The Alternative

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**The Alternative** (ALT), formerly known as the **Liberal Democratic Party** (LDA), and **Adorian Liberal Party** (ALP), wass a social liberal and progressivist political party in Adoria. It also supported environmentalism, secularism and internationalism.

## Policies

### Economy

We want to support the middle and lower class by passing a low progressive tax.

Fighting Inequality is a core issue of our party, we want to achieve that through a good and working welfare policy which actively supports our unemployed citizens, one shouldn’t just receive money hile doing nothing, but we still want to give citizens the time to find the right job.

We’re also planning to implement a carbon tax with climate dividend which will help to further fight inequality.

Breaking up monopolies is an important part of a working and free economy, that’s why we want to actively support smaller companies by tax cuts and other forms of government support.

Another way to help smaller companies is to make regulations and laws easier to understand.

In the short term, collective agreements need a comparative analysis to what extent women in different industries and at different levels are systematically paid less. In the long term, however, a shift away from these encrusted structures can only be achieved by questioning the narrow requirements of collective agreements.

### Environment

One of the most important legislation we support is a carbon tax with climate dividend, which means that the amount of the money collected will be split equally between all citizens, which means there’s no additional bureaucracy and fighting inequality, since citizens who emit less carbon (mostly lo- income households) than the average will get money out of it and lower your carbon emissions is even profitable since you’ll get money for that.

With a new Renewable Energy Saving Act (RESA) we want to make the support system more efficient and effective, drive the expansion of renewable energy sources and integrate it into a transparent, stable and sustainable energy market. By removing unnecessary obstacles, we also want to make it easier for more providers of renewable energy to access the market and use the potential of innovative companies.

We want to promote the circular economy and promote the recycling of raw materials (cascading use). The processing and recovery of urban raw materials (“urban mining”) improves the resource balance. In this way, we not only create sustainable jobs, but also reduce the amount of waste and dependence on raw material imports.

### Social equality

Ensuring fundamental and human rights, which are at the heart of political and social action, are a core task of the state and politics.

Fundamental and human rights enable people to freely shape their lives according to their wishes and thus to be able to assume their own responsibility. That is why the guarantee of human rights creates freedom and personal responsibility in every situation.

We believe that marriage equality, abortion rights, the freedom of religion and press are fundamental rights and we will do everything to protect them.

We want to end the war on drugs, drug addiction shouldn’t be seen as a crime, it should be seen as a disease. We also want to pardon all non-violent drug abusers and always oppose the death penalty.

Journalism is a hugely important part of democracy, that’s why the government should not be allowed to regulate the press.

We are a huge supporter of the LGBT+ community and we want to always support and protect their rights and acceptance.

### Internationalism

Our foreign policy shall be shaped by human rights and climate justice since the only way of solving climate change and human rights abuses is to be active and to promote climate justice all over the world. We won’t always be able to stay friendly, but we will only be offensive and use sanctions when it comes to human rights abuses or attacks to the sovereignty of our nation.

We won’t be able to solve the climate emergency alone, we have to cooperate with other nations towards a more climate-friendly world. Helping poorer and less developed nations in getting more climate-friendly energies and transportation systems will be a crucial step towards a climate friendlier earth. Since we are a developed nation near Africa it would a great opportunity to invest in African countries.

### Digitalization

We need an update for our domestic media and internet policy!

The right to freedom of expression must be respected and defended. It takes courage to open closed systems of a certain size to face unfair competition. The wealth of data from Facebook, Google, Amazon etc. gives these companies an unfair competitive advantage in the area of AI, ADT and algorithms.

We are calling for a swift and widespread conversion of the administration to e-government so that citizens avoid unnecessary official channels and administrative costs are reduced. Simple, transparent and safe methods should be created for citizen participation, such as the support of referendums or candidacies for political office.

We call for better coordination and sharing of best practices on AI, particularly in the areas of research, talent development, future of work, industry and administration, inclusion, ethics, data and digital infrastructure. The expansion of the digital infrastructure is intended to innovate in all Promote regions.

### Education

Knowledge and ability are our greatest asset - as an individual, as Society and as an economy, that's why it should be free and high quality. Teachers are "educational experts in practice" who should and must make decisions on their own responsibility.

At the centre of a successful school are the students, a differentiated professional understanding of the educators and more freedom and responsibility. For the mature school of the 21st century, we have to clear out the curricula and rethink our school subjects. Interdisciplinary projects are needed that address different phenomena of the Examine life while linking the classic school subjects.

Finland is already setting a good example here. In our society, digitization is evident on all levels. The education system is currently unable to keep up with the rapid developments. We see digitization as an opportunity without overlooking its risks.

Topics such as "fake news" or cyberbullying must be taken seriously and discussed as possible dangers. The critical handling of software and information is an important tool for the information society. It takes both technical and content skills Use media responsibly. Sustainable and environmentally-friendly action requires knowledge. Accordingly, knowledge and relevant skills must of course already be imparted at school. This requires an even stronger focus and more effort. We are therefore proposing a package of measures based on the comprehensive implementation of climate justice and environmental protection and sustainability exists both in teacher training and in teacher training.

### Social services

To create pension truth is a pension automatism according to the Swedish model (ABM) required. The ABM compares the assets of the pension system (current and future payments) with the liabilities (current and future pension payments). The aim is that assets and liabilities are in balance. In future, the development of the Life expectancy should be included as an automatism. The one-off stipulation of a "retirement reference retirement age" eliminates the ongoing discussion about raising the retirement age and thus creates incentives for retiring later. Healthcare should be cheap and easily accessible for all of our citizens, that's why we support a statutory health insurance system, similar to the German and Austrian systems.

The cooperation between the established health care groups (doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers) must be strengthened under one roof or in networks. Among other things, this creates the following advantages: cost reduction, better prevention options, better compliance, shorter waiting times, better communication, easier and better evaluation with regard to process and result quality, patient safety, interface management.

Expansion of the day clinic area and quality assurance with simultaneous reduction of the exclusively stationary area. Mental health is extremely important, that’s why the promotion of psychosocial care (visiting and escort services, etc.) in the area of care and care for the elderly must be expanded. This requires support from various social and psychosocial services to provide local care ensure.

## Election Performances

incorparates the Adorian Liberal Party, Liberal Democratic Alliance, Liberal Centrist Alliance, and The Alternative