From S7 to cannabis: CSU member of parliament Alexander Radwan discusses with high school students

Created: 12/28/2022, 5:00 p.m

Question Time: Parliamentarian Alexander Radwan (CSU) answered questions from students in the 10th grade at the Geretsrieder Gymnasium.

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Shortly before the Christmas holidays, Alexander Radwan, member of the Bundestag for the CSU, spent two school hours discussing this with tenth-grade students at the Geretsried grammar school.

Geretsried – The visit was a "great honour", director Christoph Strödecke welcomed the constituency representative from Rottach-Egern in the auditorium.

The youth had prepared a whole list of questions.

Some also developed spontaneously from the discussion.

The 58-year-old only had to pass a few.

S7 extension is "priority" for Radwan

For example, he could not answer when the S7 will finally drive to Geretsried.

"It is now a tragedy in Germany how long such measures take," he said.

The extension of the route from Wolfratshausen to Geretsried has "priority" for Radwan.

He does not hope that the expansion will be delayed any further because of price increases.

The deputy was able to understand the wish of a high school student for more buses to run between Geretsried and Gelting.

He considers the improvement of local public transport (ÖPNV) to be very important.

The cross-district alpine buses are a first step in this direction.

Should the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen join the MVV, more feeder buses would be deployed to the S-Bahn stations, which would benefit the Geretsried-Gelting connection.

"The accession is currently being discussed."

The MEP is “very skeptical” about the release of cannabis

One student wanted to know how he felt about the legalization of cannabis.

"Very skeptical," was the reply.

The legal drugs alcohol and nicotine caused enough damage to health and a lot of suffering as well.

Radwan: "We should fight drug abuse together instead of legalizing it."

The federal politician also thinks nothing of the right to vote at the age of 16.

If everyone in Germany who was allowed to vote went to the polls, much more would be achieved.

However, a “compulsory vote” cannot be enforced, because then everyone could still throw an empty piece of paper into the ballot box.

Neither does the CSU politician want compulsory vaccination against Covid 19. He thinks people's right to self-determination is "insanely high".

However, should a much more dangerous virus like Ebola spread, the population would have to be protected by compulsory vaccination.

I'm a proponent of extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power is CO2-free and is being expanded everywhere else in Europe.

Alexander Radwan on the nuclear phase-out

The high school students and the former EU parliamentarian had different opinions regarding the football World Cup in Qatar.

While some youngsters would have thought it better to boycott them - Radwan put it to the vote - he himself defended Germany's participation in the World Cup.

As the son of an Egyptian, he has insight into the Arabic world – and knows how people tick there.

In Qatar they were incredibly proud of being the first Arab country to host a World Cup.

If you start banning certain nations from hosting such events, it's "getting very tight in the world," Radwan said.

The moral finger from Germany alone will not change the situation.

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Radwan is similar on trade with Russia and China – countries where a lot is also happening that is not in line with European values.

According to the motto "change through trade", one should definitely hold on to the relationships, but without making oneself dependent on another country.

Discussion about nuclear phase-out

The deputy discussed with the young people about the nuclear phase-out ("I am an advocate of longer lifetimes for nuclear power plants. Nuclear power is CO2-free and is being expanded everywhere else in Europe.") about the permission for doctors to be allowed to advertise with abortion ("I think the current regulation is correct. The unborn life should enjoy a certain protection.”) and on arms deliveries to Ukraine (“Heavier arms than before should be delivered. The better Ukraine can defend itself, the shorter the war will last. ").

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The 58-year-old can't do anything with the "work-life balance" preferred by young people with four days of work per week: "We'll have to work more in the future."

He defended the federal school system with a more difficult Abitur in Bavaria than in the city state of Bremen, for example, to a girl who spoke of "injustice".

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Even if the tenth graders are not yet allowed to vote at the age of 15 or 16, the lawyer and trained aircraft manufacturer encouraged them to get involved politically.

You should be aware of the privilege that in Germany everyone can express their opinion freely and that, unlike in other countries, elections are conducted democratically and correctly.

The 58-year-old agreed that politics should try to reach out to young people a lot more these days via social media.

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