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SPD on Europe

From the program “With Heart, Conviction and Confidence. For Our Home, Saxony-Anhalt”

2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election, September 6, 2026Original PDF, 61 pagesAnalyzed on October 4, 2026

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Anchor Europe in schools and exchanges

The SPD wants to make Europe more visible in everyday life and in education. The EU is to become a fixed part of several curricula, and all young people should be able to take part in a European youth exchange once. Partnerships with regions and cities in Europe are to be strengthened.

The SPD wants people to know Europe better. Students should learn more about the EU. Every young person should be able to join an exchange in Europe once. The parents' money should not matter.

The EU is to be a mandatory part of the curricula for geography, social studies, history and economics. Events for Europe Day, the Europe Weeks and projects by schools, municipalities and associations will be funded. Cooperation with the partner regions in Poland and France is to grow, and a state fund is to make town twinning easier. The network of Europe schools will be expanded, and educational trips to Brussels and Strasbourg supported. The work of Europe-focused organizations such as youth education centers and Europe Direct centers is to be secured for the long term.

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„Jeder junge Mensch in Sachsen-Anhalt soll unabhängig vom Geldbeutel der Eltern mindestens einmal an einem europäischen Jugendaustausch teilnehmen können.“

Translation: Every young person in Saxony-Anhalt should be able to take part in a European youth exchange at least once, regardless of their parents' wallet.

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Placement

  • Europeleaning more EU

    Ties to the EU are to be deepened step by step through curricula, exchanges and partnerships.

Secure EU funding and keep it regionally managed

The SPD wants to preserve European funding for Saxony-Anhalt and pushes for an early start to the 2028–2034 funding period. Management of structural funding is to stay with the states and municipalities. The party rejects distributing the money through the federal budget.

Saxony-Anhalt gets money from the EU. The SPD wants this to continue. The state and the towns should decide on the money themselves. The rules for funding should become simpler.

At the European level, the state wants to work to keep the ERDF, EAFRD and ESF funds. Ongoing projects are to get bridge financing in time, and the LEADER and CLLD approach stays in place. Funding programs are to become simpler, rely more on flat rates and be tied to milestones. For the coal regions, the SPD calls for a successor program to the Just Transition Fund from 2028. EU rules are to be implemented without extra national requirements; the state also wants to rejoin the work of the European Chemical Regions Network.

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„Strukturförderprogramme müssen weiterhin von Ländern und Kommunen gesteuert werden. Eine zentrale Verteilung über den Bundeshaushalt lehnen wir ab.“

Translation: Structural funding programs must continue to be managed by states and municipalities. We reject central distribution through the federal budget.

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Placement

  • Europeleaning more EU

    The EU structural funds are to be defended against changes under discussion and supplemented by a successor program, which backs common EU finances.

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