The Berlin youth wing of the Social Democratic Party has suggested replacing the pillar of \u201cpatriarchy\u201d with cohabiting partnerships<\/p>\n
The Berlin youth wing of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suggested abolishing marriage in Germany in favor of cohabiting partnerships.
\nAt present, marriage enjoys constitutional protection under Article 6 of the Basic Law.
\nThe motion titled \u2018Down with the patriarchy, even if it feels romantic\u2019 was presented late last month ahead of a conference of the SPD\u2019s Berlin branch scheduled for May 8 to May 9. According to the Berlin Young Socialists (Jusos), marriage is a key institution of patriarchy that secures the \u201coppression of women by cis-men\u201d and \u201crestricts freedom and self-determination through its claim to permanence.\u201d
\n\u201cMarriage serves the chauvinistic, capitalist nation-state as an instrument for enforcing misogynistic, anti-queer, classist, and racist policies,\u201d the proposal argues.<\/p>\n
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While the SPD Berlin youth wing did concede that \u201cmany people see marriage as a romantic connection and are happy in it,\u201d it still insisted that \u201cemancipation and overcoming heteropatriarchy and capitalism are only possible through radical and solidaristic change.\u201d This change should see traditional marriage, as well as all related laws and tax benefits axed and supplanted by a kind of cohabiting partnership, as envisaged in the motion.
\nIn order to establish a so-called \u201ccommunity of responsibility,\u201d individuals would merely need to file a joint written application at the registry office, with the union considered valid upon submission. Exit from such a partnership could be effected through a written request at any time, \u201cwithout the consent of others,\u201d the Jusos proposed.
\nAccording to German media, the motion will likely not be discussed at the upcoming state party conference but rather postponed until 2027.
\nMeanwhile, a YouGov poll last month indicated that only 13% of respondents would vote for the SPD in a hypothetical election \u2013 the Social Democrats\u2019 worst showing since December 2019.
\nBy contrast, the opposition right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which campaigns on family values, among other points, has seen its popularity rising tangibly over the past year.
\nA Bild\/INSA survey suggested last week that the AfD would win a hypothetical election with 28% of the vote \u2013 a new record high for the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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