Let’s become a Freiburg against the right, together!

More than a quarter of Germans have a migration background. Whether it's a school friend of Turkish origin, a Polish colleague or a neighbor from Vietnam - they are all part of our community. The basic right to asylum protects people who have to flee from war, poverty or environmental destruction. A secure job, housing and recognition promote integration. Rejection, work bans and agitation lead to frustration and sometimes encourage increased crime. Demands for deportation and isolation are therefore part of the problem. Right-wing politicians abuse tragic attacks like those in Solingen or Mannheim to stoke fear of foreigners and sell their inhumane policies as measures for internal security. In doing so, they promote racist attitudes such as those propagated by the AfD, which is partially classified as right-wing extremist. Such ways of thinking are dangerously reminiscent of the ideologies of the Nazi era. We will not accept this. Let’s welcome new neighbors, colleagues and friends to our community. Let us find real solutions for the many crises existing right now and create worthy living conditions for everyone.

No room for the right - get the right out of parliament!

Financial security is essential for everyone, regardless of whether they currently have a job. However, many struggle with precarious wages, job insecurity or the inability to live off their income. Although the AfD presents itself as a "workers' party", their policies show the opposite: they want to cut social support networks and disadvantage workers.

Instead of supporting people who are struggling, they want to cut Bürgergeld or even eliminate it, which would hit families as well as working people who need additional support through the Bürgergeld. According to their policies people who received it should be forced to work after six months. This pressures people into accepting any job regardless of quality, instead of letting people find sustainable solutions for their unemployment. In the Bundestag, the AfD rejected proposals to increase the minimum wage, reduce social security contributions and expand daycare centers while advocating tax cuts for the rich. If the AfD has its way, we should work for at least 45 years to receive a pension without deductions, beyond the age of 67 if necessary. The AfD rejects the basic pension, which is currently received by 1.3 million pensioners. They also encourage the exclusion of women from the workforce. This policy is hostile to employees and socially unjust.

No room for the right - get the right out of parliament!

The AfD claims to be reducing and simplifying taxes. But their policies only ensure that the rich get richer and the poor and middle classes get poorer. Their idea for the income tax, for instance, envisages a simplified tariff, inspired by the model of Paul Kirchhof. This model simplifies the tax rates, which currently range between 14% and 42% depending on income, to a uniform tax of 25%. Sounds good, but there is a catch. Firstly, the 25% would then apply to everyone, not just the top earners, and secondly, all types of income would be treated equally. As a result, most employees would not benefit from it, or in the worst case, would even pay more taxes than before. They also want to abolish or reduce property tax, inheritance tax, solidarity surcharge and many others. Again, this would only relieve the burden on the rich and worsen the living conditions of the large population as a whole. Why not abolish the VAT on food, increase the minimum wage and offset taxes through wealth tax for people with high private assets (two million), as other parties are demanding? Taxes are not a punishment, as is often portrayed, but a way of covering the costs of our society. Hospitals, schools, etc. have to be paid for, so taxes should be collected in a way that places the least burden on those who pay.

No room for the right - get the right out of parliament!

The AfD says it is on the side of people who can no longer afford their homes and energy costs and are suffering from rising rents - but their proposals only benefit the large real estate companies and investors, who are also among their major donors (e.g. Henning Conle, a real estate entrepreneur, that has appeared several times as a covert financier of the AfD through illegal party donations).

The AfD wants to promote home ownership through tax breaks. This again only helps the rich, but not those who would like to own their own home. Instead of building apartments for the rich, rents must be capped and social housing must be promoted. The AfD wants to abolish the rent cap completely.

Housing must be affordable! So far, the AfD has voted against any concrete relief for renters in the Bundestag.

No room for the right - get the right out of parliament!

Voting for the AfD fuels the climate crisis. The AfD wants to abolish climate protection, denies man-made climate change and relies on outdated energy sources such as coal and oil - for the benefit of rich corporations and at the expense of all of us. They manufacture fear of a "climate dictatorship", describe effective measurements as conspiracies and dismiss climate protection as a green ideology. But the climate crisis is real and continues to worsen.

The summer of 2024 was the hottest in history - extreme weather such as heat, drought and heavy rain is increasing. The consequences: food prices are rising due to crop failures. Floods, like the one in southern Germany this June, are destroying houses. Increasing heat waves are causing serious health risks. The poorest are suffering the most while the richest one percent of EU citizens emit ten times as much CO₂ as the poorer half. But socially just climate protection and measures such as flood protection, urban greening and water management can protect us and mitigate the crisis. All solutions are on the table - now we need political will and solidarity to secure a future worth living for all of us.

No room for the right - get the right out of parliament!