Election special for the 2021 federal election
The programme for stability and renewal. - Together for a modern Germany, CDU/CSU
The SPD's programme for the future. What we stand for. What drives us. What we strive for., SPD
Germany. Everything is included. - Bundestag election programme 2021ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
There has never been more to do. - The Free Democrats' programme for the 2021 federal election, FDP
Stability, security, freedom - the power of the centre. - Election programme BTW 2021, Free Voters
What do the parties want?
The kernd.de team has once again compiled and compared the content of the parties' election manifestos for the Bundestag elections for you in the tried-and-tested manner. In doing so, we have taken into account the parties that are categorised as established parties according to the definition of the Federal Election Committee and that are also submitting election proposals for the 2021 Bundestag election.
CDU/CSU
"We are focussing on an intelligent and diversified energy mix that is sustainable and secure. This includes generating energy from the sun and wind as well as sustainable biomass, hydropower and geothermal energy in rural areas. Public acceptance will be just as crucial for the expansion of renewable energies as planning security and less bureaucracy."
SPD
"It is now important to translate the goals into practical policy. The phase-out of nuclear energy will be completed by the end of next year. The coal phase-out is also a done deal. The faster the expansion of electricity generation from renewable energies takes place and the faster the necessary power lines and distribution grids are built, the sooner fossil fuels can be dispensed with."
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"In order to be able to live, work and do business in Germany in a greenhouse gas-neutral way by 2045 at the latest, we will ensure that we obtain all of our electricity from renewable energies by 2040 at the latest."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"According to the grand coalition, coal-fired power plants in Germany will continue to harm the climate and our health until 2038. This is not compatible with the Paris climate targets and the 1.5 degree pathway. We are committed to completing the coal phase-out by 2030. With this in mind, we will utilise all options - including at EU level. To avoid giving coal companies billions in taxpayers' money again, we will price in the massive climate damage caused by coal-fired power generation. The best way to do this is through EU emissions trading - with a guiding CO2 price. If this is not achieved quickly enough at a European level, we will rely on a national minimum CO2 price in the ETS for industry and electricity of 60 euros per tonne of CO2. An accelerated phase-out of coal requires a massive expansion of renewable energies and an orientation of the energy market design towards solar and wind in the interests of security of supply. At the same time, we want to tighten the limit values for the emission of pollutants, especially mercury, from large combustion plants in order to protect health.
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We want an energy transition in which everyone can participate - tenants and homeowners alike. Our roofs, façades and balconies can become power plants - every surface with a solar installation helps to protect the climate.
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We also need to make faster progress with wind power, for example by strengthening the expansion outside of tenders. When expanding wind power, we need to minimise conflicts with nature conservation and species protection, protect local residents and speed up approval procedures, including by reducing bureaucratic hurdles and creating clear framework conditions."
FDP
"We Free Democrats want to make renewable energies fully competitive and end subsidies under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). We reject legally prescribed expansion paths for individual technologies and state-guaranteed purchase prices. German electricity customers have already subsidised the expansion of renewable energies to the tune of over 200 billion euros. They currently account for around half of electricity generation in Germany and can take on more system responsibility in future. A rising CO2 price will make fossil fuels even less attractive and lead to the expansion of renewable energies being driven more by demand. We also want to simplify self-supply with renewable electricity and the market-based utilisation of electricity from old plants that are no longer eligible for the 20-year EEG subsidy."
AfD
"We want to abolish the EEG without replacement and put an end to priority feed-in. The secure energy supply of an industrialised country requires a broad energy mix. A secure and favourable energy supply is one of the basic prerequisites for prosperity, security and health.
The AfD is in favour of meeting the challenges of the present with an open-minded approach to technology. A complete conversion of our energy supply to volatile "renewable" energy sources is unecologically unrealistic and should therefore be rejected.
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No wind turbines or solar panels may be erected in forests or protected areas. We are committed to preserving the local landscape, our environment and wildlife.
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We no longer want to promote so-called energy crops and instead use arable land for growing food again. Alternatively, these areas can be returned to nature."
THE LEFT
"Renewable energies must be expanded in such a way that imports of fossil-fuelled energy can be dispensed with.
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- We want a structural reform of the EEG. The share of green electricity must be increased to 100 per cent as quickly as possible. [...]
