Disarmament and negotiation instead of rearmament
The Left sees itself as part of a peace movement that wants to settle conflicts peacefully and calls for disarmament, demilitarization and negotiated peace. It invokes the Basic Law and announces resistance to anything that goes beyond the mandate of defense.
The Left stands for peace. It wants fewer weapons instead of more. Conflicts should end through talks. The military should have less room in everyday life.
The program sets security partnership against confrontation. It notes that the Basic Law contains both a commitment to peace and a mandate for defense. The Left rejects whatever runs counter to the commitment to peace. In its view, peace comes not only from treaties but also from encounters between people.
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„für Abrüstung statt Aufrüstung, für Entmilitarisierung statt Militarisierung des öffentlichen Lebens und für Verhandlungsfrieden steht“Translation: stands for disarmament instead of rearmament, for demilitarization instead of militarization of public life, and for negotiated peace
Placement
- Foreign policyleaning diplomacy first
Rejecting rearmament and prioritizing negotiation runs against the current course of higher defense spending, but remains a statement of principle without a concrete measure.