We want to shape Erlangen as a city in which everyone can participate and no one is left behind. A city that not only accepts diversity but sees it as an asset and fosters new ideas. A city that remains capable of taking action despite current financial challenges and invests in a sustainable, fair and livable future.
Do you also long for more restorative nature, more suitable housing, or a vibrant city center? Do you want us all to stand together more, talk to each other, and act collectively, instead of excluding people based on their origin or identity? A solidarity‑based, diverse and just society – that is what we stand for: #HereForUs.
Erlangen’s Challenges – Our Mission
We want to take responsibility for Erlangen. Shaping Erlangen as a livable city means responding to current crises. We need to adapt to climate change and preserve biodiversity. In our city, this specifically means keeping heat protection, water resource management, and the continuous development of natural spaces in mind at all times.
A reliable and future‑proof financial policy forms the foundation of our municipal actions. Currently, the city of Erlangen faces significant financial challenges: the existing budget gap and the lack of an approved budget severely limit our ability to act. To keep Erlangen livable in the future, we now need smart decisions, clear priorities, and close cooperation between business, politics, and society.
Where We Come From – and Why Taking a Stand Matters Now
In the run‑up to the municipal election on March 3, 1978, various Erlangen citizens’ initiatives and groups from the left‑alternative spectrum joined together and founded the Green List as a local voters’ association in autumn 1977. Compared to other cities nationwide, this made Erlangen an early place where the extra‑parliamentary alternative‑green movement gained a parliamentary voice.
Almost two years later, the national Green Party and its Erlangen district chapter were founded. Since then, a joint electoral list consisting of the party Alliance 90/The Greens and independent local activists from the Green List has stood for election in Erlangen.
For over 30 years now, we have represented ecological and solidarity‑based politics in Erlangen. In the past, our city council members and supporters have done a great deal of advocacy work – whether on ecological topics such as municipal energy and water supply, waste and transportation policy, on equality and migration policy, or on our efforts to promote transparency and democratization of municipal decision‑making processes.
Now it is important, particularly in the face of crises and challenges, to strengthen democratic awareness and take a clear stance. Measures for local climate protection are at the top of our agenda. We strongly support Erlangen’s climate initiative. Two of our key mobility policy goals are the realization of the Stadt-Umland-Bahn (StUB) and the strengthening of the environmental alliance consisting of public transport, cycling and walking.
Our Focus: Fairness for Everyone
It is important to us to do justice to all people. Students, families, seniors, or skilled workers often have different needs. But one thing applies to everyone: affordable housing is very difficult to find in Erlangen. We need flexible and creative concepts to create new housing and use existing spaces intelligently. Nature, community, and modern living must be in harmony. Affordability, quality of life, sustainability, and the challenges posed by climate change must be taken into account from the very beginning.
We are shaping an Erlangen where children grow up safely, young people have a say, families are supported, and older people are accompanied with dignity. Our vision is a vibrant, solidarity‑based city in which educational equality, participation for all, and the well‑being of children are at the center.
Our Vision for the Future
Our vision is a financially healthy municipality that combines sustainable growth with a high quality of life: modern, climate‑friendly commercial areas, an efficient and digital administration, and an innovative network of businesses, start‑ups, civil society, creatives and science make Erlangen fit for the future. Through close collaboration, we will manage the transformation toward climate‑neutrality and shape Erlangen’s sustainable development together.
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