What do the parties in Lower Saxony say on Europe?

The AfD wants the EU procurement directives to be mandatory only for large state projects. Smaller public contracts would then go more easily to local businesses, which the party says suffer from unfair competition from low-wage countries.

The EU has rules for public contracts. The AfD wants them to apply only to very large projects. Smaller contracts should go to local businesses more often. The AfD thinks competition with cheaper countries is unfair.

The AfD demands that the European Central Bank immediately stop expanding the money supply and end its low-interest-rate policy, returning to a stability-oriented policy. In the party's view, this policy drives up prices and rents and hurts savers and retirement provision.

The ECB is the central bank for the euro. The AfD says the ECB has created too much new money. That makes everything more expensive. Interest rates for savers are too low. The AfD wants the ECB to stop this right away.

The AfD wants to end the financing of other eurozone states through Target 2 balances. First, the EU treaties that prohibit state financing and shared debt are to be observed; then all powers over money, banks, taxes and budgets are to return to the national level.

Target 2 is a payment system of the euro central banks. Other countries owe the Bundesbank a lot of money there. The AfD wants to end this. There should be no shared debt in the EU. Germany should again decide alone on money, banks and taxes.

The CDU rejects a common European deposit insurance scheme and wants to press the EU to drop the plans. In its view, pooling bank risks creates neither trust in savings deposits nor more stable banks. Instead, banking regulation is to depend on the size and importance of each institution.

The EU plans shared protection for savings across Europe. The CDU is against this. It says all countries would then share the risks of banks. That does not make savings safer. Small banks should have lighter rules than large ones.

The CDU wants to strengthen teaching about Europe in schools with a cross-subject curriculum. Exchange programs run by schools, municipalities and clubs are to be expanded and promoted more. The party commits to continuing on the European path.

Children should learn more about Europe in school. There should be a teaching plan across several subjects. The CDU wants more exchange between countries in Europe. Schools, towns and clubs should take part.

The Greens call for trade agreements with high social and environmental standards and for a permanent international trade court. The European Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are to guide all state policy. The party wants to press for this in Brussels and Berlin.

The Greens want fair trade around the world. Trade deals should protect workers and the environment. An international court should settle trade disputes. Not only companies should be able to sue there. The Green Deal is the EU's climate plan. The Greens want to meet it at the very least.

The SPD wants the separation of powers and the rule of law in the European Union to be protected with every available tool. It sees the EU not just as an economic community but also as a community of shared values and solidarity.

The SPD wants to protect the rule of law in the EU. Rule of law means that the state must follow the law too. The EU should use all its tools for this. For the SPD, the EU is more than a market.

The SPD wants every young person to be able to take part in a European exchange at least once. It also backs a new exchange program between Germany and the United Kingdom.

The SPD wants more youth exchange in Europe. Every young person should be able to take part once. This can happen at school, in job training or at college. There should also be a new exchange with the United Kingdom.