What do the parties in Bremen say on the economy?

The BIW wants to make Bremen more attractive to companies and investors. State taxes and levies would fall, procedures would be shortened and bureaucracy cut. Better location marketing, new commercial land and a more diversified economy are also planned.

The BIW wants to bring more companies to Bremen. Taxes and fees in the state should go down. Permits should be faster. There should be new land for businesses. Bremen should advertise itself more.

The BIW wants to revive support for small and mid-sized businesses and raise the self-employment rate, which the platform says is Germany's lowest at 6.5 percent. The state development bank would set up new financing programs. A commissioner for small and mid-sized businesses and new start-up centers near universities would be added.

Bremen has few self-employed people. The BIW wants to change that. The state's development bank should lend money to small companies. Start-up centers should open near the universities. A commissioner should look after small companies.

The CDU wants to systematically review and scrap regulations and to simplify and speed up dealings between businesses and the administration. In its view, the state should set the framework rather than act as an entrepreneur itself, and Bremen should attract new companies.

The CDU wants fewer rules for businesses. It wants to check all regulations and drop the ones not needed. Government offices should work faster. Companies should want to come to Bremen. The state should not run businesses itself.

The CDU wants to develop considerably more commercial land and keep 100 hectares ready for immediate use at all times. In its view, Bremen currently cannot offer suitable sites to companies that want to move there. Businesses should still be able to buy land rather than only lease it long-term.

The CDU wants to prepare more land for companies. There should always be 100 hectares free. The CDU says new companies often find no space in Bremen today. Companies should also be allowed to buy land.

The CDU wants to further develop and extend the major commercial sites in Bremen and Bremerhaven. It names the Hansalinie business park, the Bremer Industrie-Park, the freight logistics center (GVZ), and the "Lune Delta" site. Bremen should also work more closely with neighboring municipalities in Lower Saxony on commercial land.

The CDU wants to expand large business parks. More companies should be able to settle there. This applies to Bremen and Bremerhaven. Bremen should also work with nearby towns in Lower Saxony.

The CDU wants denser development in the Technology Park and the Airport-Stadt district, focusing on tax-paying companies. In Bremen-Grohn, a "Science Park" is to be developed with Constructor University as a complementary site.

The CDU wants to fit more companies into the Technology Park. The same goes for the Airport-Stadt area near the airport. A new science park should be built in Bremen-Grohn. Young medical technology and biotech companies should start there.

The CDU wants to put innovation policy at the center of economic policy and strengthen services for start-ups and would-be founders. Support would focus on eight economic clusters where the party sees Bremen as already strong. More women and people with a migration background are to be encouraged to found companies.

The CDU wants to give more support to new companies and new ideas. It wants to focus on eight areas of the economy. These include space, the port economy, and artificial intelligence. More women should also start companies.

The CDU wants to create a Bremen start-up fund so that young companies can get money to grow. A second fund would finance patent applications and commercialization, mainly for inventions from universities and research institutes.

The CDU wants to set up a pool of money for young companies. Banks, insurers, and citizens can put money in. A second pool of money should help with patents. A patent protects an invention from being copied.

The CDU wants a skilled-worker drive to bring more young people into the trades and to strengthen dual vocational training. The Meisterpflicht (master craftsman requirement) is to stay, and master training would continue to be supported with a 4,000-euro bonus.

The CDU wants to help the trades find more skilled workers. Vocational schools should be better equipped. The master craftsman rule should stay. People who earn the master title should still get 4,000 euros.

The CDU wants to use public contracts more as a tool to support the regional economy. For smaller contracts, procurement offices should preferably approach local firms and not automatically pick the cheapest bid. At the same time, the more than 80 procurement offices would be merged into one and procedures digitalized.

The CDU wants local companies to get more government contracts. The cheapest offer should not always win. Bremen has more than 80 offices that award contracts today. The CDU wants to turn them into one office. Everything should be done digitally.

The CDU wants to remove requirements from Bremen's Tariftreue- und Vergabegesetz (collective-wage compliance and procurement act) that are not directly related to the contract. In the party's view, such rules make procurement more bureaucratic, slower, and costlier because many firms withdraw.

The CDU wants to simplify Bremen's law on public contracts. Some rules have nothing to do with the contract itself. These rules should go. The CDU says more companies will then take part again.

The CDU wants to apply a "one in, two out" principle to state legislation: for every new rule, two existing ones would have to go. Newly founded companies would be free of red tape in their first year and face only minimal burdens in the second.

The CDU wants fewer rules for companies. For every new state rule, two old rules should go. New companies should have no red tape in their first year. In the second year there should be only a little.

The CDU wants to make greater use of tourism as an economic driver in Bremen and Bremerhaven and increase overnight stays. Funding for tourism promotion and marketing is to rise and be made permanent. Revenue from the hotel bed tax is to go entirely to this purpose.

The CDU wants more tourists to visit Bremen and Bremerhaven. There should be more money for advertising and events, year after year. Hotels pay a bed tax for their guests. That money should all go to tourism.

The CDU wants to attract more cruise passengers to Bremerhaven and build a new multipurpose terminal there. Passengers should spend more time ashore, which the platform expects to benefit the image and economy of both cities.

The CDU wants more cruise ships to come to Bremerhaven. A new terminal should be built for this. A terminal is where passengers get on and off. Passengers should stay longer in the cities.

The CDU wants to create a central point of contact for visitors to Bremen in the lower hall of the town hall. The historic sights of the city center are also to be better linked, and the digital visitor information system developed further.

The CDU wants one central place for visitors in Bremen. It should be in the lower hall of the town hall. The old sights in the city center should be better connected. The app for tourists should do more.

The CDU wants to continuously modernize public port infrastructure and work off the repair backlog step by step under a strategy. The ports are to remain competitive as universal ports after, according to the platform, losing market share to the western ports.

The CDU wants to renew the ports in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Quay walls, locks, and bridges should be repaired or rebuilt. This should help the ports compete with other ports.

The CDU wants to support shipyards in shifting to specialized shipbuilding and secure Bremen as a base for shipping companies. At the federal level it will push to keep existing tax and subsidy advantages for ships under the German or an EU flag.

The CDU wants to help shipyards and shipping companies in Bremen. Tax benefits for German ships should stay. Training for jobs in shipping should also get better.

The CDU supports plans by private industry and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a floating launch platform for small rockets in the North Sea. Bremerhaven is to be the home port; the platform points to a lack of launch sites in Europe and dependence on Russian and US rockets.

Companies are planning a launch site for small rockets on the North Sea. The rockets carry satellites into space. The CDU supports this plan. Bremerhaven should be the port for this launch site.

The CDU wants to keep and expand the outdoor dining areas created during the COVID period. Funding is to be provided, and fees for 2023 and 2024 are to be waived.

The CDU wants to keep tables and chairs outside restaurants for good. Many of them were set up during COVID. Restaurant owners should pay no fees for this in 2023 and 2024. There should also be funding.

The CDU wants to make Bremen-Nord more attractive with an action plan and move it to the center of the Senate's work. It plans new shops, culture, business settlement, and the purchase of the "Grohner Düne" housing complex.

The CDU wants to do more for Bremen-Nord. There should be new shops and more culture there. Companies should set up there. Then there are more jobs close to home.

The CDU wants to redesign the center of Bremerhaven around the purchased Karstadt building and open it toward the Havenwelten waterfront. The university of applied sciences is to grow and contribute more to a lively downtown.

The CDU wants to redesign downtown Bremerhaven. Shops and a market hall should be built on the Karstadt site. The local university should get more places for students. Parking should stay cheap.

The CDU wants to launch a strategy for a sustainable food industry together with the other northern German states and give the sector more support. At the same time, less food is to be thrown away, especially in public cafeterias and large kitchens.

The CDU wants to support companies that make food. It wants to make a plan with other northern states for this. Also, less food should end up in the trash. Leftover food should go to food banks, for example.

