Introduce an annual cap on asylum applications

Linke
The Left
- Top candidate
- Heidi Reichinnek, Jan van Aken
Democratic-socialist party. After the BSW split it must enter the Bundestag via direct mandates or 5 % hurdle. Stands for redistribution, tenant protection and a peace-oriented foreign policy.
- Wealth tax above one million euros
- Rent cap
- Higher minimum wage
- Peace-oriented foreign policy
Positions on the theses
41 entriesTurn back asylum seekers from EU states at the border
Increase funding for projects against right-wing extremism
Allow asylum seekers to work immediately after applying
Continue recruiting skilled workers from abroad
Keep the debt brake in the constitution
Raise the minimum wage to 15 euros
Cancel citizens' allowance if job offers are refused
Raise the top income tax rate
Reintroduce a wealth tax on assets above one million euros
Subsidise electricity costs for energy-intensive industries
Keep the Supply Chain Act
Abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars
Strengthen collective bargaining by law — public contracts only for companies bound by collective agreements
Make the 35-hour week the statutory standard working time
Pension without deductions after 40 contribution years
Count voluntary work towards the future pension
Resume using nuclear power for electricity generation
Continue to allow fossil-fuel heating systems
Subsidise renewable energy with public funds
Abandon the climate-neutrality target
Introduce a speed limit on motorways
Rail before road in transport infrastructure
Increase support for organic farming
Continue military aid to Ukraine
Allow arms exports to Israel
Ban gender-inclusive language in public bodies and schools
Abolish the women's quota on executive boards
Continue to allow dual citizenship
Keep the mandatory counselling before abortion
Reintroduce compulsory military service
Introduce a mandatory social year for young adults
Continue paying BAföG based on parental income
Allow referendums at federal level
Lower the voting age for federal elections to 16
Abolish the broadcasting licence fee
Keep criminal responsibility from age 14
Allow facial recognition by the Federal Police
Keep the rent cap on new leases
Introduce statutory health insurance for everyone
Keep the Cannabis Act