- The expansion of renewable energies must be steadily increased in the next legislative period and in subsequent years. In the years up to 2025, we want to install at least 10 gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaics per year, as well as 7 GW of wind energy on land and 2 GW at sea.
DIE LINKE supports a regionally orientated energy transition that is anchored in the population, for example energy cooperatives and bioenergy villages. [...]"
Free voters
"For us, the expansion of decentralised energy generation from renewable sources in conjunction with storage technology is the central building block for the energy supply of the future and for achieving the climate targets in the energy sector."
CDU/CSU
"We will decisively advance the expansion of renewable energies and therefore expand them much faster to meet the rapidly increasing demand for energy.
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Electricity grids are the lifelines of the energy transition. They are guarantors of Germany's security of supply. We want to examine how we can ensure more cost competition and accelerated investment in the area of transmission grids. We want to speed up the construction of the necessary power lines."
SPD
"Our electricity demand will increase significantly in the coming years and decades because we will be using much more electricity in transport and industry instead of fossil fuels. By 2030 alone, we will need around an additional 10 TWh of electricity per year - the equivalent of Hamburg's electricity consumption. We therefore need a decade of determined expansion of renewable energies. The right decisions need to be made now: In the expansion of renewable energies and the digitalisation of the electricity grids, in increasing energy efficiency, in developing storage technologies and hydrogen production as well as a transport network, in investing in climate-friendly production processes in industry, in modernising residential buildings, factories and schools."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"We are putting solar and wind at the centre and enabling industry, trade and commerce to make a particularly large contribution to the integration of renewables through more flexible consumption. We utilise generation peaks for storage and the production of heat or green hydrogen in line with the principle of "using instead of switching off". [...] We secure critical infrastructures with emergency power-capable solar systems. We are equipping distribution grids and consumers with smart technology so that they can react flexibly when a lot of renewable electricity is being produced."
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"As a first step, we want to define renewable energies as essential for security of supply and use 2 per cent of the area nationwide for this purpose."
FDP
"We Free Democrats want regular monitoring (stress tests) for energy supply security and clear criteria for this to be laid down in law. After all, the secure and reliable supply of electricity, heating, cooling and fuel at any time and any place is a priority for us. It must not be jeopardised by climate and energy policy measures. The coal and nuclear phase-out and the increasing feed-in from wind and solar energy, which fluctuates depending on the time and weather, pose enormous challenges for our energy system. Flexible generation and storage technologies can make an important contribution to overcoming these challenges."
AfD
"We need more flexible gas-fired power plants to secure our energy supply. To this end, the gas supply must be secured by completing the Nord Stream 2 project. The landing of liquefied natural gas must also be made possible.
The AfD is in favour of generating electricity from lignite and hard coal as a base-load and controllable energy source. Germany has the world's cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power plants. We therefore reject the plans to phase out coal-fired power generation.
The service life of the six remaining active nuclear power plants in Germany must be based on their technical service life and economic criteria. [...]"
THE LEFT
No statement
Free voters
"Electricity prices in Germany are the highest in the EU due to various taxes, among other things. This additional burden on private consumers must be significantly reduced. We are committed to a sustainable, secure and affordable electricity supply. In addition, security of supply and stable electricity prices must be ensured at all times. That is why we do not want to leave the energy transition to the electricity companies, but want to make citizens, companies, regional energy service providers and energy supply companies as well as farmers actors in this development. We stand for decentralised energy generation without oversized power line construction, with local communities and citizens sharing in the added value."
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"The economy and the digitalisation of various areas of life require a stable, cost-effective and sustainable energy supply. We are in favour of a reliable, flexible energy supply system. We want to expand decentralised energy generation from renewable sources in a climate-friendly way. At the same time, we are in favour of a reliable and efficient supply within a European energy market. [...] We are committed to increasing the degree of self-sufficiency of municipalities and in favour of community energy."
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"For us, the expansion of decentralised energy generation from renewable sources in conjunction with storage technology is the central building block for the energy supply of the future and for achieving the climate targets in the energy sector."
CDU/CSU
"We are committed to achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in Germany by 2045. In this way, we are making our German contribution to achieving the 1.5 degree pathway internationally. In doing so, we are focussing on new technologies and innovations. In addition, we are endeavouring to achieve the Paris climate targets through international climate cooperation in order to limit the rise in the global average temperature.
