Social Affairs and Health
- Securing livelihoods and tackling poverty
- Basic energy supply for all
- The preservation and modernisation of services for senior citizens in municipal hands
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- an overall concept for tackling poverty.
- to prevent homelessness from occurring in the first place.
- to ensure medical care and social support in counselling centres.
- to maintain the city’s facilities for the elderly and making them fit for the future.
- the expansion and further development of alternative and assisted forms of housing.
- participation for people with disabilities.
- to support people in mental and psychological crises.
- securing and developing networked support services further in the city districts
- to provide sufficient places in women’s shelters, counselling centres and projects for violence prevention and debt counselling.
- to promote the self-organisation and counselling of migrants.
Building and Living
- Creating and preserving new and affordable housing
- Promoting climate-neutral urban development with more urban participation
- Improving the quality of life in the city districts
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- to create 5000 new flats by 2030, at least 30% of them subsidised
- to offer municipal loans to finance publicly subsidised housing and provide special support for families
- climate-neutral urban development with clear rules for land usage planning and house building
- to continue to designate new residential areas and create areas for commercial development with foresight
- a forward-facing urban building land policy through more urban land acquisition
- attractive housing with shopping facilities and services around the corner
- to create new and future-oriented forms of housing – e.g. tiny-houses and living on and by the water
- to continue to renovate schools and other public buildings as well as roads and bridges.
- to promote student housing
- no sale of contiguous building plots
Climate, Energy and Environment
- The increased usage of renewable energies
- A reduced usage of land
- The development of more green spaces in all parts of the city
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- climate neutrality by 2035
- independent electricity supply by 2035
- to protect the people of Lübeck from damage caused by floods, heavy rainfall, storms and heat
- to purchase new municipal vehicles with climate-friendly
- to drive technologies that keep rivers and lakes clean
- energy-efficient renovations and construction methods as well as heating systems in heating networks
- pioneering solar thermal and photovoltaic systems
- green spaces and allotment gardens for a healthy microclimate
- to further strengthen the „Fair Trade City“ in its sustainability
- to preserve biodiversity
Mobilty
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The rehabilitation and new construction of footpaths and cycle paths
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The expansion of attractive public transport
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The introduction of free bus travel in Lübeck for all pupils, trainees and people doing voluntary work.
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- to renovate the network of footpaths and cycle paths and make it barrier-free
- to distribute road space more equitably for all road users
- to build cycle superhighways so that cyclists can travel quickly and safely.
- to make it easier to switch between public transport (buses and trains) and cycling.
- bus services in „Lübeck-Takt“ (main routes every 10 minutes)
- to make public transport more affordable for the citizens of Lübeck.
- to make rail transport more attractive (half-hourly intervals and additional stops)
- to maintain the Bäderbahn railway service at the Bay of Lübeck
- to reorganise parking management and look for suitable solutions with the participation of local residents.
- to launch the „0-€-Ticket“ for pupils, trainees and people doing voluntary work.
Children, Youth and Family
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Good quality day care centres and day care for children
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Modernising family-, children’s and youth centres
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Diverse participation possibilities in the city districts
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- free education from nursery school to school-leaving certificate within the scope of the city’s possibilities.
- to improve working conditions for staff in day-care centres across all types of centres and including „help for education“, also by increasing staff numbers.
- to improve the compatibility of family and work
- to better coordinate holiday closing times between day-care centres and all-day schools in the city districts
- to establish a substitution system for day care for children
- to strengthen and expand family centres in the city districts
- to develop and expand open children’s and youth work
- to create both mobile and digital services for children and youths as well as new forms of services additional to all-day schools.
- to establish meeting places for young people in the varying neighbourhoods with the participation of young people and local residents.
- to offer democracy education and a variety of participation opportunities for children and young people in the different neighbourhoods
Education
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Educational equity
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Maintaining educational facilities to modern standards
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Well-accompanied transitions between the „educational stages“
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- to give every child individual support at an early stage so that they can live in our society on an equal footing and in a self-determined manner.
- inclusion with individual promotion and support right from the start
- successful transitions from school to work, also by strengthening the Youth Employment Agency.