The CDU wants existing rules to be suspended for limited periods and in specific areas so that new technologies and business models can be tried out. According to the platform, innovations often fail because of old regulations.

The CDU wants test areas for new technology. Some rules would not apply there for a while. Companies and researchers could then try new things, such as drones or self-driving cars.

The CDU wants to make Bremen and its surrounding region a leading hub for medicine, nursing and the health industry. An AI cooperation network, an incubator for health start-ups and the use of health data for research are meant to contribute to this.

The CDU wants to make Bremen a strong place for health companies. Universities, researchers and investors should work together on artificial intelligence. Young companies should get support. Researchers should be allowed to use health data. Data protection rules should still apply.

The CDU wants all businesses in Bremen to be able to be founded entirely online, as is already possible for skilled trades. The business account, data exchange with authorities, and public procurement are also to become fully digital.

Starting a company often takes paper forms and office visits. The CDU wants to change that. People should be able to start any company fully online. Government contracts should also be handled digitally.

The FDP wants to give more support to companies founded out of universities. To do so, an easily accessible founders' fund and a statewide network for would-be founders are to be created. Exchange between universities and business is also to grow.

Some people at universities want to start a company. The FDP wants to help them. There should be a fund with money for this. Access should be simple. There should also be a network for founders.

The FDP calls for more free trade agreements, arguing that Bremen, as an export-heavy state with ports and logistics, benefits from them. Its long-term vision is a free trade zone of all liberal democracies.

Bremen sells a lot of goods abroad. So the FDP wants more free trade deals. The ports should benefit from this. Rules for the environment and consumers should stay as strict as today.

The FDP wants to make starting a business simpler and more digital and to ease spin-offs from universities. A start-up strategy, relief from chamber fees, and more venture capital are meant to attract more founders to the state.

The FDP wants more people to start companies in Bremen. This should be easier and work online. New companies should pay no required chamber fees for five years. A fund should support young companies with money.

The FDP wants to promote company relocations and start-ups in environmentally and climate-friendly industries, especially in Bremerhaven. A green economy start-up center is to be built in the planned "Lune Delta" business park, with a focus on hydrogen and synthetic fuels.

The FDP wants to support companies that protect the environment and climate. A center for new companies should be built in Bremerhaven. Research on hydrogen should also happen there. Hydrogen is a gas that can supply energy. This should bring new jobs.

The FDP wants to designate new business parks faster, reactivate brownfield sites, and expand existing areas. The land should be well connected to transport routes and sold to businesses rather than granted under long-term ground leases.

Companies need space. The FDP says Bremen does not have enough of it. The FDP wants to create new land for companies faster. The land should get good roads. Companies should be able to buy the land.

The FDP wants to keep developing Bremen and Bremerhaven as tourist destinations with public investment. It regards the Bettensteuer (hotel bed tax) as harmful to the industry because it slows growth.

The FDP wants more visitors in Bremen and Bremerhaven. The city should spend money on attractive places. Boats with visitors should get more places to dock. The FDP thinks the tax on hotel stays is harmful.

The FDP wants to get small and mid-sized companies to plan their succession early, since many businesses face a generational handover. Advice, good examples, and attention to financing are meant to make company transfers easier.

Many company owners in Bremen will retire soon. Then the company needs a new owner. The FDP wants companies to plan this early. There should be advice and help. Employees should also be able to take over a company.

The FDP rejects the state training fund planned by Bremen's government, into which companies with more than five employees would pay a levy. The charge would add to companies' burdens at a time of rising costs. In the party's view, the problem is not a lack of willingness to train but a lack of suitable applicants.

Bremen's government plans a fund for job training. Companies with more than five workers would have to pay into it. The FDP is against this. It says companies want to train young people but cannot find suitable applicants. It blames poor schooling for this.

The FDP wants the state to invest more in maintaining, expanding, and digitizing Bremen's ports and to speed up planning procedures. Operations would go digital and cargo handling would be automated. This is meant to cut costs and strengthen the ports against international competitors.

