Linke on Europe

The Left wants to make the EU more democratic. The European Parliament would gain weight relative to the Council and the Commission, as would direct-democratic elements. The Committee of the Regions would take part in decisions.

The Left wants more democracy in the EU. The European Parliament should get more power. People should decide directly more often. The regions should also have more say in the EU.

The Committee of the Regions would be brought into the decision-making structure of the EU institutions so that local experience counts more. Regions would have more say over cohesion funds, rather than responsibility moving to the national level. The platform rejects nationalist isolation and argues that energy supply and transport infrastructure can only be solved at the European level.

The Left wants the EU to spend more on social rights and social conditions instead of raising military spending from its budget. It rejects turning the EU into a military actor and wants to develop it as a force for peace and international law.

The Left does not want higher EU military spending. The money should go to social needs. The EU should stand for peace and international law. It should treat poorer countries as partners.

In the platform's view, a military role for the EU makes the world less safe and takes money away from a social pillar, solidarity-based regional development and the restructuring of industry. The EU is to see the Global South as a partner and support social and ecological development there through fair relations. In Saxony-Anhalt, education work on development policy would continue to receive funding.