AfD on other topics

The AfD denies the major churches any claim to a special status. This concerns the state's collection of church tax and the Staatsleistungen (state payments to churches). The party argues that the churches have moved away from their Christian mission and are mainly active in social politics.

Today the state collects church tax for the churches. The churches also get money from the state. The AfD says the churches no longer have a claim to this. It says the churches mostly do politics today.

The target is the churches financed through church tax. Staatsleistungen are regular payments from the states to the churches that go back to historical expropriations. In the AfD's view, these churches no longer convey clear norms and role models, such as marriage between a man and a woman as the guiding model. Because the party says they act mainly as social-policy players, they should no longer be able to claim either advantage.

The AfD wants to pay Olympic champions from Saxony-Anhalt a lifelong honorary pension of 150 euros a month. It argues that a gold medal raises the state's reputation and brings an intangible benefit to the public.

The AfD wants to reward Olympic champions from Saxony-Anhalt. They would get 150 euros every month. They would get the money for life. The party says a gold medal is good for the state's reputation.

The platform describes gold medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a top achievement that should also be honored financially. The honorary pension would be tax-free. It would be raised every year on July 1 under the KOV adjustment regulation.

The AfD wants rural areas across the state to have fast internet, mobile coverage, public transport and medical care. Village stores, bank and postal branches, and clubs are to be preserved and supported so that people stay in the countryside or move there.

The AfD wants to make life in the countryside better. There should be fast internet and cell phone coverage everywhere. Buses and trains should run everywhere. Doctors, stores, banks and post offices should stay in the villages. Clubs should have lower costs.

Supporting rural areas is the AfD's top priority; it wants to reverse the move to the cities. Schools should no longer be closed, village and country roads should be repaired, and heating with oil and wood as well as driving with diesel and gasoline should remain possible. Public transport is to be available statewide instead of bus lines being cut and stations closed, supplemented by community bus projects. For health care, the program names mobile medical practices, telemedicine and better hospital structures in the counties. Clubs for sports, firefighting, singing and local customs are to get financial relief, and a foundation is to support cultural projects from local festivals to small stages.