The pension system needs a fresh start. Instead of false promises, we need an unconditional pension guarantee that is fully secured by the state budget. The state should guarantee everyone enough pension for a good life in old age - regardless of pension points, income and years worked.

Social and service professions, in which significantly more women than men are employed, are paid less than technical professions, for example. It is time to significantly increase and equalise salaries in health care, nursing, sales, education, cleaning and gastronomy from the start of training.

To protect lives and prevent further mutations of the coronavirus, the entire world population must be offered a vaccine. We are fighting for the release of vaccine patents and a comprehensive transfer of expertise for all stages of production.

Thousands of people drown in the Mediterranean every year. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency "Frontex" is part of the problem and not the solution. Instead of protecting lives, Frontex is involved in numerous human rights violations. We must abolish Frontex and replace it with safe escape and migration options that welcome migrants and protect rights.

Our society is productive enough to enable everyone to have a life outside of work. We are fighting for the four-day workweek! The world will not end if we work one day less - on the contrary, we will be happier, healthier and freer.

In many areas of Germany and Europe, there are no jobs or no good jobs. That is why we want to introduce a state job guarantee. It will offer everyone a well-paid and meaningful job on request. The jobs should not be in competition with the private sector, but should be created in socially meaningful areas such as care work, the maintenance of ecosystems, social work, culture and popular sport.

It is not shareholders who produce wealth, but workers, the self-employed, employees and users. Our enormous wealth must no longer be siphoned off and privatised by individuals, but must flow back to us all - by means of a universal basic dividend, financed from the dividends of large companies.

In many cities, rents are rising faster than incomes. This is not only due to a lack of housing supply, but also because large property companies are trying to maximise their profits. Speculation with housing must be stopped. This requires the municipalisation of large housing groups.

Today's EU is profoundly undemocratic. All important policy areas have been deliberately removed from the democratic process. As a result, Europe is being ground down between an authoritarian establishment and the hatred of the ultra-right. We must democratise the EU and write a constitution together with all European citizens. It must replace the current European treaties and remove all the rules that enable injustices and destroy our future.