The FDP wants more money for the ports in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Quay walls and facilities should be renewed. Planning should go faster. Work at the port should be digital and use more automation.

The FDP calls for an inventory of port land and how it is used, along with a flexible land-use plan. After the failure of the Bremerhaven offshore terminal, existing sites are to be used better and commercial land near the ports made available. A dedicated terminal for heavy and oversized cargo is to be created.

The FDP wants to check how land in the port is used. The land should be used better. Companies should be able to set up near the port. Very heavy and large goods should get their own loading area.

The FDP wants the seaports of northwestern Germany to work together more closely in order to hold their own globally and win back market share. It backs a national port strategy and its swift implementation at the federal level. Politicians should limit themselves to the essentials in negotiations.

The ports in northern Germany should work together more. This should help them compete with ports in other countries. The FDP supports one shared plan for all German ports. Politicians should only deal with the most important points.

The FDP wants to position Bremerhaven as the supply port for a floating rocket launch platform in the North Sea. It expects benefits for Bremen's aerospace industry and for the port.

A launch platform for small rockets could be built in the North Sea. The FDP wants Bremerhaven to be its home port. Ships from there would supply the platform. This should help companies and the port.

The FDP wants to change the rules on store opening on Sundays and public holidays so that shopping is possible on Sundays too. It cites competition from online retail and Bremen's appeal as reasons; stores are to decide for themselves whether to open.

The FDP wants stores to be allowed to open on Sundays. Many people shop online on the weekend. Stores in the city should not lose these customers. Each store should decide for itself whether to open on Sunday.

The Greens want rents in the city center to fall and plan to pursue this through talks with property owners. The city is to support the conversion of large retail and office buildings using federal urban development funds and special urban planning law. The aim is to let new, creative businesses gain a foothold downtown.

The Greens want lower rents for stores downtown. They want to talk with the building owners about this. The city should help with rebuilding old buildings. Then new businesses can move downtown.

The Greens want Bremen to remain a steel location and to support the steel plant in switching to climate-neutral production. To do so, they plan to create the legal and infrastructure conditions and to fund new technologies heavily. As part of a green industrial policy, companies and employees are to be involved in the transition.

Bremen should keep making steel. But the steel plant should stop harming the climate. The Greens want to provide the rules, power lines and networks for this. They want to give strong support to new technology.

The Greens want to turn the Hansalinie business park into a green commercial area in order to secure automotive jobs in Bremen. Mercedes and its suppliers are to get a site there for their path to climate neutrality. In addition, charging infrastructure for electric cars is to grow quickly.

Bremen should stay a place where cars are built. The Greens want to develop the Hansalinie business park in an eco-friendly way. Mercedes and other companies should have room there for electric cars. More charging stations should be built quickly.

The Greens want to develop the sustainable Lune Delta business park in Bremerhaven for green-economy companies. A start-up center and a test field for electrolyzers are to form its core and turn the Luneplate area into a hub for hydrogen research. The party expects this to give an economic boost to Bremerhaven and the region.

A large, eco-friendly business park is planned in Bremerhaven. It is called Lune Delta. Companies with green ideas should work there. There should be a center for new companies. Researchers should test hydrogen technology there.

The Greens want commercial land to come mainly from existing sites in the future instead of paving over more green space. The current pace of new land sealing, they say, is neither ecologically nor economically viable. New standards are to create green business parks, and in the long run the net-zero target is to be reached.

Bremen should build on fewer green spaces for business. Companies should use existing land better. The Greens want to advise businesses on this. New business parks should protect the climate and the environment.

The Greens want Bremen to remain an important location for the aerospace industry. The sector is meant to help reach the goal of more climate-friendly air travel. To this end, the party wants to strengthen Bremen's profile within cross-regional partnerships.

Bremen should stay an important place for building planes and for space travel. Flying should harm the climate less. Companies and researchers should work together on this. Bremen works with Hamburg and Lower Saxony here.

The Greens want to protect existing commercial sites from being converted to other uses and to keep the total stock of industrial land from shrinking. Because Bremen and neighboring municipalities have few land reserves left, they want a joint strategy for business sites.

