is to be replaced by a well-supervised agency that detects terrorist threats early. The use of informants is to be restricted.

The Greens want to rebuild the domestic intelligence office in Saxony. The office should no longer exist as it is today. A new agency should spot terror threats early. It should be well supervised. Informants should be used less often.

The Greens want a police force that is visible locally, with adequate staffing and more community officers. At the same time, an independent police commissioner attached to the state parliament is to oversee police work. Training and crime prevention are to be expanded.

The Greens want the police to be visible in local areas. There should be more community officers. An independent office at the state parliament should watch over the police. Officers can also go there with their own problems. Police training should become more modern.

The Greens want to amend the police law in favor of civil liberties following a ruling by the state constitutional court. The party rejects heavier weapons, Tasers for regular officers and more video surveillance without specific cause. Assembly law is to be liberalized further.

The Greens want to change the police law. Citizens' rights should count for more. The police should not get hand grenades and machine guns. There should not be more video surveillance without a reason. Protests should be watched less.

The Greens want to permanently secure and expand contact points for people affected by hate crime. It should also be possible to report online hate anonymously. A master plan and a child protection commissioner for the justice system are meant to better protect children in criminal proceedings.

The Greens want to protect crime victims better. Offices for victims of hate should stay and grow. People should be able to report online hate without giving their name. Children should get special protection in criminal cases. There should be a child protection commissioner for this.

The Greens want to abolish the Ersatzfreiheitsstrafe, the jail term imposed when someone does not pay a criminal fine. The party places more weight on responses to crime that center on the victim.

Today, people who do not pay a fine can go to jail. The Greens want to end this kind of jail term. They prefer solutions worked out between offender and victim.

The Greens want a municipality in Saxony to become a model region for the controlled sale of cannabis. This is to happen as part of the corresponding federal project. The party argues that legalization serves crime prevention.

The federal government plans test regions for selling cannabis. Cannabis is sold there under controls. The Greens want a town in Saxony to take part. They say this helps prevent crime.

The Greens want to amend the prison law so that inmates can build up transition savings and pay financial compensation to victims. They also want to expand therapy, medical care, education and contact options in prisons.

The Greens want to change prisons in Saxony. Inmates should be able to save money for life after prison. They should also be able to pay money to victims. There should be more help with addiction and mental illness.

The Greens want to regulate and expand support after release from prison by law in order to reduce reoffending. This includes psychosocial help, addiction therapy and housing for people released.

People need help after prison. The Greens want a law that secures this help. There should be addiction therapy and mental health support. People leaving prison should also get a home. The aim is fewer repeat crimes.

The Greens see public administration as a service and want procedures to be faster, more uniform, and more digital. All government services are to be available online in one central place. According to the platform, this should also make investment easier.

The Greens want government offices to work faster. People should be able to apply online. Everything should be in one place. People should only have to give their information once.

The Greens want to use digital tools to make the work of the state parliament more transparent. An independent research service within the parliament's administration is to provide expert opinions and fact checks, making political debate more fact-based.

The Greens want everyone to be able to follow the state parliament's work. Videos and minutes of meetings should be easy to find. The parliament should get a research service. It should check facts and answer questions.

The Greens want to expand citizen participation at the state and local level, including through citizens' assemblies, an advisory office and an enhanced participation portal. The petition system is also to become more citizen-friendly. The platform argues that participation leads to decisions that better match needs and brings in new ideas.

The Greens want people in Saxony to have more of a say. There should be citizens' assemblies in the state and in towns. In a citizens' assembly, citizens discuss a topic together. A new office should advise towns on participation. Petitions should also be possible online.

The Greens want a Saxon democracy promotion law to secure long-term funding for civil society initiatives. Civic education, democracy research and research on coming to terms with East German history are also to be strengthened. According to the platform, democracy depends on such initiatives.

The Greens want a new law for democracy. It should give clubs and groups steady money. These groups offer civic education, for example. They also work against hatred toward people. There should also be more research on East German history.

The Greens want to set up a documentation center on the NSU in Saxony as part of a nationwide network. It is meant to commemorate the crimes of the far-right terrorist group. It is also meant to be a place for learning and for teaching democratic values.

The NSU was a far-right terror group. It murdered several people. The Greens want to build a center about it in Saxony. The center should remind people of the crimes. People should also learn about democracy there.

The Greens want Saxony's Transparency Act to also cover municipalities and companies in which the state holds a stake. Exemptions are to be cut significantly and information requests made free of charge. Non-confidential government data is to be published openly by default.

The Greens want the state to be more open. The Transparency Act should also apply to towns and cities. It should also apply to companies that the state partly owns. Asking for information should cost nothing. Government data should be open to all unless it is secret.

