Youth and Development Party of Germany

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Youth and Development Party of Germany
Party logo.jpg
Party leader Till Müller
Lukas Ostermann
vice-chairman Niklas Kollmann
Peter Felix
Federal Treasurer Miguel Winkel
founding 17th February 2017
Place of foundation Rheine
resolution 9th November 2019
Headquarters Office Center Rheine
Landersumer Weg 40
48431 Rheine
Alignment Left liberalism ,

Interests of adolescents and young adults

Bundestag seats
0/630
Seats in state parliaments
0/1855
Number of members 88 (as of February 3, 2019)
Minimum age 14 years
Average age 22.5 (as of February 3, 2019)
Proportion of women 20.45% (as of February 3, 2019)
MEPs
0/96
Website jed-bund.de

The Youth and Development Party of Germany ( JED for short ) was a left-wing liberal small German party .

The party first ran for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 14, 2017 .

founding

The JED was founded at the beginning of 2017 by students from the Emsland-Gymnasium in Rheine . The founders stated that none of the other parties could be elected.

Content profile

The JED is committed to the nine-year high school (G9). It also stands for a strong expansion of digital media in schools as well as better financial and personal support from the federal states. In addition, the JED wants to achieve that Real and the secondary school qualifications gain in value again.

The contract between the generations in terms of the pension is obsolete According JED: to be Pursued a system in which the pension contributions can contribute to the financing of other projects and the pension is paid directly by the state.

Even before the Bundestag resolution in 2017 , the JED advocated equating the marriage of same-sex couples with the marriage of heterosexual couples.

The JED calls for the liberalization of drug policy and the legalization of cannabis . JED is also committed to expanding the digital infrastructure in Germany.

JED is clearly committed to Europe, the European Union and the euro . In addition, she advocates a stronger influence for members of the European Parliament .

The climate change is the JED to a serious problem. That is why it is committed to the future of renewable energies as well as future-oriented drive technologies in the automotive sector.

The JED speaks out against an upper limit and in favor of accepting all those seeking help, since solidarity should be a matter of course.

The minimum wage should apply from the age of 16. According to the JED. In addition, the limit for earnings in marginal employment is to be raised to € 650 per month for young people and young adults , since students in particular are to be given the opportunity to provide for their own maintenance.

On November 9, 2019, the party was dissolved because the federal executive could no longer be filled.

Federal Executive

The federal board of JED consists of a total of nine members:

  • two party leaders
  • two deputy party leaders
  • a federal treasurer
  • four other board members.

Regional associations

The party currently only has one regional association in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Regional associations Chairman Result of the last election
Germany location of Nordrhein-Westfalen.svg North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia Pascal Anger 0.1% ( state election 2017 )

District Associations

The party currently has only one district association in the Steinfurt district .

District Associations Chairman Result of the last election
Steinfurt district Nico Schubert Local elections in NRW 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Statistics of the JED. Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
  2. gn-online.de: Rheiner students found a new party February 1, 2017.
  3. a b c d e JED - party platform. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .
  4. a b c d party program JED. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .