Question 156 of 300Politics in a Democracy

They want to abolish the bus line that you always take to work. What can you do to preserve the bus route?

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I can take part in a citizens' initiative to preserve the bus route or set up an initiative myself.
I become a member of a sports club and practise cycling.
I contact the tax office because as a taxpayer I have a right to the bus route.
I write a letter to the local forestry office.

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Correct answer to question 134: I can take part in a citizens' initiative to preserve the bus route or set up an initiative myself.

Explanation

Anyone who wants to push back against a local decision can join or found a citizens' initiative. This way petitions can be organised, politicians lobbied and formal Bürgerbegehren launched – a classic tool of grass-roots democratic participation.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Man will die Buslinie abschaffen, mit der Sie immer zur Arbeit fahren. Was können Sie machen, um die Buslinie zu erhalten?

Ich beteilige mich an einer Bürgerinitiative für die Erhaltung der Buslinie oder gründe selber eine Initiative.
Ich werde Mitglied in einem Sportverein und trainiere Radfahren.
Ich wende mich an das Finanzamt, weil ich als Steuerzahler / Steuerzahlerin ein Recht auf die Buslinie habe.
Ich schreibe einen Brief an das Forstamt der Gemeinde.

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They want to abolish the bus line that you always take to work. What can you do to preserve the bus route?

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