Ideology and Issues
The party combined left-wing ideas with a green program, inspired by the New Testament. The Sermon on the Mount was an important inspiration for the party. The Sermon was seen as an evangelical imperative to create a society where justice, peace and solidarity would rule. Important issues for the party were:
- A pacifist foreign policy, especially opposition to the placement of nuclear weapons.
- It sought to formulate an alternative to both capitalism and communism. It proposed the economy of enough, in which incomes would be redistributed, people would get more rest (for instance by a government-financed sabbatical for all) and damage to the environment would be limited.
- The party was progressive on ethical issues, such as gay rights and abortion, which is unusual for a Christian party.
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