"Youth Startup Revitalization" "Climate Crisis Resolution"... Democratic Party and The Citizens, Youth and Green New Deal Pledges

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] The Democratic Party and the proportional representation coalition party, the Together Citizens' Party, announced joint policy pledges on youth employment and climate environment on the 7th.

Kim Jin-pyo, head of the Democratic Party's COVID-19 National Crisis Overcoming Committee Emergency Economic Headquarters, and Jeon Yong-gi, proportional representation candidate of the Citizens' Party, held a joint press conference at the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly briefing room and presented economic pledges to revitalize youth entrepreneurship.

Head Kim stated, "We will convert the University Job Center into the (tentatively named) University Job Plus Center and provide additional support to expand various services such as mandatory local youth employment services," adding, "We will create a Republic of Korea where the creativity of youth becomes a reality in the National Assembly."

Candidate Jeon said, "Through financial innovation investing in entrepreneurs' ideas and technologies, we will create an entrepreneurial environment where challenges are possible even with bare hands and failure becomes an asset," and "We will increase the success rate of startups by linking support measures such as funding, mentoring, market access, and infrastructure for young entrepreneurs."

They promised specific measures including ▲creating an ecosystem where youth can challenge entrepreneurship without financial worries ▲expanding support for the University Job Plus Center ▲creating youth jobs through the Social Economy Three Acts (Basic Social Economy Act, Basic Social Value Act, Act on Social Economy Market Development and Public Procurement Support).

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Following this, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Seong-hwan and Citizens' Party proportional representation candidates Yang I-won-young and Jeong Woo-sik held a joint press conference at the National Assembly party leader's meeting room and announced pledges in the Green New Deal sector, including the enactment of the Energy Transition Act to overcome climate, environmental, and human crises and strengthen national competitiveness through renewable energy.

The specific pledges include ▲forming a coalition with the United Future Party, Justice Party, Green Party, etc., to establish a climate and energy crisis response system ▲declaring a climate crisis emergency at the National Assembly level and strengthening renewable energy target setting ▲enacting the Green New Deal Basic Act to realize a carbon-zero society ▲actively fostering decarbonized industries through Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies ▲reducing fine dust concentration to advanced country levels by 2040.

They stated, "We will protect the people against the climate crisis, which is evaluated to be 100 to 1,000 times more dangerous than COVID-19," and "We promise to implement Korean-style Green New Deal policies and fine dust reduction measures to respond to the climate crisis and transition to a carbon-zero society by 2050."

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