Partij Veilig Maastricht: safe, socially active and proud
Partij Veilig Maastricht (PVM) is a center-right party, with a big social heart.
Safety, addressing radicalisation and low charges for inhabitants of Maastricht are PVM’s top priority.
The well being of our inhabitants, our traditions, norms and values, caring for the elderly, the ill and youth are our focal points.
A SAFE Maastricht
- More neighborhood police officers and supervisors available in the streets
- Hard approach drug runners
- Hard approach and program against radicalization
- Increasing the safety level in the broadest sense of the word
- Stimulating the use of neighborhood prevention apps
A SOCIAL Maastricht
- Addressing increasing poverty
- Simplifying declaration arrangements
- 60+ citizens receiving social assistance benefits do not need to apply for a job in exchange for social commitment
- Better flow from education to work
- Addressing fraud with zero tolerance policy
- Keeping health care easily accessible and affordable
- Better support for caregivers
- More shelters for vagrant youngsters
A PROUD Maastricht
- Maintaining Maastricht’s cultural heritage
- City museum where the history of Maastricht en its people is told
- Hall and rehearsal rooms for amateur (music) arts and carnival activities for the city
- Investing in Maastricht’s rich association culture: wind orchestra’, choirs and amateur theatre
- Campaign to stimulate the Maastricht traditions and dialect
- Minckeler’s flame should burn again permanently as it is a famous city symbol
A WELL INTEGRATED Maastricht
- Integratie is belangrijk, daarom begeleiding achter de voordeur
- Integration is very important, therefore we want to offer guidance and supervision “behind the front door”
- Learning Dutch is mandatory for anyone who wants to stay permanently
- No Maastricht grants for global and developing countries. This is not a local task, but a national task.
A LIVEABLE Maastricht
- Action program to reduce loneliness
- Minimum of two broad secondary schools; one on each river side
- Day care should be affordable and accessible
- More activities focused on the needs of our youngsters
- Investing in a student campus so the balance in city neighborhoods is maintained
- Better maintenance of public green spaces and better weeding
- Sufficient and affordable social housing
- Collecting coarse dirt for free once a month
A SPORTING Maastricht
- Easily accessible and wide sporting range
- Supporting social projects done by MVV
- Reintroducing school swimming and additional gymnastics as school
- Additional support amateur sports, both as an individual and as a group
- Recreational use of the ENCI-quarry should remain possible as it is a public property of all of Maastricht’s inhabitants.
A REACHABLE Maastricht
- More parking possibilities in the neighborhoods
- No increase of parking fees
- Better road maintenance
- Free or cheap public transport from and to parking locations at the city borders
- Gratis of goedkoop openbaar vervoer vanuit parkeerlocaties aan de rand van de stad
- Expanding number of bicycle sheds and broader opening times
- Less dosing lights
- No tram Maastricht-Hasselt as it will never be economically viable
An ECONOMICAL Maastricht
- Creating optimal circumstances to draw new business to Maastricht, thus creating new jobs.
- Increasing the number of jobs available at existing Maastricht businesses
- Decreasing unemployment among older workers
- Maintaining industrial jobs
A DEMOCRATIC Maastricht
- Our citizens should choose the mayor
- Citizen’s initiatives and referenda should be taken serious and should be defining
A FINANCIALLY HEALTHY Maastricht
- Stopping irresponsibly high expenses
- No tax increases
- A balanced budget: revenues and expenses should be in line with each other
- Smart combining of budgets
- Less hiring of external professionals