The Greens want to protect land for businesses. This land should not simply become housing. Bremen has little free land left. So Bremen should plan together with nearby towns.

The Greens want Bremen's business development agency (WFB) to see itself as a transformation agency that advises companies on the social and ecological transition. Management of commercial districts is to be extended step by step to every site in the city.

Businesses should become greener. They need advice for that. The Greens want Bremen's business development agency to help. It should look after all business districts in the city.

The Greens want to offer founders permanent locations instead of temporary ones and to provide the storage and hall space that is lacking. Public funding for social enterprises is to be made permanent, and women are to get targeted support when starting a business.

The Greens want to help people who start a company. They should get lasting rooms and halls. Social enterprises should keep getting money too. These are firms that want to solve problems in society. Women should get special help when starting a company.

The Greens want tourism to remain a strong economic factor in the state and to evolve in light of climate change. More marketing and digital services are meant to raise the profile of both cities as destinations for sustainable travel.

Tourism matters for Bremen and Bremerhaven. The Greens want to keep it strong. It should become greener. For that, there should be more advertising and more digital services.

The Greens want Germany's seaports to cooperate more closely instead of working against each other. The northern German states should define shared interests and pursue them at the federal and EU levels. This is meant to strengthen their position against other European ports and the large container shipping alliances.

The Greens want the ports in northern Germany to work together more. The northern states should agree on shared goals. They should push for these goals in Berlin and in the EU. This should make the ports stronger against big shipping companies.

The Greens want a port and infrastructure policy that secures domestic control over the ports. In the platform's view, economic ties with autocracies lead to dependence in critical infrastructure and trade. The policy is meant to support a values-based foreign trade strategy.

The Greens want Germany to keep control of its ports. They warn against business deals with states that are not democracies. In their view, such deals create dependence. Trade with other countries should be guided more by values.

The Left wants to attach conditions to state aid for companies. Firms that receive public money should give the state ownership stakes and influence, and make environmental and social commitments.

Some companies get money from the state. The Left wants conditions for that. The state should then get shares in the company. It should also have a say. Companies should promise jobs and wages.

The Left wants to reclassify former port land in the Industriehafen and the Hemelingen port as commercial zones so that its use can be better controlled. Heavily burdened districts such as Oslebshausen are to receive targeted compensation measures.

Bremen's west has a lot of noisy businesses. The Left wants more control over this. Old port land should become normal commercial zones. The city should buy this land. Burdened districts should get something in return.

The Left wants to support industry in Bremen and Bremerhaven in switching to climate-neutral production in order to keep companies and jobs. At the same time, the economy is to be diversified and other sectors promoted more strongly.

Bremen has big factories, for example for steel. They should become climate-neutral. The Left wants to help with money. This should keep the jobs. Other sectors should get more support too.

The Left wants a common-good economy guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals rather than by profit. Cooperation is to replace competition, and all sectors are to be recognized for their contribution.

The Left wants a different kind of economy. It should serve people and the environment. Profit should not be the main goal. Companies should work together more. Sectors with many women should get more attention too.

The Left wants to redesign innovation funding programs and implement the Regional Innovation Strategy. Plans include a Smart Services competence center, a master plan for the circular economy, and a stronger Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen (the state's business development agency).

The Left wants to support new ideas in companies more. It will change the funding programs for this. There will be a new center for digital services. A plan for repair and reuse is also planned. Small companies should get funding more easily.

The Left wants to strengthen Bremen as an aerospace location and further develop the ECOMAT research center. Projects for CO₂-neutral flight are meant to cut emissions while securing the Airbus site and its jobs.

Many people in Bremen work in aerospace. The Left wants to strengthen this industry. Planes should fly climate neutral in the future. Bremen should do research on this. This should keep the jobs at Airbus safe.

The Left wants to support small and medium-sized enterprises with digitalization, recruiting skilled workers, and organizational development. The Senate and the economics department are to actively represent Bremen's business interests toward the federal government and the EU.

The Left wants to help small and mid-sized companies. They should get money and advice for digital technology. There is also help with finding skilled workers. The Senate should speak up for Bremen companies in Berlin.

The Left wants to support alternative forms of enterprise and create a funding program for founding commercial cooperatives. In the party's view, such businesses make the economy more resilient and contribute to innovation and transformation.

The Left wants to support special kinds of companies. These include cooperatives. Those are companies that belong to their members together. Companies for the common good should also get help. The Left says this makes the economy more stable.

The Left wants more businesses founded by women and by people with a migration background. To that end it plans neighborhood-based advice and more seed capital, grants, and equity funding for startups.

The Left wants more people to start a company. Women and people with a migration background should get special help. There should be advice right in the neighborhood. New companies should get starting money more easily.

The Left wants to allocate commercial plots on principle through Erbpacht (long-term ground leases) so that the state keeps long-term control of the land. Commercial areas are to be developed ecologically, used more densely, and mixed with housing, social, and cultural uses.

Companies need space in Bremen. The Left does not want to sell plots but lease them. That way the state keeps control of the land. Business, housing, and culture should have room side by side. There should also be space for cultural projects.

The Left wants to implement the tourism strategy and strengthen Bremen as a trade fair and convention location through better venues. The events sector is to remain diverse, and the city's marketing to skilled workers is to be developed further.

The Left wants to bring more visitors to Bremen. The trade fair and the big halls should be better equipped. There should still be many concerts and conventions. Bremen should also advertise to attract skilled workers.

The Left wants to limit commercial rents and push at the federal level for rules like the Mietpreisbremse (rent brake) to apply to commercial properties as well. The state is to buy and rent out downtown properties to gain more influence over how the area develops.

The Left wants to make downtown more lively. Rents for shops should not be too high. New federal rules should make this possible. The state should buy buildings itself and rent them out. New business ideas should get spaces to try things out.

The Left wants to promote climate-neutral ship propulsion and equip the ports with the necessary supply infrastructure. It also wants to abolish the flags-of-convenience system to protect seafarers from exploitation.

The Left wants ships that do not harm the climate. The ports should get the technology for that. Seafarers should be treated fairly. Ship owners should only get state money if their ship flies the German flag.

The Left wants wastewater disposal, drinking water supply, waste collection and street cleaning fully returned to public ownership in 2028, when service contracts with private companies expire. Fees should cover only actual costs, and all employees should be paid under collective agreements.

Private companies handle water, wastewater and trash in Bremen. Their contracts end in 2028. Then the city should take over these jobs again. Fees should go down and wages should be fair.

The Left favors closer cooperation among northern German ports with shared labor and environmental standards. It rejects deepening the Weser because of ecological risks and little benefit; dilapidated quays in Bremerhaven are to be repaired.

The Left wants the ports in northern Germany to work together. They should have the same rules for work and the environment. The Weser river should not be dug deeper. The quay walls in Bremerhaven's port should be repaired.

The Left wants to keep the food industry in Bremerhaven and expand the university of applied sciences. The local branches of state agencies and of the regional court are to stay and get more staff.

Many people in Bremerhaven work in food factories. The Left wants to protect these jobs. The university should grow. State offices in Bremerhaven should get more staff.

The SPD wants to make "Gute Arbeit" (decent work) a goal of its own in economic development policy. Public contracts are no longer to go to companies with precarious employment. A catalog of criteria, such as being bound by a collective agreement, is to be drawn up for this.

The SPD wants to promote good working conditions. Companies with insecure, badly paid jobs should not get contracts from the state. The SPD wants to write a list of rules for this. One rule could be that the company pays union-agreed wages.

The SPD wants the state to co-finance the Bremen steel plant's move to climate-neutral production. Permits are to be issued quickly, and power and hydrogen connections are to be supported. In the program's view, only green steel has a future.

The steel plant in Bremen should work without coal. The SPD wants the state to give money for this. Permits should come quickly. The plant should get more electricity and hydrogen. The SPD says only clean steel has a future.

