Freie Wähler on culture and media

The Free Voters want to preserve cultural monuments and institutions and make admission to Saxony's museums free. Volunteer work would be rewarded with pension credits. In sports, the party calls for more programs for children and young people, planning certainty for associations, and keeping politics out of sports.

The Free Voters want to keep old buildings, theaters, and museums. Museums in Saxony should be free to enter. People who volunteer should get a higher pension for it. There should be more sports for children and young people. Sports should be free of politics.

Historic town centers, rural monuments, castles, museums, theaters, orchestras, music clubs, libraries, and archives are to be preserved and maintained, as are language and customs. The platform also counts protection of the Sorbian minority as part of Saxony's cultural identity. Volunteers would have pension credits added to their accounts. Free museum admission is meant to strengthen the cultural scene and bring life to town centers. In sports, programs for young people are to be secured and expanded, disability sports given more recognition, and organizations such as the state sports federation given reliable support.

The Free Voters want to reduce the number of public TV and radio stations to save money. The broadcasters' mandate and their supervisory councils are also to be reviewed and reformed. The party expects more detachment in news coverage.

The Free Voters want fewer public TV and radio stations. This is meant to save money. The party also wants to change how the stations are supervised. Journalists should report in a neutral way.

The platform cites more than 90 TV and radio stations and wants to lower that number. The party wants to examine how the broadcasters fulfill their public mandate and sees a need to reform the Rundfunkräte (broadcasting councils that oversee the stations). In the party's view, news and political programs should follow more closely a principle of journalist Hans-Joachim Friedrichs, according to which journalists should not take up any cause as their own.