Secure open borders and EU regional funding
The SPD is committed to a Europe of open borders and wants to strengthen cooperation with neighbors in the Greater Region and on the Upper Rhine. For the EU budget framework 2028 to 2034, it calls for a reliable cohesion policy managed at the regional level. European education in schools is to be expanded.
The SPD wants open borders in Europe. The state should work closely with France, Luxembourg and Belgium. The EU gives money to regions. The SPD wants this money to keep flowing reliably. Regions should have a say in how it is used. Schools should teach more about Europe.
The program points to cross-border commuters and close ties with France, Luxembourg and Belgium as a basis of economic success. Town twinning, student exchanges and school partnerships, as well as the four-way network with regions in France, Poland and the Czech Republic, are meant to bring Europe closer together. The state wants to help shape European policy actively and bring its interests to the EU institutions. The network of more than 100 Europe schools is to grow, and the European idea is to be anchored in all types of schools.
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„setzen wir uns für eine gerechte, verlässliche und regional verantwortete Kohäsionspolitik ein, die den europäischen Zusammenhalt festigt“Translation: we advocate a fair, reliable and regionally managed cohesion policy that strengthens European cohesion
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- Europeleaning more EU
Open internal borders and a strong common cohesion policy are defended and cross-border cooperation expanded, which stands for more European integration.