Landtag – Stuttgart – Aras calls for protection program for cultural and media workers – politics

Landtag – Stuttgart: Aras calls for a protection program for cultural and media workers

March 8, 2022, 7:18 p.m.Open detailed viewMuhterem Aras (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), President of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa (Photo: dpa) Directly from the dpa news channel Stuttgart (dpa/lsw) – President of the state parliament Muhterem Aras calls for a protection program for threatened cultural and media workers from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. “We have to open up perspectives for artists and journalists who have fled, so that they can live with us and continue their important work,” said the Greens politician on Tuesday in Stuttgart. The voices of these people must continue to be heard. The offer should expressly also apply to cultural and media workers from Russia and Belarus who are in opposition to the regimes in their home countries and are therefore threatened. Baden-Württemberg should also become a safe haven for them. The President of the State Parliament proposes grants for refugee artists and journalists so that they can continue to work in Germany. According to a spokesman, Aras is currently promoting its plan in the state parliament. © dpa-infocom, dpa:220308-99-438802/2