Our goal is to reduce Germany's greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent by 2030 compared to the reference year 1990 in order to then achieve an 88 per cent reduction in 2040 and greenhouse gas neutrality in 2045 along a specifically described path. As an industrialised country, Germany will take on a great deal of responsibility here to ensure that CO2 neutrality is achieved worldwide by 2050.
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We rely on the instrument of emissions trading and offset any emissions that arise. Additional burdens with targeted relief in the areas of housing and mobility.
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As part of a climate efficiency reform, we want to build on the climate package and gear energy-related taxes, levies and charges more towards CO2 emissions.
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In order to protect our economy from distortions in global competition, we are striving for higher international standards and harmonised prices."
SPD
"We must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible. That is why we have set ourselves the goal of being completely climate-neutral in Germany by 2045 at the latest. With the Climate Protection Act, we have ensured that the climate agreement becomes a reality: It provides an effective control mechanism for achieving the climate targets. Accordingly, we will significantly increase our reduction target for 2030 (to 65 %) in line with the European climate targets; we will also set a reduction target for 2040 (88 %)."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"In a future government, we will place the Paris Climate Agreement at the centre and align the actions of all ministries accordingly. We are channelling all our energy into launching measures that will put us on the 1.5-degree path. Climate justice is a matter of political canon. We see it as our task to create better rules, not better people. Such clear political regulatory frameworks also relieve us as people in our everyday lives and create freedom.
Of course, climate neutrality means change, but this change creates stability for the future. Because it prevents us from crossing tipping points and enables us to live a climate-friendly, better life."
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"Climate neutrality means getting out of fossil fuels. Not only electricity, but also the petrol in our cars, the paraffin in our aircraft tanks, the heavy fuel oil in our ships, the oil for heating and the gas in our industrial operations must be converted to renewable energies. This is nothing less than an energy revolution. First and foremost, this requires a massive expansion offensive for renewables that is implemented as quickly as possible. The future of our industrial location and our security of supply depend on it. [...] That is why we are removing existing obstacles to expansion in a continuous process - in an environmentally friendly manner and in favour of the citizens. Our goal is to add at least 5 to 6 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind capacity per year from now on, 7 to 8 GW from the mid-2020s and 35 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2035. In the area of solar energy, we will increase the expansion from an initial 10 to 12 GW to 18 to 20 GW per year from the mid-2020s."
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"The Paris Climate Agreement and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report on the 1.5-degree limit, which makes it clear that every tenth of a degree counts in order to prevent relevant tipping points in the climate system from being exceeded, are central to our policy. It is therefore necessary to get on the 1.5-degree path. Immediate and substantial action in the coming years is crucial for this. However, the expansion of renewable energies is currently paralysed, the coal phase-out is coming too late and there is hardly any progress in the transport and building sectors. In accordance with the climate decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, which also refers to the German Advisory Council on the Environment, we must orientate our climate policy to the budget approach. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change puts the global CO2 budget from 2018 for the 1.5-degree target at 420 gigatonnes of CO2 with a 67% probability of achieving the target. The German Council of Economic Experts has derived a remaining national carbon budget of 6.6 gigatonnes of CO2 from 2020. If emissions continue at today's level, the German carbon budget would be used up in less than nine years, with a linear reduction around 2035. A longer timeframe for greenhouse gas neutrality requires disproportionately high reduction successes in the coming years. We will therefore launch an immediate climate protection programme that initiates effective measures in all sectors immediately, removes existing obstacles to expansion, implements obvious savings opportunities and also strengthens climate and development partnerships in line with the global budget approach. We will tighten up the still inadequate Climate Protection Act in line with generational and budgetary requirements, spell it out on an annual and sectoral basis, strengthen the role of the Expert Council for Climate Issues and raise the German climate target for 2030 to at least minus 70 per cent. Our goal is to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2035. This will enable Germany to become climate-neutral in 20 years."
FDP
"We Free Democrats want to extend EU emissions trading (EU ETS) to all sectors and geographically as quickly as possible. Politicians specify how much CO2 can be emitted per year. [...] In this way, we create incentives for investments in climate-friendly technologies. We are expressly committed to the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Germany and Europe have committed to climate neutrality by 2050. We can reliably achieve this goal through a strict and annually decreasing CO2 limit in a comprehensive emissions trading system. However, it should be regularly evaluated on the basis of new scientific findings in the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [...] We leave the way there to the inventive spirit of engineers, technicians and scientists. This is how we can safely achieve climate protection in a market economy and scientifically. The path can and must start in Germany and Europe, but it will only be completed when all emissions worldwide have a standardised market-based CO2 price.
