Questions & Positions of Parties

1. Should the European Union grant financial support to companies so they can introduce short-time working instead of firing employees?

2. Should school curricula and education standards be aligned EU-wide so that attending schools in other countries would become easier?

3. Should free access to universities in any EU member state be possible for any EU citizen?

4. Should the EU require its member states to protect young people by prosecuting the distribution and the public availability of computer and video games that display violent content?

5. Should the financial support for the car industry be discontinued and the money be invested in EU-wide research in future technologies?

6. Should security measures at EU airports be tightened in order to fight terrorism (e.g. by using "body scanners"?)

7. Should the European Union impose economic and diplomatic sanctions against states outside the EU in the case of human rights violations?

8. Should the EU member states be required to support each other in case of natural gas supply difficulties?

9. Should candidates from other European countries be eligible for election to the European Parliament?

10. Should it be possible to hold EU-wide referenda, e.g. concerning the Lisbon Reform Treaty?

11. Should homosexual couples be allowed to get married in all EU member states?

12. Should companies in the EU be required to disclose managers' salaries in order to counteract differences in pay between men and women?

13. Should a general smoking ban be introduced in the hotel and restaurant industries of all EU member states?

14. Should medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill be legalized in all EU member states?

15. Should the EU subsidize critical art forms which are insufficiently supported in the respective member states?

16. Should the EU try to reduce crime by taking action against internet sites that incite racial hatred and violence?

17. Should the EU employ military means (sea and air patrols) in order to deter refugees from Africa from coming into the EU by sea?

18. Should the EU grant higher subsidies to organic farmers even if this results in higher contributions by Austria to the European Union budget?

19. Should the European Union have one common Minister for Foreign Affairs?

20. Should EU involvement in conflict zones be restricted to humanitarian interventions?

21. Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU when they fulfill all formal criteria for an accession?

22. Should an EU-wide taxation of aviation fuels be introduced?

23. Should the EU introduce standardized security regulations for road traffic (e.g. uniform speed limits, ban on alcohol)?

24. Should the EU grant higher financial support to its new member states (e.g. Romania, Bulgaria) considering the current crisis on the financial markets?

25. Should the EU create a financial market authority with legally binding sanction mechanisms?