The SPD wants to help Bremen's industry make its production and products climate neutral, using funding and suitable infrastructure. The focus is on Airbus, the Mercedes plant and commercial vehicle maker Faun. The program sees this as the way to keep industry in Bremen.

The SPD wants to help industry in Bremen. Factories and products should no longer harm the climate. The state gives funding and provides lines and land. This is mainly about Airbus, Mercedes and Faun. That way the jobs should stay.

The SPD wants to secure Bremen's position as Germany's most important space industry location. Companies are to get help finding skilled workers, and an extension of the ECOMAT research center will be examined. The state intends to lobby for the location in Berlin and Brussels.

Many companies in Bremen work for the space industry. The SPD wants it to stay that way. It wants to help companies find good specialists. It will look into a new building for a research center. Bremen should promote its space industry with the federal government and the EU.

The SPD wants to support business founders and keep funding start-ups through existing institutions. Service companies are to receive advice on digitalization and better network coverage. The party also wants to strengthen the food and beverage industry.

The SPD wants to help people who start a company. There are places for this, like the Starthaus or the Food Hub. The SPD wants to keep funding them. Service companies should get advice on going digital. Food companies should get help too.

The SPD wants to support logistics companies with digitalization, climate-neutral propulsion and securing skilled workers. At the same time, more collective agreements are to apply in the sector and cooperation between employers and unions is to be strengthened. Business parks for suppliers and contract logistics are to be developed further.

Many people in Bremen work in logistics. Logistics means storing and moving goods. The SPD wants to help companies with new technology. More workers should be paid under union wage agreements. Business parks for logistics should grow.

The SPD wants to develop the tourism strategies of both cities further, step up marketing for the state and make the sector more digital. Major events such as Sail Bremerhaven 2025 are to be supported. The cruise terminal in Bremerhaven is to be expanded and better linked to the city.

The SPD wants to bring more visitors to Bremen and Bremerhaven. It wants more advertising for the state. Big events like Sail 2025 should get support. The port for cruise ships in Bremerhaven should get bigger.

The SPD wants to support skilled-trades businesses with transformation guides and more advice on financing further training. The program sees the trades as decisive for climate neutrality, especially in buildings. Collective agreements, flexible working hours and dual study programs are meant to make these jobs more attractive.

The skilled trades need many new workers. They install new heating systems, for example. That helps the climate. The SPD wants to advise businesses on how to pay for training. Guides should help businesses with the change. Good pay and flexible hours should make the trades more popular.

The SPD wants skilled-trade businesses to be able to stay in city neighborhoods and plans to use commercial protection zones for that purpose. New sites are also meant to give the trades room to grow. The platform regards the trades as part of local supply.

The SPD wants craft businesses to stay in the neighborhoods. Special protection zones should help with this. In these zones, businesses cannot be pushed out. The trades should also get new sites.

The SPD wants to reorganize land policy and make greater use of existing commercial sites rather than keep developing new ones. Disused industrial sites are to be brought back into use, and the state should secure more preemption and repurchase rights. The platform justifies this with the scarcity of land in Germany's smallest state.

Bremen has little free land. So the SPD wants to reuse old industrial sites. The state should be able to buy land back more often. Land for businesses should stay land for businesses. Bremen wants to work with nearby towns.

The SPD wants to keep port investment a top priority and continue the ongoing investment and innovation drive. The Bremerhaven container terminal is to be strengthened by tying major shipping lines to the site long term and by adapting the Outer Weser channel. The SPD expects more commitment to seaports from the federal government.

The SPD wants to put a lot of money into the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The container quay in Bremerhaven should be renewed. Big shipping companies should stay for a long time. The federal government should support the ports more.

The SPD wants to create a maritime science center in Bremerhaven that brings together research, society, and business. It is also meant to offer affordable space and infrastructure for start-ups coming out of the university and research institutes.

The SPD wants a center for ocean research in Bremerhaven. Researchers and companies should work together there. People who want to start a company after their studies should find cheap space there. This way, knowledge should turn into new jobs.