What do the parties in Hamburg say on foreign affairs and defence?

The AfD wants the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) to stay visible in Hamburg, for example through promotion ceremonies on Rathausmarkt, and wants youth officers to keep access to schools. It also wants the military's sports support unit to move from Appen to Hamburg.

The AfD is proud of the soldiers. The army should be easy to see in Hamburg. Promotion ceremonies should be public. Best on the square by City Hall. Army officers should keep visiting schools. An army sports group should move to Hamburg.

The AfD wants to promote Hamburg as a location for consulates and international institutions and strengthen its sister-city partnerships. A new partnership should be formed with an Israeli port city such as Haifa.

More countries should open offices in Hamburg. These are called consulates. Hamburg should advertise for that. Hamburg has sister cities around the world. These ties should grow stronger. A new sister city should be in Israel, for example Haifa.

The AfD wants Hamburg's spending on development projects reviewed for measurable results and aligned more closely with Hamburg's interests. If the human rights situation in Dar es Salaam does not change in the coming years, projects there should be phased out and the sister-city partnership ended.

Hamburg pays for aid in poor countries. The AfD wants to check if it works. The aid should also help Hamburg. Hamburg has a sister city in Africa: Dar es Salaam. Gay people are persecuted there. If that does not change, the partnership should end.

The CDU commits to a strong Bundeswehr and wants to push at the federal level for much more funding, personnel and modern equipment. In Hamburg it supports building up a homeland security regiment.

The CDU wants a strong Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces. The Bundeswehr should get much more money, staff and equipment. Hamburg should get a homeland security regiment. That is a unit that protects the home country in an emergency.

The CDU rejects a civil clause at Hamburg universities, meaning a ban on research with possible military use. It argues that the Bundeswehr needs a high level of technology to fulfill its mission.

Some universities want no research for the military. This is called a civil clause. The CDU is against it. It says the armed forces need modern technology. Only then can they keep the peace.

The CDU wants to bring more career consulates back to Hamburg and step up economic cooperation with partner cities and metropolitan regions in the Global South. It backs the Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) in Hamburg and wants to reduce energy dependence on countries outside Europe.

The CDU wants more consulates in Hamburg. A consulate is an office that represents another country. Hamburg should work more with partner cities around the world. The CDU supports the German armed forces in Hamburg. Hamburg should depend less on countries outside Europe for energy.

The CDU wants to set up a sister-city partnership between Hamburg and the Israeli port city of Haifa. It sees this as a sign of solidarity with Israel and of Hamburg's historical responsibility.

The CDU wants a partnership with the city of Haifa. Haifa is a large port city in Israel. The CDU says Hamburg stands by Israel. It does not accept hatred of Jews in Hamburg.

The Greens want to focus Hamburg's international relations more on promoting democracy and climate protection. Development engagement is to grow, including through climate partnerships with the Global South.

Hamburg has partner cities around the world. The Greens want to do more with them for democracy and the climate. Hamburg should find new partners in poorer countries. The city should do more for development aid.

The Left wants Hamburg to reject rearmament packages in the Bundesrat and oppose intermediate-range missiles in Germany. It favors diplomacy, disarmament, and international understanding, arguing that military spending ties up money needed for housing, health, and education.

The Left is against more weapons for the military. Hamburg should vote against them in the Bundesrat. The Bundesrat represents the German states. The Left also wants no new missiles in Germany. Hamburg should take in soldiers who refuse to fight.

The Left wants to end arms exports and backs a citizens' initiative to ban weapons shipments through the Port of Hamburg. The arms industry should be converted to civilian, social, and ecological production.

The Left wants no weapons shipments through the Port of Hamburg. It supports a citizens' initiative for this. Arms companies should make other things in the future. This is called conversion.

The Left wants to end appearances and advertising by the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) at educational institutions and in public spaces. It criticizes the military for recruiting young people, including minors, and says it wants an open society rather than a uniformed one.

The German army advertises at schools and public festivals to win young people. The Left does not want this. Soldiers should no longer visit schools. There should be no army advertising in the city either.

The SPD sees the port as strategically important for security of supply in geopolitically uncertain times. Hamburg should therefore take an active part in cooperation between civilian bodies and the military.

The SPD says the world has become less safe. The port matters for supplies. So Hamburg should work with the military. The city wants to be ready for an emergency.