Grüne on Europe

The Greens want to use all EU funding in the state for investments in sustainability. Allocation would follow the principles of the European Green Deal. The goal is to make the state a model region for this EU program.

The state gets money from the EU. The Greens want to use this money for a sustainable future. The money should not go to things that harm the climate. Schleswig-Holstein should become a model for the EU's climate plan.

Advisory services on EU funding would be expanded. Recipients of funding would have to match the principles of the Green Deal. The program rules out climate-damaging subsidies paid from EU money.

The Greens call for a European "Blue Deal" that addresses use and protection of the seas together. EU directives are to be better aligned and protection measures implemented faster. Underwater noise is also to be reduced.

The Greens want a shared EU plan for the seas. It is called the Blue Deal. The plan should cover both protecting and using the seas. EU rules should fit together better. It should get quieter under water.

The "Blue Deal" is meant to consider energy production, fishing, resource extraction, military security, pollution, shipping emissions and species protection together. The platform cites the expansion of offshore energy, which it says requires better coordination of protection and use at sea. EU directives that are currently separated by sector are to be aligned in their goals. The Greens also want to cut underwater noise from ship engines, pile driving, detonations and sonar, which affects fish and marine mammals.

The Greens want deeper cooperation with Denmark, for example on climate neutrality, marine protection, education, health and transport. A citizens' conference would develop concrete projects, and a joint innovation fund would support them. Cross-border public transit is to be expanded.

Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark are neighbors. The Greens want more joint projects. Citizens from both sides should collect ideas. A shared fund should pay for good projects. Buses and trains should cross the border more easily.

The state government would hold a citizens' conference on border-region cooperation together with the Danish government and the Region of Southern Denmark. A German-Danish innovation fund using EU INTERREG money would give financial support to the best projects. The party wants a joint mobility plan for the border region and a denser cross-border transit network. It will examine a special ticket offer for cross-border commuters and seeks a quick return of the Grenzkieker ticket. In the long run, the same transit conditions should apply on both sides of the border.

The Greens want to make the EU more visible in the state and advocate a European agency for civic education. Cross-border programs are to grow and become less bureaucratic. The Conference on the Future of Europe should continue its work and lead to a later convention.

The Greens want people to understand the EU better. A European office for civic education should be set up. Towns across Europe should have more partnerships. Citizens should have more say in the EU. Europe should grow closer together.

The party supports building an independent, research-oriented institution for civic education at EU level and wants to call on citizens to take part in EU participation processes. Town twinning would be strengthened, and programs such as INTERREG, Euregios and Eurodistricts expanded and made more flexible. The Hanse-Office in Brussels would be developed further, and the state's European affairs committee and ministry strengthened. The state would take part in EU policymaking through the Committee of the Regions. The Conference on the Future of Europe should continue after its May 2022 report with decentralized citizen participation; first the current treaties are to be used to the full, followed later by a convention.