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EDF's renationalisation was necessary to maintain French energy sovereignty and coordinate the nuclear build programme.

French households should face binding requirements to insulate their homes as part of the national decarbonisation strategy.

France's agricultural sector must substantially reduce methane emissions even though this threatens some traditional farming practices.

France was right to maintain and expand nuclear power as the backbone of a low-carbon electricity grid.

Germany should require all secondary schools to teach civic literacy and democratic participation as a compulsory subject.

German universities are significantly underfunded by international comparison and this threatens research quality.

All German children should have access to full-day schooling (Ganztagsschule) as a legal right.

Teacher pay in Germany should be set at a national standard and raised for all states.

Germany's Bildungsföderalismus — 16 separate state school systems with different curricula — creates unacceptable inequality of educational experience.

The dual vocational training system (Ausbildung) is undervalued relative to academic routes and should receive equivalent public investment.

Germany's early selection at age 10 for Gymnasium, Realschule, or Hauptschule tracks systematically disadvantages children from lower-income families.

Germany should increase the proportion of students progressing to university by investing in higher education access, not only in the vocational route.

Germany's migration debate has moved too far in the direction of restriction, at the cost of addressing genuine long-term economic needs.

Anti-discrimination laws in Germany require significantly stronger enforcement — the gap between legal protection and lived experience is too wide.

Deportations of failed asylum seekers to conflict-affected countries like Afghanistan should not be carried out.

Germany needs significantly more skilled migration to sustain its economy, fill labour shortages, and fund its pension system.

Integration programmes in Germany need substantially more funding and must be completed before permanent status is determined.

Germany's 2015 Willkommenskultur was the appropriate moral and legal response to the European refugee crisis.

Germany should make naturalisation easier and faster — current citizenship requirements are unnecessarily burdensome for long-term residents.

Germany needs substantially stronger lobbying transparency legislation to reduce the undue influence of corporations on legislation.