GREEN PARTY

of Saxony-Anhalt

Girls’Day on 27 April 2023

23. March 202323. March 2023

How does a political party work and how is it organized? This is only a small selection of topics that we would like to discuss with you. You will not only get to know the structure of our party and how it works, but you will also talk to our state chairwoman Madeleine Linke and our state treasurer and women’s…

An end to subscription frustration!

15. March 202315. March 2023

Since a few months ago, it has been much easier to cancel paid subscriptions, for example for fitness studios, streaming services, newspapers, Internet or cell phone contracts. The federal government under the leadership of Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke has strengthened your rights as consumers in this area as well. Providers are now obliged to place easy-to-find cancellation buttons on…

The end of nuclear power in Germany

10. March 202310. March 2023

Nuclear power continues to pose a high safety risk. Tomorrow’s anniversary of the disaster in Fukushima, Japan, reminds us that contamination and thus damage to health and the environment can never be ruled out. And the Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant show that nuclear facilities can also be used as geopolitical weapons. On April 15, 2023, Germany’s…

Take to the streets for Feminist Fight Day!

8. March 20238. March 2023

Today, on Feminist Fight Day, we are taking to the streets all over the country! The rights of women* are under massive pressure worldwide. We declare our solidarity with the women* in Iran, Afghanistan and many other places in the world who have been fighting for basic rights for months at the risk of their lives. In this article we…

Same work, unequal pay?

7. March 20237. March 2023

Imagine it’s 2023 and women* are still paid 18 percent less than men for the same work on average. Sad, but unfortunately true. But there is also good news: Just in mid-February, the Federal Labor Court ruled in a high-profile landmark decision that women* are entitled to the same pay as their male colleagues. This applies even if men have…

Protect biodiversity!

3. March 20233. March 2023

Half of all species worldwide are now threatened by extinction. In Saxony-Anhalt alone, this affects 1,500 plant and animal species. For the European wildcat pictured here, things are literally getting tight. It lives in dense, near-natural forests. Urban development and the resulting fragmentation of nature and landscapes are increasingly limiting its habitat. Biodiversity is under growing threat from the climate…

Earlier coal phase-out strengthens Saxony-Anhalt as a business location

2. March 20232. March 2023

Alliance 90/The Greens of Saxony-Anhalt reiterate their demand that the coal phase-out in eastern Germany be brought forward to 2030. This is prompted by recent statements by the Minister Presidents of Brandenburg and Saxony, who do not want to target the coal phase-out until after 2038. Also Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Haseloff and Minister of economics Schulze had expressed themselves similarly…

Polar bears amid climate crisis: threatened with extinction

27. February 202326. February 2023

There is hardly any other species where the effects of the climate crisis are as tragically visible as in the polar bear. According to estimates, there are only around 25,000 of them left in the wild. Because the Arctic ice is melting faster due to temperature changes, polar bears have less time in winter to hunt seals. As a result,…

Poor state of bridges in Saxony-Anhalt

9. February 202310. February 2023

Alliance 90/The Greens are renewing their call for Saxony-Anhalt to focus on the preservation and rehabilitation of existing state roads and bridges instead of new construction. The state government is called upon to give priority to the repair and maintenance of bridges and to provide the necessary funds to ensure safe and effective operation. State Chair Madeleine Linke explains: “As…

Data protection takes a back seat with potential CDU appointment

27. January 202310. February 2023

On the occasion of tomorrow’s European Data Protection Day, the Greens in the state are again putting pressure on the coalition, as the office of the state data protection commissioner has been vacant for years. Dennis Helmich, state chairman of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Saxony-Anhalt: “It is alarming that Saxony-Anhalt still does not have a data protection commissioner. The countless failed…