The Greens want the state administration to have enough well-qualified staff and to be a more attractive employer. This includes better training, an end to fixed-term contracts without objective reason, and a revised civil-service pay system. The administration is also to become more diverse.

The Greens want enough good staff in government offices. Training should get better. Short-term contracts without a reason should end. Pay for civil servants should be reworked. More people with a migration background or a disability should work there.

The Greens want to keep and expand funding for civil-society initiatives against anti-democratic and inhumane attitudes. The overall strategy against right-wing extremism is to be continued. The party wants firm action against enemies of the constitution in public service and to disarm right-wing extremists.

The Greens want to support groups that stand up for democracy. The plan against right-wing extremism should go on. Right-wing extremists should not be allowed to have weapons. Public servants who work against the constitution should face consequences. Jewish life should be protected.

The Greens want to improve training for the justice professions so Saxony can manage the generational change by 2030. A second site for training lawyers is to be created. Legal education is to become more digital and more practical.

The Greens want more young people to work in the justice system. Many staff will retire by 2030. There should be a second place to train lawyers. Exams should be possible on a computer. Legal trainees should be paid more fairly.

The Greens want to keep hiring many new judges and keep the justice system attractive as an employer. Digitalization is to go beyond the electronic case file, for example with an AI competence center. Courts everywhere are to get video conferencing equipment and Wi-Fi.

The Greens want enough staff for courts and prisons. Many new judges should keep being hired. Jobs in the justice system should fit with family life. Courts should get Wi-Fi and video call equipment. Artificial intelligence should help with the work.

The Greens want to revise Saxony's constitution, arguing that after almost 35 years it must reflect social change. Climate protection is to become a state objective, the debt brake is to be changed and the equality clause widened.

The Greens want to change the constitution of Saxony. Climate protection should be a goal of the state. The rules on debt should change. Children's rights should be added. The word "race" should be replaced.

The Greens want 14-year-olds to be able to vote in local and state elections. People from non-EU countries are to get a local vote, and the hurdles for citizen-initiated legislation are to come down.

The Greens want young people to vote from age 14. This applies to local elections and state elections. People from countries outside the EU should also vote locally. Citizens' votes on laws should become easier.

The Greens want a mandatory register for organizations that influence political decisions. Members of the state government are to observe a waiting period after leaving office before moving to the private sector.

The Greens want a lobby register. Lobby groups try to influence politics. These groups would have to sign up on a list. Ministers should not move straight to a company after leaving office.

The Greens want a new election law with a constitutionally permissible women's quota so that more women sit in the state parliament. The parliament is also to gain weight relative to the government and not be shrunk across the board.

The Greens want to change the election law. A quota for women should bring more women into the state parliament. There should be fewer voting districts. The parliament should stay the same size. It should be better able to check the government.

The Greens want a new functional reform to settle which tasks and funds sit with the state and which with municipalities. Councils, city districts and volunteer council members are also to get more rights and better conditions.

The Greens want to divide tasks between the state and towns in a new way. The money for these tasks should be divided anew too. Local councils should get more rights. Towns should only merge if they choose to.

The Greens want to deepen relations with neighboring Poland and Czechia and set up a regional council for this. They stand for open borders within the EU and support deepening and enlarging the Union.

The Greens want to work more closely with Poland and Czechia. A joint council should be set up for this. Borders inside the EU should stay open. The Greens oppose longer coal mining at Turów in Poland.

The Greens want more people in Saxony to experience Europe firsthand. Participation in Erasmus and in the voluntary social year in Europe is to double, and education about Europe and exchange with partner regions are to grow.

The Greens want more exchange with other countries in Europe. Twice as many students and trainees should take part in Erasmus. Erasmus is a program for learning abroad. A Europe bus should also visit small towns.

The Greens want Saxony to align itself with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen its development cooperation. Partner countries are to be able to run sustainable economies, develop democratically and hold their own against authoritarian states.

The Greens want Saxony to help poorer countries more. Partner countries should be able to do business in a green and lasting way. Saxony should build more know-how for this. The partnership with Uganda should grow stronger.

The Greens want Saxony to help rebuild Ukraine and to protect people who have fled dictatorships. Saxony's police are not to cooperate with authoritarian regimes.

The Greens want Saxony to help rebuild Ukraine. Saxony should protect people who fled from dictatorships. The police should not work with dictatorships. The state parliament should have to approve police missions abroad.

The Greens want to revise Saxony's Sorbs Act. Sorbian language and culture are to be promoted not only in the traditional settlement area but across Saxony, because Sorbs live throughout the state. Sorbian schools are to be protected and strengthened.

The Sorbs are a minority in Saxony with their own language. The Greens want to protect their language and culture better. A law on this should be updated. Children all over Saxony should be able to learn Sorbian. There should be more signs and information in two languages.

