AVS was born with the aim of keeping social justice and environmental justice together. On the basis of its programmes, it was defined as the best Italian party for "climate commitment" by the scientists and experts of
Climalteranti and the
Italian Climate Network.
Work and social policies AVS supports the protection and expansion of workers' rights and welfare. It proposes the introduction of a minimum wage (of 9 or 10 euros per hour), the reduction of working hours (for the same salary), also establishing a fund to encourage employers to reduce weekly hours by at least 10%, a national plan for the prevention of accidents at work, incentive of remote work for workers whose presence is not physically required, the abolition of unpaid internships, the protection of the
right to disconnect, the increase of the worker's control over the flexibility of working hours, and the fight against precariousness by limiting the different types of employment contracts, in order to make the permanent contract the norm. It also proposes increasing the duration of paternity leave and making it compulsory and equal to maternity leave, in order to put women and men "on the same level in relation to the employer". It supports the introduction of a
universal basic income, as well as a pension starting (at least for certain types of workers) from the age of 62 (or with 41 years of contributions) and in general not less than 1,000 euros per month. permanent psychological support in schools, and
free education from preschool to university (as is the case in other European countries). It also proposes greater investment in research, bringing it to 3% of GDP. It also supports greater investment in public health, and in this regard proposes: the establishment of the basic psychologist, a plan to structurally strengthen the employees, with the hiring of new operators to reduce both waiting lists and spending on precarious work, external collaborations and outsourcing of services. It also proposes an extraordinary plan for the structural and technological modernization of the health service and the creation of a public company for the production of drugs and vaccines, using the skills of the
ISS, the
Military Pharmaceutical Institute, university research centers and the
SSN.
Civil rights AVS is in favour of the legalisation of the "fine vita" (
euthanasia and
assisted suicide), the
legalization (through the establishment of state monopoly) of the production and sale of
cannabis (and its derivatives) and the legalization of its cultivation for personal use, to increase security and weaken organized crime. It aims to improve women's sexual and reproductive health by guaranteeing free and effective access to
contraception,
abortion,
medical abortion and pregnancy tests at clinics, also counteracting
conscientious objection to abortion. In 2022, in view of the general elections,
Gay.it, analyzing the various candidate parties, places the Greens-Left Alliance in 1st place for support to
LGBT+ rights in the ranking. On LGBT+ issues, AVS proposes laws that provide for "the extension of the rights and duties of heterosexual couples to same-sex couples", including
same-sex marriage,
adoption by same-sex couples and by
singles, access to medically
assisted procreation paths for women and female couples, and recognition of equal rights for children with same-sex parents. It also proposes a law against
homo-
bi-
transphobia (and
ableism), a ban on
conversion therapy, a ban on medically unnecessary
surgery on intersex children, the revision of the current law 164 on transsexual people, stating that it's committed to "listening to those who go through and live all situations to find solutions and ways together that restore full dignity". It is in favour of the possibility of granting
Italian citizenship to the children of legal foreigners as minors, but only if they have completed at least one cycle of studies (ius scholae) or were born in Italy (
ius soli). It proposes the adoption of a law that provides the possibility of exercising the
right to vote in a municipality other than that of residence and the experimentation of
electronic voting, in order to "allow students and young workers to save time and travel costs". To prevent
abuses of power by law enforcement (e.g. during the management of demonstrations), it proposes identification codes on officers' uniforms and the use of
bodycams.
Economy and taxation In the economic and fiscal spheres, AVS believes that a reform of the wealth tax is necessary, stating that "today wealth taxes weigh heavily on those who have little and little on those who have a lot". For this reason, it proposes the abolition of
IMU and
stamp duty on investments and the introduction of a single, progressive personal wealth tax on assets over 5 million euros, which grows up to 2% over 50 million. It aims to combat
tax evasion and to achieve this it proposes the incentive of the use of
electronic money, the use of databases to cross-reference taxpayers' data, the strengthening of
electronic invoicing and
split payment, especially on online and
POS purchases. It also proposes to deny any
tax amnesty, to increase the resources available for controls and to guarantee the certainty of punishment for tax crimes.
European Union, foreign policy and defense AVS considers it necessary to build a common European foreign and defence policy, including a
European army, in order to make the
European Union more autonomous and more independent from the
United States and to rationalize military spending, without therefore increasing it further in the member countries. It supports strengthening the EU's democratic process, starting with the elimination of member countries'
right of veto and a greater centrality of the European Parliament, while also limiting the influence of
lobbying activities through "comprehensive legislation". On the
Israeli–Palestinian conflict, AVS condemns both
Hamas and the actions of the
Israeli Defense Forces towards the
Gaza Strip, and support the
two-state solution. It proposes the recognition of the
state of Palestine on the basis of the
1967 borders and to guarantee the coexistence in peace of the two peoples in their respective territorial integrity. It demands full respect for international law and the conduct of investigations "into violations,
war crimes and
genocide" perpetrated by the
government of Israel. For the latter, it calls for sanctions commensurate with these violations and to stop all military supplies and the suspension of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel (on the basis of Article 2). On the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, it condemns
Vladimir Putin for the aggression in
Ukraine while considering it necessary to interrupt military supplies to Ukraine and "start negotiations for a lasting peace". == Composition ==