Green parliamentary group wants youth check for laws

The Greens in the state parliament are proposing the introduction of a youth check in Saxony. In future, laws and projects should be systematically checked for their impact on young people, as the parliamentary group announced on International Children's Day. The aim is to better involve young people in the political and administrative processes that affect them. "Children and young people have the right to be heard and to have a say."

According to the Greens, youth participation in the municipal code should be turned from an option into an obligation so that it no longer depends on chance whether young people are consulted. And spaces are needed where young people can experience democracy and help shape it.