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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.

The Federal Constitutional Court's independence must be protected against attempts by parliamentary majorities to alter its composition.

The democratic firewall against coalition with the AfD is necessary to defend constitutional democratic norms.

The Bundestag is too large following recent electoral reforms and should be reduced through a revised electoral law.

Germany's 5% electoral threshold prevents fragmentation but excludes legitimate minority voices — its level should be reconsidered.

The AfD should be subject to a formal ban procedure under Article 21 of the Basic Law if evidence of anti-constitutional activity is established.

Germany should take a leadership role in coordinating EU sanctions policy toward Russia rather than lagging behind smaller member states.