Basic principles The Liberal Democrats passed their "social-liberal principles" (
German: ) in their 47th general assembly in
Göttingen. Therein, they call for "human dignity through self-determination", "equality of all mankind", "progress through reason" and "democratisation of society".
Education For the Liberal Democrats, education is deemed as "one of the most important goals of social liberal politics". They call for a federally uniform educational system and centralised exams. The educational system shall be reformed as a
comprehensive school system. They also call for the replacement of the current religious education through a single class taken by all students regardless of religious and cultural affiliation.
Civil rights As outlined in their "social-liberal principles", the Liberal Democrats advocate for "equal civil rights for all human beings". Securing
privacy is one of the core elements of their policy. They demand the extension of the
secrecy of correspondence to an overall secrecy of communications including digital communication. Furthermore, they oppose
data retention without prior suspicion as well as
eavesdropping operations on homes. The Liberal Democrats refer to personal data as "property of the data subject" and demand user-friendly privacy. They urge for a right to
end-to-end encrypted communication and oppose the introduction of
voting machines. Amongst equal rights for all human beings, they demand equal rights and acceptance for
homosexual couples and other forms of relationship. They also urge to abolish the
blood donation prohibition for homosexual people in Germany.
Democracy The Liberal Democrats call for decreasing the
electoral threshold, a
single transferable vote and lowering the
voting age to 16. They claim that
non-citizens with a long-term main residence in Germany are also part of the
multicultural society and shall be eligible to vote. They also demand to introduce more
direct democratic elements and a stricter
separation of church and state.
Social policy The Liberal Democrats call for the introduction of an
unconditional basic income, in which all tax-financed social assistance of the state is combined. This should be available immediately via an adjustment of the tax curve in the event of income shortfalls, without representing an additional income for people with high incomes.
Health policy The Liberal Democrats favour to establish a national healthcare scheme similar to the British
National Health Service. Additional coverage through complementary insurances shall remain possible. They focus on the infrastructure, personnel as well as digitalisation of the healthcare system.
Mental health is also one of the main points in their health policy. They favor a structural policy that focuses on
innovation and adjustment. They demand to uphold a
balanced budget amendment with little exceptions to it. They are also proposing to reform the
tax system partially while sustaining
progressive taxation. Furthermore, they demand to establish a
fiscal union within the
European Union. The Liberal Democrats urge for solutions at EU-level for various topics, such as in asylum and migration policy,
labour policy as well as a common
defense policy through establishing an EU-Army. The Liberal Democrats demand that military actions shall always be seen as a last resort and always follow legitimation through a
UN resolution or a
casus foederis. They also condemn violations to
international law in terms of invasion, occupation, resettlements and coups in foreign territory while endorsing
nonviolent resistances of groups of people for their
right of self-determination. They consider aiming for multilateral agreements to be the best way to resolve conflicts. ==Leadership==