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We Free Democrats want to protect German companies from competitive distortions caused by climate policy measures. The aim must be an internationally harmonised approach to climate protection beyond European emissions trading (EU ETS) with a uniform CO2 price for all. As a transitional solution until global CO2 certificate trading is introduced, we support the EU in introducing a WTO-compliant further development of carbon leakage protection that is modelled on the EU ETS.
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We Free Democrats want to utilise the opportunity to finance projects in other countries and count the corresponding greenhouse gas reductions towards our own targets. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement expressly provides for this.
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We Free Democrats want more reforestation and the protection of existing forests, both nationally and internationally. We must preserve valuable forest ecosystems and peatlands worldwide. To achieve this, we must create international incentives - for example by rewarding the long-term sequestration of CO2 through the emissions trading system.
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We Free Democrats want to enable geoengineering in order to minimise the risks of climate change and create new opportunities."
AfD
"The German government's goal of reducing CO2 emissions to de facto zero is leading to a radical reorganisation of industry and society ("The Great Transformation" / "The Great Reset") and is threatening our freedom to an ever more frightening extent. The AfD rejects this goal and the associated social reorganisation.
The radical restructuring of industry and society is justified with the assertion that decarbonisation, i.e. the abandonment of the use of coal, oil and gas, could still prevent a man-made "climate catastrophe". We believe that this theory and the measures derived from it are wrong.
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- The climate cannot have any protection postulated and certainly not guaranteed by humans. The climate is not capable of protection per se.
- The AfD rejects the German government's Climate Action Plan 2050 and decarbonisation measures.
- The Paris Climate Agreement of 12 December 2015 must be terminated. Germany must withdraw from all state and private "climate protection" organisations and withdraw all support from them.
- The AfD is calling for a public, free discourse on the causes of climate change and the devastating consequences of decarbonisation.
Any form of CO2 taxation must be abolished."
THE LEFT
"To stop the destruction of nature, resource consumption and emissions must be reduced to a sustainable level. Ecosystems have carrying capacity limits that must not be exceeded. Sustainability is not possible in the long term under the conditions of the "free" global market. Instead of an economy that works for profits, we need an economy that follows clear social and ecological goals, that can manage the remaining resources and that works for the needs of the people."
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"To save the climate, renewable energies must replace the fossil fuel system by 2035. Renewable energies are limited by resources and available land. It is therefore necessary to limit absolute consumption. Funding under the Renewable Energy Sources Act will be organised in such a way that it is also profitable for small operators and local authorities. The large energy companies will be disempowered and energy supply will be orientated towards the common good. The energy transition in public and co-operative hands can create over 100,000 high-quality and well-paid jobs in the production, installation and maintenance of these systems by 2030. Investments in the energy transition strengthen the regional economy in particular.
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"Corporations are also the crisis winners in the climate crisis. The same corporations that received huge sums of taxpayers' money for shutting down and dismantling nuclear power plants are now cashing in again for shutting down coal-fired power plants. The same threat looms for the future switch away from natural gas in energy generation.
- We are accelerating the energy transition and switching completely to renewables as quickly as possible. We want to phase out coal by 2030 at the latest. We want to disempower the energy companies and achieve an energy transition in the hands of citizens, in public or co-operative ownership.
- For a climate-neutral society, the phase-out of nuclear and coal must be followed by a phase-out of fossil natural gas. To this end, DIE LINKE wants a natural gas phase-out law with a binding phase-out path and social protection for affected employees and regions.
We want Germany to be climate-neutral by 2035. By 2030, emissions must be reduced by at least 80 per cent compared to 1990 levels. This target must be enshrined in the Climate Protection Act. Emissions trading does not offer effective climate protection."
Free voters
"We are committed to the obligations arising from the Paris Climate Agreement. That is why we need to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. [...] We are relying on innovation and technical progress and want to avoid levies and bans wherever possible. We will not allow the high level of support for climate protection to be destroyed by conflating it with an ideological systemic issue. [...] We stand for an objective, technology-open discussion with the aim of fulfilling the responsibility of all of us."
