CDU on other topics

The CDU wants to step up the renovation program for sports facilities, end the sale of sports fields and build new ones. Among other things, this is meant to shorten waiting lists in children's and youth sports.

The CDU wants to repair sports facilities and build new ones. Sports fields should no longer be sold. Then more children can play sports in a club. Schoolyards should be open to everyone outside school hours.

The program calls for citywide sports planning based on needs analyses; agreements between building agencies and clubs are to be fixed by contract. Handball and basketball are to get support in building arenas. Plans include a mid-sized stadium for women's soccer, new ice sports areas and, in the longer run, an ice hockey stadium fit for the second division. Responsibilities for building schools and sports facilities are to be pooled. Sports grounds and schoolyards are to be open to all outside school hours, use solar energy and be built with recyclable materials.

The CDU wants to modernize and expand swimming pools so that schools and clubs get more water space. All children are to learn to swim, which the program sees as a vital skill in a city on the water.

All children should learn to swim. The CDU wants to renew and expand swimming pools for this. Schools should get more staff for swimming lessons. There should also be more free pool times.

Expanding the pools is meant to provide more swimming space for schools and clubs. Schools will get targeted staff for swimming lessons. More open pool times are meant to give everyone in Hamburg access to swimming.

The CDU wants to provide more money for sports funding and work more closely with clubs and associations. Volunteering, clubs' integration work, elite sports and sports events are to get more support.

The CDU wants to give sports clubs more money. Clubs also help immigrants settle in. They should get more help for that. Athletes who win an Olympic medal should get a higher bonus.

The Bundesjugendspiele (national school sports competition) are to remain a contest among students, and daycare centers, schools and clubs are to cooperate more closely. The bonus for Olympic medals will rise. Clubs doing integration work, such as language courses or homework help, are to get more support. Reimbursing club fees through the Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket (education and participation benefits) is to become simpler. Hamburg is to host more major sports events; for competitions there will be one contact office instead of the current seven.

The CDU favors Hamburg hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036 or 2040, also together with other German cities. It expects benefits for the city and wants to set standards for sustainable Games.

The CDU wants Olympic Games in Hamburg. The Games could take place in 2036 or 2040. Hamburg can also bid together with other cities. The CDU believes the Games are good for the city.

The background is the German Olympic Sports Confederation's dialogue process on a German bid. The CDU would accept a partnership with other cities if the DOSB decides on that. The program points to Paris 2024 and names opportunities for urban development, sustainability, the economy, tourism, sports venues, and elite and grassroots sports.

The CDU backs Hamburg's "religious education for all" and wants to support imam training in Hamburg that is free of foreign government influence. Christian holidays and traditions are to be protected and the churches' social work supported more strongly.

The CDU wants imams to be trained in Hamburg. Imams lead prayers in mosques. Other countries should have no influence on this. The CDU also wants to protect Christian holidays.

The CDU welcomes cooperation among Christian churches and interfaith dialogue; the state, being neutral on worldviews, should not interfere. It plans a "respect campaign" as a broad alliance with religious communities, sports clubs, associations and media. The platform sees culture and community life as shaped mainly by Christianity and wants Christian traditions cultivated in public. Volunteers in church and welfare institutions are to receive more support.

The CDU wants to make Jewish life in Hamburg more visible and supports rebuilding the Bornplatz Synagogue. Public institutions, especially universities, should actively protect Jewish people from attacks.

The CDU wants to protect Jews in Hamburg better. The synagogue at Bornplatz should be rebuilt. Universities should protect Jewish people from attacks. The CDU rejects all hatred of Jews.

According to the platform, Jewish life has been under greater threat in Hamburg too since October 7, 2023. The CDU condemns every form of antisemitism. It wants to support cooperation with Jewish associations and institutions and preserve Jewish culture as part of the city's heritage. Because fewer and fewer witnesses of the Nazi era remain, new forms of remembrance that reach young people are to be developed.