SPD on other topics

The SPD wants to keep funding Saarland's consumer advice center according to need. In addition, advice is to reach disadvantaged neighborhoods and remote areas more directly, with more money planned for pilot projects.

The consumer advice center helps people with shopping and contracts. The SPD wants to keep giving it money. Advice should also come directly to neighborhoods. This should help people who find it hard to help themselves.

The platform bases the need on the fact that consumption is shifting more and more into the digital world. The model for local advice is the federal project "Verbraucher stärken im Quartier" (strengthening consumers in the neighborhood). Together with its partners, the SPD wants to assess how the experience can be applied in Saarland. The focus is on people in need of help in disadvantaged neighborhoods and in rural areas.

The SPD wants to examine whether the state should reimburse part of the cost of repairing broken household appliances. It also wants food inspections to be adequately staffed and consumer protection online to be strengthened.

The SPD wants to look into a repair bonus. People who get a broken home appliance fixed would get some money back. Food should be checked well. The SPD also wants to protect people better when they shop online.

The program proposes examining a bonus that would cover part of the repair costs for defective household appliances. Food inspections are to be adequately staffed, and a campaign is to inform the public about the work of the state consumer protection office and about where to file complaints. Because online purchases and contracts carry a risk of cybercrime, according to the program, advice services are to be expanded. At the federal level, the SPD wants to push for consumer rights in the digital sphere.

The SPD wants to redesign Saarland's volunteer card and support clubs after the pandemic with further funding programs. School camps, youth hostels and volunteering in nature conservation are also to receive more resources.

Many people in Saarland volunteer in clubs. The SPD wants to support these people more. The volunteer card should bring more benefits. Clubs should get funding more easily. Youth hostels should also get money for repairs.

The volunteer card is to be easier to obtain and offer more benefits as well as tax advantages. For school camps and youth hostels, the SPD wants to clear the investment backlog built up over years. Further catch-up programs and easy-access funding are planned for clubs. In nature conservation, the number of volunteer officers and nature watch members is to rise markedly, and the number of full-time officers is to double if possible. Volunteer conservationists are to be provided with equipment, and the FörTax species expert academy is to be used for training.

The SPD wants to secure the funding of sports through the so-called Sportachtel and support municipalities and clubs in building and renovating sports facilities. The structures of sports in Saarland and the awarding of grants are to become more transparent and independent.

The SPD wants to support sports in Saarland better. The money for sports should stay secure. Towns and clubs should get help to build sports facilities. The rules for funding should become clearer.

After the crisis at the state sports association, the SPD wants structures that in its view permanently shield sports from party-political influence. Grassroots, elite, rehabilitation, disability, school and senior sports are all to be well funded. Youth development is to get priority, school and club sports are to work more closely together, and top athletes are to be involved. Clear criteria and a separation of legal oversight from the sports ministry are planned for facility funding. A round table is to discuss how clubs can develop.