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"CO2 equivalents released by food production are a serious problem. [...] Since consumers should continue to decide for themselves what is on their plate, it is the task of politicians to address the issue in an appropriate and non-ideological manner. [...] We consider information on the carbon footprint of food to be a good approach. Requirements for regional producers must always be the benchmark for the production and quality standards of imported food."
CDU/CSU
"We have to ensure affordable electricity. That is why we will reduce regulatory costs. In view of the competitive situation of our industry, we need a competitive industrial electricity price."
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"We will return the revenue from emissions trading in full to citizens and businesses by reducing the price of electricity. The first thing we will do is abolish the EEG levy."
SPD
"In order to support the use of renewable energies in transport and building heating ("sector coupling"), we will abolish the EEG levy in its current form by 2025 and finance it from the federal budget. The revenue from CO2 pricing will also be used for this purpose. This measure will also contribute to the socially just financing of the energy transition, as it will significantly reduce electricity bills. We will ensure that citizens with low incomes do not fall behind. As the CO2 price rises, we will ensure further socially fair equalisation measures. We will look into a per capita bonus."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"With a comprehensive tax and levy reform, we want to ensure that sector coupling makes progress and that electricity is available at reliable and competitive prices."
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"To ensure that climate protection is socially just, we want to return the revenue from the national carbon price directly to citizens. In addition to reducing the EEG surcharge, we are also aiming to introduce an energy subsidy that every citizen receives. Through the energy money, we will return all additional revenue to the people in a transparent manner and relieve them directly by reimbursing them per capita."
FDP
"We Free Democrats want to introduce a climate dividend and drastically reduce energy taxation. In this way, the social costs of climate protection must also be mitigated. As the continuous shortage of certificates will lead to rising prices on the one hand and higher state revenues on the other, we want to abolish the EEG levy (Renewable Energy Sources Act) and reduce the electricity tax, which is levied regardless of the type of generation and therefore the environmental impact, to the lowest possible rate under current EU law and abolish it completely as quickly as possible. In addition, we want to ensure revenue neutrality by repaying an annually calculated lump sum, i.e. a climate dividend, to every citizen."
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"We Free Democrats want to comprehensively reform the levies, taxes and charges on energy. This is because Germany currently has the highest electricity prices in Europe for almost all consumer groups. To this end, we want to reduce the electricity tax to the EU minimum. We want to gradually abolish the EEG levy (Renewable Energy Sources Act) by financing the funding commitments from the past as far as possible from the revenue from carbon pricing and not creating any new funding programmes."
AfD
"A secure and affordable energy supply is one of the basic prerequisites for prosperity, security and health. Ensuring this is a core task of the state. Energy policy means setting framework conditions in such a way that the energy supply is secure, environmentally friendly and cost-effective within the framework of the free market. Expensive and scarce energy causes industries to relocate and drastically restricts the standard of living of large sections of the population, especially the lower income groups."
THE LEFT
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- We want to create low-cost base tariffs for the average consumption of electricity, water and heating energy. Anything above the average consumption will be more expensive. This will create incentives to save electricity.
- Electricity prices must be monitored more closely and made more socially just. The responsible state authority should therefore be supported by an advisory board in which consumers, environmental and social organisations and trade unions are represented.
- We want to introduce a standardised national grid fee across all voltage levels so that the grid fees in regions with many green electricity installations are not higher than in regions with few green electricity installations
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We want to reduce the price of electricity for end customers by:
- finance the promotion of renewable energies to a large extent via the federal budget instead of the current green electricity levy (EEG levy) and reduce the electricity tax for private consumers.
- Housing benefit is to be paid on the basis of the gross warm rent and extended to include a component for electricity costs. The heating, hot water and electricity cost components are to be combined in housing benefit to form an energy cost component ("climate housing benefit"). This will prevent energy poverty."
Free voters
"The energy transition must not take place on the backs of private consumers. We reject one-sided taxation of private electricity consumption from renewable energies. The coronavirus pandemic has shown that financial security is helpful in terms of the necessary reliability for investments in renewable energies - at least for times when no income can be generated via the exchange price. [...] In addition, the various types of generation should be utilised across the board so that the different volatile energies complement each other over time and balance out lulls. To this end, a regionalisation factor must be introduced into the competitive procedure for awarding allowances under the Renewable Energy Sources Act. We need a massive expansion of all types of renewable generation throughout Germany. This also includes biogas, which has unfortunately been neglected in recent years. Precisely because of the controllability of generation we see this as an important addition."
