Preserve Christian traditions, protect Jewish life
The CDU and the CSU want to keep Christian holidays, Sunday rest and cooperation between church and state, and to upgrade religious education. They want to protect religious freedom and update the strategy against antisemitism.
The CDU and the CSU want to protect Christian holidays. Sunday should stay a day of rest. Religion should be a regular school subject. The parties want to protect Jews in Germany better. Everyone should be free to practice their religion.
In the parties' view, Germany is deeply shaped by the Christian faith, and the churches contribute to education and social cohesion. Religion is to be upgraded as a regular school subject. Religious and philosophical minorities are to be protected, but religious freedom does not permit spreading ideologies directed against other religions or the legal order. Because of hatred of Jews since October 7, 2023, the National Strategy against Antisemitism and for Jewish Life is to be updated and carried out with concrete steps.
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„Wir bekennen uns zum Schutz der christlichen Feiertage und zur Sonntagsruhe sowie zur geregelten Kooperation zwischen Staat und Kirche.“Translation: We are committed to protecting Christian holidays and Sunday rest, as well as to regulated cooperation between church and state.
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- Societyleaning conservative
Christian holidays, Sunday rest and church-state relations are to be preserved and religious education upgraded, which strengthens traditional values.