- to make transitions between educational institutions smoother and more accessible
- to evaluate and continue our initiatives to expand the school‘ social work.
- to design and implement school development planning with the close involvement of those concerned.
- to expand the quality of all-day education at all schools and strengthen cooperation with clubs and associations.
- to ensure that the schools are equipped with modern educational facilities and materials.
- to continue the Lübeck Education Fund together with the foundations in a needs-oriented and unbureaucratic manner
- to promote lifelong and in-service learning in compatibility with family and career
Economy, Work and University
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Secure and good jobs
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Climate-friendly growth
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Strengthening the craft sector
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- to implement and update the „Port Development Plan 2030“.
- to support environmentally compatible shipping traffic
- to use construction law instruments to develop sustainable industrial estates
- to develop soft tourism by updating the „Tourism Development Concept 2030“ and not create any new hotels
- a fair tourism tax
- to avoid vacancies and increase the quality of life in the city centre by promoting creative ideas for area design
- an efficient broadband/fibre optic network and a strong electricity grid to promote e-mobility with sufficient charging points.
- to promote Lübeck with its university location and provide suitable space for start-up companies
- to create affordable housing for trainees, students and skilled workers in order to attract them to Lübeck.
- to strengthen the skilled crafts sector
Culture
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Cultural education and participation for all
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A conscious approach to the culture of remembrance
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The preservation of Lübeck’s diversity in the cultural programme
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- cultural participation for all
- to continue to invest in diverse culture and thus in education, social meeting and creative spaces.
- to bring a cultural programme to the different city districts
- to develop the city libraries in the city centre and in the districts
- to use digital means without losing the analogue ones. All cultural institutions should become part of the digital strategy of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
- to maintain tariff loyalty in the municipal theatre and carry out the necessary renovations
- to support the diverse theatre scene
- to provide fair remuneration for teachers in Lübeck’s music and art schools
- to strengthen the museum association and implement and further develop the „Museum Development Plan 2020-2030“
- to reflect consciously on Lübeck’s history. This includes the culture of remembrance, the critical approach to monuments and the tradition of the Hanseatic League and Hanseatic culture.
Sport and Leisure
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Promoting competitive, amateur and recreational sport
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Attractive places for leisure activities
- Planning playgrounds and schoolyards creatively
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For all of Lübeck we want
- consistently implement and further develop the sports development plan
- to establish and support regional youth performance centres in various sports in connection with schools that focus on the promotion of a specific sport.
- to establish important venues for sport such as the gymnastics hall in Kücknitz and the hall at Falkenwiese with a focus on athletics
- to ensure coordinated financial support for organised sport
- to continue to support the Travemünde Week in sailing and non-commercial activities
- to build outdoor sports facilities for everyone in the city districts, similar to the facility next to the Mühlentor administration centre
- to design recreational and competitive sports facilities for young people, e.g. skate parks, with greenery and seating.
- to promote the connection between club and recreational sports and expand the possibilities for recreational athletes to use club’s grounds.
- to maintain and renew playgrounds. We will create barrier-free playgrounds with playground equipment that is also suitable for children with disabilities.
- meeting places and green spaces for recreational activities in all parts of the city.
Open Society, Administration and Internal Security
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Tolerance and respect for all people in Lübeck
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Investments in social tasks, education, culture and climate
- The further strengthening of a service-oriented administration
are core demands of social democratic policy.
For the whole of Lübeck we want
- to implement the European Charter for Equality between Women and Men.
- to reduce all forms of right-wing extremism and hostility within urban society
- to eliminate areas of fear and strengthen the sense of security in all parts of the city
- a well-kept cityscape. To this end, we will redesign the existing „Clean Lübeck“ concept and campaign for the „yellow bin“.
- to maintain the high standard of our fire brigades in Lübeck
- to prioritise social issues in our spending and continue to invest in the infrastructure of the city’s districts, in education, culture and climate protection.
- that the citizens should be able to understand how much money is spent on what in the Hanseatic City.
- to create administrative services in the city districts where citizens can obtain all services in one place
- to expand citizen participation, taking into account the interests of all social groups
- to enable applications to be submitted online, introduce the „digital building file“ and use digitalisation in the municipal administration.
