What do the parties in Berlin say on Europe?

The CDU wants to strengthen the European single market and deepen integration where it sees fit, for example in the defense industry and internal security. At the same time, EU rules in areas such as data protection and environmental law are to be cut back. Cohesion funds are to remain managed at the regional level.

The CDU wants to help shape the EU. Berlin trades a lot with other EU countries. The EU should work together more on security. But companies should face fewer EU rules. EU funding should still be handed out in Berlin.

The Greens want to push in Brussels for a social and climate-neutral Europe and use the next EU budget framework for Berlin projects. The administration, businesses and civil society should become able to draw down all available EU money.

The EU gives money for projects in the regions. The Greens want to use this money better for Berlin. It should go to climate protection, research and transport links. The city offices should learn how to claim all of the money.

The Greens want to make it easier for people from other European countries to get started in Berlin. Qualifications are to be recognized faster, dealings with authorities made simpler and digital, and the administration is to build up more expertise on Europe.

Many people from other European countries live in Berlin. The Greens want to make settling in easier for them. Offices should recognize their job qualifications faster. There should be enough language courses. Offices should work in a simpler and digital way.

The Left commits to a united Europe based on solidarity and wants to deepen Berlin's cooperation with Polish municipalities and other European capitals. Exchange in science and culture is meant to help tackle shared tasks such as climate adaptation, mobility, and social participation.

The Left wants a united Europe. Berlin should work more with cities in Poland. The culture train to Poland should keep running. Berlin should also learn from other capitals in Europe.

The SPD rejects plans by the EU Commission to centralize European funding. The structural funds are to keep their regional focus because the state and districts know local needs best. The European Social Fund is also to remain independent.

The EU gives money for projects in the regions. The EU Commission wants to steer this more centrally. The SPD is against that. Berlin and its districts should keep having a say.