What do the parties in Bremen say on foreign affairs and defence?

The FDP wants Germany to support Ukraine with humanitarian and economic aid and with weapons, and later to help with reconstruction. In Bremen and Bremerhaven, refugees from Ukraine should receive help, especially children through much better education and support services.

Russia attacked Ukraine. The FDP wants to help Ukraine, including with weapons. People from Ukraine should get help in Bremen. Children should get better offers for learning. After the war, Germany should help rebuild.

The FDP backs the protest movement in Iran and calls for swift, united action by democratic states. Together with European partners, pressure on the Iranian leadership should increase and further sanctions should be imposed.

In Iran, many people are fighting for more freedom. The FDP is on their side. Europe should put more pressure on Iran's government. There should be more sanctions. Sanctions are penalties against a country.

The FDP calls for ending all cooperation with the Confucius Institutes because, in its view, they serve the Chinese government for disinformation and propaganda. Instead, Bremen and Germany should offer Taiwan cooperation, including a Taiwanese institute and a city partnership.

Confucius Institutes are Chinese cultural centers in Germany. The FDP says China uses them for propaganda. Bremen should stop working with them. Instead, Bremen should work more closely with Taiwan. There should be a Taiwanese institute.

The Greens condemn Russia's attack on Ukraine and back military aid, including heavy weapons. They consider the sanctions against Russia right, even though these burden Germany and the EU.

Russia attacked Ukraine. The Greens condemn this war. They support helping Ukraine with weapons too. The penalties against Russia should stay. Poor people in Europe should get help with the effects.

The Greens want to deepen and fund Bremen's existing city partnerships and set up a new one with the Odesa district. The partnerships are meant to advance democracy, peace, human rights, and climate action.

Bremen has partner cities in many countries. The Greens want to strengthen these ties and spend more on them. The Odesa district in Ukraine should become a new partner. Bremen should also help groups under pressure in its partner cities.

The Left rejects the 100-billion-euro package for the Bundeswehr and wants to stop arms exports via Bremen through a state law. Arms manufacturers are to switch to civilian, ecologically sensible production, backed by a conversion fund.

The Left is against more money for weapons for the army. No more weapons should be shipped abroad from Bremen. A state law should make sure of this. Companies that build weapons should make other things. A fund should help them do so.

The Left rejects nuclear sharing and calls for the nuclear weapons to be withdrawn from Büchel. Bremen should press at the federal level for this and for Germany to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

US nuclear weapons are stored in Germany. The Left wants these weapons removed. Germany should join a United Nations treaty. This treaty bans nuclear weapons. Bremen should push the federal government to do this.

The Left wants to keep the civil clause in the higher education law and retain the ban on recruitment by military youth officers in schools. Domestic deployments of the Bundeswehr should happen only in disasters; civilian relief organizations are to be expanded.

The army should not advertise in schools. Universities should not do research for the military. Inside Germany, the army should only help in disasters. Civilian helpers like the federal relief agency should become stronger. Universities should do more research on peace.

The Left wants to use the port operations law to ban the shipment of arms and ammunition through Bremen's ports. In this way it aims to hinder arms exports approved by the federal government.

Weapons are shipped through the ports in Bremen. The Left wants to ban that. A state law would be changed to do so. The party wants to slow down weapons sales abroad this way.

The SPD commits to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and wants to measure their implementation in Bremen every two years. Bremen's engagement for countries of the Global South, especially in southern Africa, is to continue reliably.

The United Nations agreed on goals for a better world. The SPD wants to carry out these goals in Bremen. Every two years, Bremen should check its progress. Bremen should keep helping poorer countries, above all in southern Africa.

The SPD wants to develop Bremen's sister-city partnerships further, make them better known and create more opportunities for young people. Together with Gdańsk, a solidarity partnership is to be offered to a Ukrainian municipality.

Bremen has partner cities in other countries. The SPD wants to strengthen these partnerships. Young people should be able to take part more. Bremen should also become the partner of a city in Ukraine.