What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on digital affairs?

The AfD wants to make telemedicine a fixed part of standard care and to use artificial intelligence as a tool in health care. It rejects a central database for treatment data. Instead, emergency data should be stored directly on the health insurance card.

The AfD wants more treatment by video and internet. Computer programs should help doctors but not replace them. The AfD does not want one big store of patient data. Key data for emergencies should be on the insurance card.

The AfD wants to speed up the rollout of fiber and mobile networks, giving priority to rural areas. A digital fund would support businesses, and dealings with public offices would move online.

The AfD wants faster internet and better cell phone coverage. Villages should come first. Companies should get money for new computer technology. People should be able to handle office matters online.

The Greens want to broaden the state's existing open access strategy into an open science strategy and upgrade digital systems for research, teaching and university administration. Research findings are to be freely accessible, because in the platform's view lack of access and weak infrastructure slow science down.

The Greens want research results to be free for everyone to read. This is called open science. Universities should get better digital tools. University offices should also become more digital.

The Greens want a binding statewide strategy for digitalizing public administration. The state and municipalities are to work closely together so that government services are available online everywhere. The platform sees unclear responsibilities and incompatible systems as the cause of slow, costly digitalization.

The Greens want a firm plan for digital government offices. The state and towns should work together. People should be able to do important tasks online. This should work equally well everywhere.

The Greens want to move public administration to open-source software and open standards to reduce dependence on single vendors and big tech companies. The state's IT is to be better protected against cyberattacks. The state's data protection authority is to remain independent.

Government offices should use open software. Open software does not belong to one company. The state should depend less on big companies. Office computers should be safer from attacks. The state should keep its own data protection office.

The Greens want sustainability criteria to apply from the start to every state digital project. The platform points to the high electricity use of servers and data centers. Paper use is to fall and devices are to be used longer.

Digital technology uses a lot of power. The Greens want every project to consider the environment. Offices should use less paper. Computers should be used for longer.

The Greens want digital government services to be accessible to everyone, regardless of disability, age or language skills. Accessibility is to become standard in development and procurement. The platform argues that digitalization misses its purpose if it shuts people out.

Everyone should be able to use online government services. This includes people with disabilities and older people. Forms should come in easy-to-read language. They should also come in other languages. Helpers should support people with digital questions.

The Greens want a human to always make the final call in sensitive areas such as welfare and criminal prosecution. A law would tie the use of algorithms in public administration to transparency and clear accountability. Predictive policing would be banned.

Computers should not decide about people on their own. This applies to welfare and to prosecuting crimes, for example. A human should always make the final decision. Police should not use software that tries to predict crimes.

The Greens want to give people more control over their data. They plan free courses on protecting yourself online, and the state would rely on independent, data-minimizing IT with priority for open source.

The Greens want better protection for personal data. There would be free courses. People learn there how to stay safe online. The state should use software that collects little data. Open source should come first. That is software whose code anyone can inspect.

The Left wants to draw up a state strategy called "Digitales MV" with clear goals, responsibilities and funding. By 2030, fiber optics and mobile coverage are to be available everywhere in the state, because the program sees digitalization as part of basic public services.

The Left wants a plan for digitalization in the state. By 2030, fast internet and mobile coverage should exist everywhere. This includes villages. Public offices should offer more services online.

The Left wants authorities to use surveillance technology such as state trojans less often and under stricter rules. The program calls digital self-determination a fundamental right that it sees as threatened by surveillance and uncontrolled use of data.

The Left wants less surveillance by the state. A state trojan is a program that lets authorities secretly spy on devices. Such programs should be allowed less often. Data protection should become stronger.

The SPD wants to continue the subsidized fiber-optic rollout until all eligible connections are reached. The program sees fast internet as the basis for working from home, competitive businesses and attractive places to live.

The SPD wants fast internet everywhere. The state will keep building fiber-optic lines. Villages should get a connection too. This helps people who work from home, and it helps companies.

The SPD wants to make digital tools in the social sector usable for all generations while keeping non-digital services. In its view, data should neither make participation harder nor restrict access to benefits.

Digital tools can make daily life easier. The SPD wants everyone to be able to use them. There should be courses and local help for this. People who are not online should still get services without a computer.

The SPD wants to review the state data protection law and other rules to see whether the effort is in proportion to the benefit. Public agencies, associations and businesses are to be relieved while protection of personal data stays in place.

Data protection rules sometimes cause a lot of work. The SPD wants to check these rules. Offices, clubs and companies should have less work. Personal data should still stay protected.

The SPD wants to examine whether the state administration can switch its software to European vendors or open-source solutions. The state is to keep control over data and technology and depend less on global software corporations.

State offices use programs from big global companies. The SPD wants to check whether other programs could work. For example programs from Europe or open programs. Anyone may use and change open programs. This should save money and make the state more independent.

The SPD wants to fully implement the Onlinezugangsgesetz (Online Access Act) so that dealings with government can be handled entirely online through one central account. The state and municipalities are to use shared IT systems and be protected by a joint shield against cyberattacks.

People and companies should be able to file requests fully online. There will be one central account for this. You only have to enter your data once. Offices should be better protected from online attacks. Paper services will also remain.

In the coming term, the SPD wants a review of which standardizable administrative processes artificial intelligence can support or partly automate. Decisions that affect fundamental rights are not to be handed over to AI in automated form.

Artificial intelligence can help offices with simple tasks. The SPD wants to check where that works. Staff should then have more time for advice. People will still make important decisions about people. A machine may not do that alone.

The SPD wants to better protect the state's digital infrastructure against cyberattacks and strengthen data protection in public administration. According to the platform, people who use digital government services should be able to rely on their data being safe.

The SPD wants to protect government computers and data better. Attacks from the internet should do less harm. All agencies should follow fixed safety rules. A state expert team should help when attacks happen.

The SPD wants many dealings with public offices to be possible online, while leaving more time for personal advice on site. The solutions are to be developed together with the municipalities.

The SPD wants more government services on the internet. Many trips to an office should no longer be needed. People should still get advice in person. The state wants to work with towns and cities on this.