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The Greens want to bring living conditions in rural areas in line with those in cities. In the platform's view, this includes fiber-optic internet and gap-free cell coverage, accessible health care and lively town centers.

The Greens want to improve life in the countryside. Every village should have fast internet. Cell phones should work everywhere. Doctors should be easy to reach.

Municipalities should share in the earnings from wind and solar power generated nearby and decide for themselves how to use the money. Empty village centers would be brought back into use through conversion and renovation. For digital service, the platform names fiber everywhere and cell coverage without dead zones. Municipal health centers where several health professions work together would add to what is available. Co-working spaces are meant to cut down on commuting.

The Greens want to make an active, self-determined life easier for older people, with age-friendly municipalities, barrier-free housing and digital participation. Self-determined dying is also to be possible in practice, in line with the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling.

Older people should be able to decide about their own lives. The Greens want to make towns and villages better for this. There should be more homes without barriers. Older people should get help with digital services. People should also be able to decide about their own death.

The party wants to expand structures for older people's volunteering, make the move into retirement more flexible and invest in prevention and rehabilitation. The national strategy against loneliness is to involve states, municipalities and associations. Multigenerational community centers, shared housing for several generations and affordable barrier-free homes are to be supported. Advice for people affected by old-age poverty is to be expanded. Through measures such as the DigitalPakt Alter, older people are to gain digital skills, and digital services are to be barrier-free. On dying with dignity, the platform points to the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling, which is to be implemented.

The Greens support a German bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and want it to respect human rights and sustainability. More federal money is also to go into renovating sports facilities and swimming pools, and both grassroots and elite sports are to be strengthened.

The Greens want the Olympic Games in Germany. The environment and human rights should matter there. The federal government should give more money for gyms and swimming pools. Children should be able to learn to swim well. People with and without disabilities should play sports together.

The bid is to use existing venues, and new ones are to be opened to the public afterward. Those who profit from the Games are to pay taxes and the usual municipal fees. An agency is to act against corruption in international sports federations, and anti-doping measures are to be expanded. Renovation of sports facilities is to be guided by ecology and inclusion. A national elite sports strategy is to improve athlete funding and make the allocation of money more transparent. E-sports are to be recognized as charitable, fan projects strengthened, and the interests of women, girls, and queer people specifically supported.