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"In the course of the energy transition, the financing of the necessary grids has been insufficiently harmonised. It has long been inappropriate to focus solely on the power purchased. Currently, those who cannot participate directly in the energy transition through their own generation are responsible for financing the grids. However, the large number of decentralised feeders in particular requires investment in grid stability, for example through intelligent grid infrastructure and controllable storage. Grid charges should be used to allocate grid costs to grid users as cost-reflectively as possible. The incentivisation of grid fees should be avoided and should instead take the form of taxes, levies, quotas and certificates."
CDU/CSU
No statement
SPD
"It is now important to translate the goals into practical policy. The phase-out of nuclear energy will be complete by the end of next year."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"Nuclear power is not suitable for combating the climate crisis. We will complete the nuclear phase-out in Germany."
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"But although nuclear power is a high-risk technology, uranium is still being enriched here and fuel rods are still being produced and exported. Our goal is to close the nuclear factories in Gronau and Lingen as quickly as possible."
FDP
"The coal and nuclear phase-out and the increasing feed-in from wind and solar energy, which fluctuates depending on the time and weather, pose enormous challenges for our energy system."
AfD
"The service life of the six remaining active nuclear power plants in Germany must be based on their technical service life and economic criteria. We reject a shutdown for other reasons. German nuclear power plants are among the safest in the world."
THE LEFT
"Nuclear phase-out immediately: The phase-out of nuclear power must be enshrined in the Basic Law and all nuclear power plants in operation must be shut down immediately. [...]. The corporations must bear the long-term costs of the nuclear industry."
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"We want to ban the import and export of uranium fuel. The production of uranium fuel in the plants in Gronau and Lingen, which have so far been excluded from the nuclear phase-out, must be stopped."
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"E-mobility must not lead to a return of nuclear power. The energy supply must be provided by renewable energies and orientated towards the common good in public and cooperative ownership."
Free voters
"We are in favour of phasing out nuclear energy once and for all and switching to renewable energies. Chernobyl and Fukushima have shown us the danger that nuclear power plants can pose. Incidents caused by computer viruses, terrorist attacks or unforeseen material weaknesses can have fatal consequences for our country."
CDU/CSU
No statement
SPD
No statement
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"The search for a final storage site is part of the legacy of nuclear energy utilisation. We are committed to the agreed path of searching for a site with the highest safety standards and the greatest possible transparency and public participation. The existing nuclear power plants must be dismantled as quickly as possible and without delay to the highest safety standards. Here too, we must not burden future generations with this legacy. The prerequisite for this is the interim and final storage of low, medium and, above all, high-level radioactive waste to the highest safety standards. This requires an overall concept. Above all, security against terrorist attacks must be guaranteed, as the interim storage facilities will be needed for a long time to come. We will ensure that storage and transport are strictly monitored."
FDP
No statement
AfD
"Recyclable nuclear power plant residues should be stored in a retrievable manner for future use ("closed fuel cycle").
As Gorleben is a fully researched and fully suitable repository, the search for another geological repository should be discontinued. Instead, the research and utilisation of technologies that no longer require the storage of highly radioactive waste in geological time periods should be accelerated. The repository issue is being used by opponents of nuclear power as a politically inflated problem to prevent the peaceful use of minimally invasive and low-emission nuclear energy for ever."
THE LEFT
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- No storage in the "final repository" Schacht Konrad in Salzgitter. For the nuclear waste to be recovered from the scandalous Asse II nuclear waste repository in the district of Wolfenbüttel, a fair search for a site for an interim storage facility at a greater distance from residential areas than previously planned is needed. Nuclear waste storage cannot be imposed from above and without the participation of those affected and those active in the anti-nuclear movement. This requires comprehensive co-determination and rights of appeal in all phases of the search procedure to be developed.
- The costs for the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities must be borne by the nuclear companies. The highest level of radiation protection and safety must apply and comprehensive public participation must be made possible that goes beyond existing nuclear law."
Free voters
"The retrievability of the nuclear waste must be guaranteed. We therefore want the highly hazardous material to remain under control in the future and be safely accessible at all times."
CDU/CSU
"We want to support the research and development of new energy generation processes in a way that is open to all technologies. We must avoid excessive dependence on electricity imports."
