Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 4:19:24 GMT
German social democracy has traditionally been a source of inspiration for all European socialists. And in these times of liquid transformations, of signifiers without meanings and of political Tartufism without measure, the SPD candidate for the chancellery has dared to focus his campaign on a revolutionary idea: respect. It is a simple, clear and direct idea. Therefore, very effective. Respect has a double meaning: respect as consideration and respect as care. Consideration leads us to understanding. And care leads to cohesion. That is the society that Scholz proposes , the society of respect, understanding and cohesion. The initiative must be evaluated in the context of the current political debate, based above all on strong identities, on insurmountable divisions, on permanent confrontations... In today's political speeches, the accurate diatribe sells more than the call to dialogue; “ maintain it and do not amend it” can lead to the effort of mutual transfer; and the appeal to fear or hatred generally surpasses any desire for the common good.
Doing politics with respect consists of explaining decisions and arguing discrepancies. Respect requires seeking solutions to problems instead of influencing problems to avoid solutions. Therefore, it refers to the effort for understanding instead of the constant search for performance that conflict provides. Respect in politics means encouraging participation, exercising transparency and being accountable. This is what the Government of Spain seeks, for example, in the semi-annual “We Fulfill” reports that the President presents at Australia Phone Number the Christmas and summer press conferences. This is what the open dialogue table with the Catalan Generality means. This is what the Parliamentary Commission on the price of electricity that will soon be established in Congress entails. The respectful policy is one that does not offend the intelligence of citizens by proposing to end the taxes that depend on the administration that I direct to, simultaneously, demand resources from the administrations that depend on others, so that they are the ones who have to raise their own taxes.
The politics of respect would also prevent, for example, facilitating the renewal of democratic institutions when democratic majorities favor me, but block this essential renewal when majorities no longer suit me. But Scholz 's campaign does not limit the idea of respect to forms, but also applies it to the programmatic content of his political offer. We also do it here, although until now we have not expressed it with this very revolutionary concept. Working for an economic recovery that reaches everyone, in a fair way, is working for a respectful and cohesive society. That is the meaning of the financing of the ERTES that save jobs, of the increase in pensions by law, of the establishment of the Minimum Living Income, of the increase in the minimum wage... A policy focused on respect is one that seeks to modernize the economy and society, avoiding new and old gaps. It is about facing the great pending transitions, such as the ecological and digital ones, while combating the traditional gaps between the privileged and the excluded, between men and women, between the elderly and the young. And being very attentive, in addition, to the new gaps between urban and rural, between digital and analogue.
Doing politics with respect consists of explaining decisions and arguing discrepancies. Respect requires seeking solutions to problems instead of influencing problems to avoid solutions. Therefore, it refers to the effort for understanding instead of the constant search for performance that conflict provides. Respect in politics means encouraging participation, exercising transparency and being accountable. This is what the Government of Spain seeks, for example, in the semi-annual “We Fulfill” reports that the President presents at Australia Phone Number the Christmas and summer press conferences. This is what the open dialogue table with the Catalan Generality means. This is what the Parliamentary Commission on the price of electricity that will soon be established in Congress entails. The respectful policy is one that does not offend the intelligence of citizens by proposing to end the taxes that depend on the administration that I direct to, simultaneously, demand resources from the administrations that depend on others, so that they are the ones who have to raise their own taxes.
The politics of respect would also prevent, for example, facilitating the renewal of democratic institutions when democratic majorities favor me, but block this essential renewal when majorities no longer suit me. But Scholz 's campaign does not limit the idea of respect to forms, but also applies it to the programmatic content of his political offer. We also do it here, although until now we have not expressed it with this very revolutionary concept. Working for an economic recovery that reaches everyone, in a fair way, is working for a respectful and cohesive society. That is the meaning of the financing of the ERTES that save jobs, of the increase in pensions by law, of the establishment of the Minimum Living Income, of the increase in the minimum wage... A policy focused on respect is one that seeks to modernize the economy and society, avoiding new and old gaps. It is about facing the great pending transitions, such as the ecological and digital ones, while combating the traditional gaps between the privileged and the excluded, between men and women, between the elderly and the young. And being very attentive, in addition, to the new gaps between urban and rural, between digital and analogue.