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The Left wants to support both recreational and elite sports and clear the repair backlog at sports facilities through a larger construction program. A future plan for sports is to be drawn up with clubs and associations. Sports offerings should become more inclusive, including for people with disabilities, older people and LGBTIQ* people.

The Left wants to strengthen sports in Thuringia. Old gyms and sports fields should be repaired. Clubs should be able to use sports facilities for free. People with disabilities and older people should also be able to do sports. Coaches should be paid better.

The sports facility construction program for municipalities and clubs would be expanded. The Left wants to discuss future funding in the state sports advisory board, including free use of facilities by volunteer club structures. Pay for full-time coaches would move closer to the level of other states, and volunteers and instructors would get higher compensation. The "movement coaches" project, fan projects and elite sports centers would be kept. Clubs would get funding for inclusive facilities and be made aware of the needs of LGBTIQ* people, with money set aside for training. Exercise options outside clubs in public spaces would also be supported.

The Left wants to keep supporting basic supply in the countryside, for example through village shops and stores open around the clock. It also plans a new state development program Thuringia 2040 and stronger use of funding programs for rural development.

The Left wants to improve life in the countryside. Village shops should get money from the state. Shops that are open day and night should get help too. A new plan should show how Thuringia develops until 2040.

For 24-hour stores, the party prefers cooperatives, companies with municipal ownership stakes or nonprofit operators. Very small businesses providing basic supply, such as village shops, receive investment support. The EU program LEADER is to serve civic engagement more strongly, with less red tape. Integrated rural development is to fund more social and cultural infrastructure. An early participation process is planned for the 2040 state development program.