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"Today more than ever, global challenges require a far-sighted, reliable research and innovation policy: thanks to exponentially growing computing power and global networking, we are facing a decade of technological breakthroughs - in medicine, nutrition, space travel and robotics. It is important to us that we drive innovation in a way that is open to technology and fully utilise the potential of science in order to demonstrate and test the full range of possibilities - always while maintaining our ethical responsibility."
SPD
"In order to remain innovative in the future, we will maintain and further develop the strengths of the German science system in all its breadth and diversity and its international orientation."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"The operation of the Garching research reactor with highly enriched uranium should be stopped."
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"Because the future of our country also depends on how flexible and free our research landscape is."
FDP
"To diversify our innovation structure, we need to launch a broad-based basic research initiative and build up new expertise in the field of cutting-edge technology."
AfD
"The AfD calls for the re-establishment of nuclear research centres and extensive participation in international nuclear research projects to secure the necessary knowledge for the operation and construction of nuclear reactors, for research into advanced reactor concepts of Generation III+ and IV as well as breeder reactors and fusion energy."
THE LEFT
"Cooperation agreements, sponsorship and other contracts that public educational and research institutions conclude with private companies or foundations. must be disclosed. They have a direct or indirect influence on Science."
Free voters
"We want more investment in research and development in the field of renewable energies. In particular, the field of storage technologies must be supported more ambitiously."
CDU/CSU
No statement
SPD
No statement
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"But although nuclear power is a high-risk technology, uranium is still being enriched here and fuel rods are still being produced and exported. Our goal is to close the nuclear factories in Gronau and Lingen as quickly as possible.
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We also want to push ahead with the phase-out in the EU. We are in favour of a reform of Euratom, against further privileges or new subsidies for nuclear power, and in favour of binding safety standards for all nuclear facilities in Europe. In this way, old and unsafe reactors on Germany's borders can be quickly taken off the grid. We want to maximise the opportunities for objections to the construction or lifetime extension of nuclear plants in Europe and withdraw from the joint liability of states for nuclear accidents."
FDP
No statement
AfD
"The AfD calls for the reestablishment of nuclear research centres and extensive participation in international nuclear research projects to secure the necessary knowledge for the operation and construction of nuclear reactors, for research into advanced reactor concepts of Generation III+ and IV as well as breeder reactors and fusion energy. The AfD is in favour of the new construction of safe nuclear power plants in order to avoid energy shortages for Germany as an industrial location and its citizens."
The LEFT
"We are campaigning for the nuclear phase-out in Europe and all over the world. We need a pan-European plan for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. The state-owned German development bank KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) must not subsidise nuclear power plants abroad."
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"We reject the import and promotion of hydrogen from nuclear power or fossil sources."
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- We want to dissolve the Euratom Treaty and decouple it from the EU's contractual foundations, because it is blocking a sustainable, socially and democratically organised energy transition."
Free voters
"We are also very concerned about incidents at nuclear power plants close to our borders abroad, such as Cattenom in France or Tihange in Belgium. We want to achieve greater safety for our citizens at an international level."
CDU/CSU
No statement
SPD
"Our trade policy will support the socio-ecological transformation. To this end, trade in sustainable goods will be particularly promoted."
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS
"But although nuclear power is a high-risk technology, uranium is still being enriched here and fuel rods are still being produced and exported. Our goal is to close the nuclear factories in Gronau and Lingen as quickly as possible."
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"In future, German foreign trade promotion and its instruments must support hidden champions - instead of fossil fuel plants and power stations - that produce high-tech for better environmental and living conditions, for example. To this end, they must be consistently aligned with the 1.5-degree target, the sustainable development agenda and human rights. Together with the EU Commission, we are campaigning for a marginal equalisation of CO2 costs so that ambitious climate protection does not become a competitive disadvantage. We will work to ensure that the EU also uses the revenue from this border adjustment to support poorer trading partner countries in their decarbonisation efforts."
FDP
"In order to give trade policy more weight in the next Federal Government, we are calling for a Minister of State for Foreign Trade. We also want to rename the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Free Trade and Energy."
AfD
"The AfD is in favour of the new construction of safe nuclear power plants in order to avoid energy shortages for Germany as an industrial location and its citizens."
THE LEFT
"Nuclear exports must be banned."
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"We want to ban the import and export of uranium fuel. The production of uranium fuel in the plants in Gronau and Lingen, which have so far been excluded from the nuclear phase-out, must be stopped."
Free voters
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