Liberale Demokraten Cologne
The Liberal Democrats have deep historical roots in Cologne. With new members, we are now able to reach even more people in our city! We are already helping to shape local politics through our citizens' motions.
Bei der Kommunalwahl Köln 2025 kandidiert Max Zimmer für uns im Kommunalwahlbezirk Nippes 5 für den Rat der Stadt Köln!
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Our most important topics for Cologne
Housing
Especially in a city full of students like Cologne, sufficient and affordable living space is essential but simply not a given
In order to meet this basic need for all Cologne residents, we are focusing on social housing and the use of existing buildings. We are aiming for a quota of 20% for social housing. In addition to state and municipal housing facilities, this also includes private housing facilities that adhere to the municipal guidelines on pricing.
As new construction alone is not enough, we are calling for additional tax to be levied on long-term vacant apartments. Revenues from this tax should flow into a fund to promote the refurbishment of existing buildings and the creation of social housing.
Public Transport
The traffic situation in Cologne is frustrating for everyone. The streets are full, it takes forever to find a parking space, cycle paths - when available - are unsafe and the KVB is unreliable as always. We are convinced that the solution is a much stronger focus on public transportation. With efficient, reliable services, fewer people will be dependent on a car for their daily journeys. There will be less congestion and more space for safe cycling infrastructure.
To this end, we are specifically calling for the expansion of the KVB streetcar lines, especially underground, as the majority of disruptions are due to problems on the roads, as well as better connections to the outer city areas.
Homelessness
Like many other large cities in NRW, Cologne has an obvious problem with homelessness.
In the fight against homelessness in Cologne, we follow the motto "Housing First". In this model, homeless people are initially provided with a safe home unconditionally. This gives those affected the security they need to work with social workers to tackle the problems that led to their homelessness.
We are also calling for a reduction in bureaucracy in order to give homeless people access to resources that are already available today.
This is who we are
We are a liberal party. This means that we act sustainably, fight poverty, create opportunities for upward mobility and secure prosperity and civil rights.
Social liberalism is the idea that motivated all our members in Cologne to get involved in politics. We want to bring politics that follows the basic idea of respecting personal freedom to Cologne.
Most of our members are currently students, so the average age is correspondingly young.
For example, we are already working on...
LD kandidieren zur Kölner Kommunalwahl
How you can participate
In order to make a difference in politics, more people must finally get involved in politics. New ideas need many strong voices to develop them further, publicise them and defend them in the political debate. That's why we need people like you to become members of our party.
Party membership is not only the best way to make a difference to politics in Cologne and Germany, but is also an opportunity for you to develop your skills and meet new people. As a member, you can, for example:
- Come to all our events and share your opinion
- Help create new policy papers
- Advance proposals and campaigns together with us in order to Köln zu verändern
- Be a candidate yourself
- Learn lots of new things, for example, how good social media work works
- Learn from other members about their speciality topics & teach them about yours
By the way: If you're not quite sure whether you're ready to become a member, you can also simply register as a supporter. If you do, we'll keep you up to date on everything that's happening with us and you'll already have the opportunity to come to events and work with us.