The CSU wants to allow young people as young as 16 to drive accompanied by someone. “We are committed to ensuring that the EU member states allow accompanied driving from the age of 16 for driving license class B,” says a draft resolution for the retreat of CSU members of the Bundestag in Seeon Monastery in Upper Bavaria. This is reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungthe passage from the paper is also available to the dpa news agency. That accompanied Drive a car has been allowed nationwide for young people since 2011, but only at the age of 17.
“We have that in Germany Driver’s license introduced at 17 and our accompanied driving model has proven to be a huge success. Now we want to go one step further and make accompanied driving possible from the age of 16,” said CSU regional group leader Alexander Hoffmann. For many young people, the driver’s license is the ticket to adult life. “Especially in rural areas, it means freedom and participation – we want to make that possible earlier.”
The CSU According to the paper, it also wants to create the possibility of “allowing people aged 17 and over to drive alone in exceptional cases” if the relevant people have previously “gained sufficient driving experience for at least one year as part of accompanied driving from the age of 16”. The party justifies its initiative with, among other things, greater safety through more driving experience. The CSU had previously called for this Juvenile criminal law from the age of 12 instead of being applicable from the age of 14 as before.
Language test for preschool children and mandatory boycott of certain major events
The CSU draft resolution also envisages requiring preschool children to take language tests. This has been mandatory in Bavaria since last year. All children must complete appropriate tests one and a half years before starting school unless they can provide confirmation of their existing good language skills from a state-funded daycare center. This is intended to enable educational institutions to react to any language deficiencies at an early stage. Children who have language deficiencies must then take part in an integrated German course.
In addition, the CSU demands that Germany strictly boycott major musical or cultural events such as the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) if Jewish or Israeli artists are to be excluded from them. Germany is also not allowed to support such events financially.
