Strengthen civil protection, keep up diplomacy
The SPD calls on the federal government to expand civil protection and civil defense in Saxony-Anhalt. The program justifies this with the tense security situation and the state's logistical role if NATO's mutual defense clause is triggered. At the same time, it stresses that security does not come from military means alone.
The situation in Europe is unsafe. The SPD wants more protection for people in the state. The federal government should take care of that. But the SPD also wants talks and disarmament.
According to the program, Saxony-Anhalt would have special importance for logistics in a collective defense case, meaning an attack on a NATO partner. The SPD therefore sees the federal government as responsible for improving protection of civilians in the state. Alongside this, it names diplomacy, understanding, disarmament and international cooperation as lasting tasks of German and European policy.
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„Der Bund ist gefordert, den Zivilschutz und die zivile Verteidigung im Land zu stärken.“Translation: The federal government is called on to strengthen civil protection and civil defense in the state.
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The point combines more civil defense preparedness with a commitment to diplomacy and disarmament and thus takes no side.