The Greens want cultural workers to be paid fairly, both in theaters and orchestras and as solo freelancers in other fields. To that end, binding minimum fees are to apply in cultural funding.

The Greens want fair pay for people who work in culture. This applies to employees and to freelancers. Anyone who gets public funding should pay a minimum fee. A fee is the payment a freelancer gets.

The Greens want to develop the Kulturraumgesetz (Saxony's law on regional cultural funding) so that cultural offerings stay accessible across the state. State funds are to rise regularly and be reliably plannable. Funding programs are to become simpler and more transparent.

The Greens want to secure culture all over Saxony. The state should give more money for it on a regular basis. Theaters and orchestras should stay. New cultural groups should get a chance too. Applying for funding should become easier.

The Greens want everyone to have access to artistic and creative activity regardless of income. To achieve this, the ministries are to draw up a joint funding strategy, and a statewide coordination office is to be set up.

The Greens want all children to be able to make art and music. This should not depend on their parents' money. Music schools should get more support. There should be more art schools for young people. A new office should coordinate everything in the state.

The Greens want to recognize clubs as cultural venues and grant them grandfathered protection. The platform regards club culture, pop music, and open-air events as an important part of the cultural scene.

The Greens see clubs as places of culture. Clubs should get special protection. This should keep them from being pushed out. The state should pay for soundproofing. There should be one central contact office for pop music.

The Greens want an ecological overhaul of the cultural sector and plan a dedicated funding program for it. Cultural funding is to be tied to energy efficiency, climate neutrality, and careful use of resources.

The Greens want culture to do less harm to the climate. There should be a new funding program for this. Cultural buildings should be built and renovated to be climate-neutral. A contact office should advise cultural institutions.

The Greens want to turn public libraries into places for learning information and media skills and to give museums better support. Sociocultural centers are to be preserved statewide and funded on a permanent basis.

The Greens want to turn libraries into modern places of learning. People should learn there how to handle media. Small museums should get more help. Sociocultural centers should stay all over the state. These are neighborhood houses for culture and meeting people.

The Greens want museums, collections, and libraries to treat research into the origins of their holdings from colonial, Nazi, and East German contexts as a core task. The party commits to returning collection items and human remains.

Museums should check where their objects come from. Some objects come from injustice, such as colonial times or the Nazi era. The Greens want to give such objects back. Human remains should also go back to the descendants.

The Greens want reliable funding for the Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten (Saxon Memorials Foundation) and new places of learning and encounter. The Sachsenburg and Hoheneck memorials are to come under the foundation, and new themes such as colonial history and the NSU are to be added.

The Greens want to strengthen the memory of history. The memorials foundation should get reliable funding. Two new memorial sites should belong to the foundation. There should be a center about the NSU. The NSU was a far-right terror group.

The Greens want to strengthen local reporting because, in the platform's view, concentration in the media market is degrading the information on offer. Community media, film festivals, and art-house cinemas are to be secured, and the state media authority is to become more broadly based.

The Greens want more news from the local area. Local papers and stations should get support. Community media should grow across the state. These are stations where citizens make the programs themselves. Cinemas and film festivals in rural areas should stay.

The Greens want public broadcasting funded at the level its mandate requires. The broadcasters are to offer programming for all groups in society and build a joint digital platform.

The Greens want to give public broadcasters enough money. The stations should make programs for all groups. They should build a shared online platform. It should be able to compete with private platforms.

The Greens want to revise Saxony's 2009 burial law and, for example, allow burials without a coffin. Parents of children lost to miscarriage or stillbirth would be able to decide for themselves about a burial.

The Greens want to change the law on burials. A burial without a coffin should be possible. Parents should be allowed to decide whether to bury a child who died before or at birth.

The Greens want to give independent consumer advice in Saxony adequate long-term funding. Digital advice services are to be supported, and students' financial literacy is to be strengthened.

The Greens want to secure advice for consumers. There should be enough money for it in the long run. Advice should also be available online. Students should learn more about money and debt.

The Greens want broad support for grassroots sports and equal opportunities for everyone to play. More open spaces and school sports facilities are to be opened up. Sports are to have wide-ranging anti-discrimination work.

The Greens want to support sports for everyone. School gyms and open spaces should be open more often. No one should be treated unfairly in sports. Clubs only get funding if they protect children. Swimming lessons should have good conditions.

The Greens want an ecological shift in sports facilities, sports events, and winter tourism. In the platform's view, snow cannons are no longer a long-term option because of their high energy and resource use.

The Greens want to make sports more eco-friendly. Clubs should get help switching to clean energy. Sports events should become climate-neutral over time. Snow cannons use a lot of energy. So winter regions should find new paths for tourism.