CDU on other topics

The CDU wants to extend the state's funding agreement with organized sports before 2031, securing money for clubs, associations and facilities. Schools are to include a daily exercise or sports session, and the Bundesjugendspiele (national school sports games) are to focus more on competition again.

The state gives money to sports clubs. The CDU wants to keep doing that after 2031. Children should exercise at school every day. School sports games should be more about competing again.

The Solidarpakt Sport (sports solidarity pact) funds clubs, associations, the construction of club facilities, and both recreational and elite sports. The CDU wants good swimming pool infrastructure and more swimming lessons in schools and clubs. It is considering targeted support for sports venues of more than regional importance. The platform argues that a stronger competitive element at the Bundesjugendspiele builds community, encourages achievement and teaches how to handle success and failure. Volunteer coaches are to keep receiving support for their training.

The CDU wants to retain the existing relationship between state and religion, which combines freedom of belief with cooperation with the churches. Protection of Sundays and public holidays is to stay, and other faith communities should also be able to develop freely.

The state works together with the churches. The CDU wants to keep it that way. Sundays and holidays should stay protected. All religions should be able to live freely.

The platform refers to the church articles of the Weimar Constitution, which have applied for more than 100 years. The CDU sees the churches and Christianity as a source of meaning and values that the secular state cannot provide itself. It names the Christian view of humanity as the basis of its politics. The platform credits free churches and other faith communities for their contributions to education, social work and interfaith dialogue.