What do the parties in Saxony-Anhalt say on families?

The AfD wants its family policy to lead to more children being born in the state. Marriage between a man and a woman with children is to be the guiding model and receive special support. The party sees children, not immigration, as the state's future.

The AfD wants more children to be born in Saxony-Anhalt. Marriage between a man and a woman with children should be the model. The state should give this kind of marriage extra support. The AfD says children are the future, not immigrants.

The AfD wants to introduce a one-time payment at birth and a monthly state-level child allowance. Both are meant to ease the burden on parents and especially strengthen families with several children. One condition is that at least one parent holds German citizenship.

The AfD wants to give parents money when a child is born. The first and second child bring 2,000 euros each. From the third child on, it is 4,000 euros. There is also a monthly family allowance from the state. One parent must be German.

The AfD wants abortion to remain regulated in the criminal code and would oppose federal initiatives to change that in the Bundesrat. Mandatory pregnancy counseling would in future include an ultrasound and a written list of available support. The program justifies this with the protection of unborn life.

The AfD wants abortion to stay in criminal law. Women must go to counseling before an abortion. In future, this should include an ultrasound exam. Women should also get a list of available help.

The AfD wants health insurers to fully cover treatments such as artificial insemination as a standard benefit. Until then, the state would step in with its own support. Childless couples would also find it easier to adopt.

Some couples cannot have children. Treatment for this costs a lot of money. The AfD wants health insurers to pay for all of it. Until then, the state should help. Couples without children should also be able to adopt more easily.

The AfD wants to declare the family of father, mother and children a social policy goal and put it at the center of campaigns and education. The state would neither promote nor fund other ways of life. The program argues that children come only from the union of a man and a woman.

The AfD sees the family of father, mother and children as the model. The state should promote this kind of family. This should also happen in schools. The state should not promote other ways of living. It should not fund them either.

The AfD wants to require social workers, childcare staff and those who train them to be strictly politically neutral. Associations that the platform says take part in agitation would lose public funding and tax benefits.

The AfD wants new rules for childcare staff and social workers. They must be politically neutral at work. This means they should not pass on political opinions. Some associations would no longer get money from the state.

The AfD wants to make nurseries and kindergartens free of charge starting with the first child, permanently paid for by the state. Lunch in nurseries, daycare and schools would also be free. The platform argues that children, as future contributors, keep the social insurance systems going.

The AfD wants nurseries and kindergartens to cost nothing. This would apply from the first child. The state of Saxony-Anhalt would pay for it. Lunch at daycare and school would also be free.

The AfD wants to give families free admission to castles, palaces and museums through a so-called Stolz-Pass ("pride pass"). In addition, a state program would let every child up to age 18 take part in a sports club at no cost.

The AfD wants to create a pass for families. It is called the Stolz-Pass, which means pride pass. With it, families can visit museums and castles for free. Children would also be able to join a sports club for free.

The AfD wants to work toward establishing a chair of population studies at the University of Halle. It would research the causes of the declining birth rate so that, in the party's view, the state can counteract it effectively.

The AfD wants a new chair at the University of Halle. A chair is a permanent post for research and teaching. Experts there should study why fewer children are born. The AfD wants to find ways to raise the number of births.

The BSW wants the state to pay for reliable childcare during school holidays and all-day care, and to support municipalities in providing it. Parents should be able to choose between paid work and family work without financial or social pressure. The party also wants to strengthen women's economic independence.

Children have more days off than parents have vacation days. So the BSW wants more childcare during holidays and in the afternoon. The state should pay for it. It should also help towns and cities. Women should be able to earn their own money.

The BSW rejects the commercialization of motherhood and the wish for children. Fairs where surrogacy agencies advertise or prepare contracts are to be prohibited in the state. The party says this protects women from exploitation and children from trafficking.

The BSW is against business with surrogacy. In surrogacy, a woman carries a baby for other people. Fairs that advertise this should be banned in Saxony-Anhalt. This is meant to protect women and children.

The BSW wants to eventually abolish parental fees for daycare centers in Saxony-Anhalt and secure full-day care across the state. In the party's view, early childhood education must not depend on parents' income.

Parents should later pay nothing for daycare. There should be full-day care everywhere. The BSW says early education must not depend on parents' money.

The BSW wants to fundamentally reform the state's Kinderförderungsgesetz (child care act), train more educators and improve staffing ratios. Pay and working conditions in daycare are to be upgraded to counter the staff shortage.

Daycare centers lack trained staff. The BSW wants to train more educators. Each educator should look after fewer children. Daycare work should be paid better.

The BSW wants to establish permanent, independent ombuds offices for child and youth welfare across the state. They are meant to help children, young people and families early on in conflicts with youth welfare offices or service providers.

Some children and families have conflicts with the youth welfare office. The BSW wants independent contact points for them. There they get help and mediation. These offices should exist across the whole state.

The CDU wants to support families in every form and make it easier to combine family and work. Single parents are to get tax relief at the federal level and more counseling and easier access to help in the state.

The CDU wants to help families. This applies to all kinds of families. Parents should be able to combine work and family. Child care should be good and affordable. Single parents should pay less tax and get more advice.

The CDU wants to protect children better from violence, especially sexual violence, and to fund child protection centers and outpatient clinics for that purpose. Youth associations and open youth work are to receive lasting, predictable support.

The CDU wants to protect children better from violence. There should be more child protection centers. Children and teens should have more of a say. Youth work should get steady funding.

The Greens want to create more meeting places for young people, especially in smaller towns. Youth associations, family centers and family organizations would get more reliable funding.

Many young people have no place to meet. The Greens want to create such places, also in small towns. Youth groups should get reliable money. Centers for families should get more support too.

The Left wants to guarantee single parents 24 months of Elterngeld (parental allowance) and to grant the Unterhaltsvorschuss (state advance on child support) unconditionally to everyone who needs it. It cites the high poverty risk of single-parent families, most of which are headed by women.

The Left wants to help single parents more. They should get parental allowance for 24 months. Everyone who needs the child support advance should get it. This is money from the state when the other parent does not pay. The party says single parents are poor especially often.

The Left wants to abolish parental fees for daycare and give every child an unrestricted entitlement to ten hours of care per day. A free lunch in daycare centers and family daycare is to be added.

The Left wants parents to pay nothing for daycare anymore. Every child should have a right to 10 hours of care a day. Lunch should be free for all children. The state should cover the costs.

The Left wants more staff per child in nurseries and kindergartens and a new funding system for daycare. Planning and funding are to rest with the counties and independent cities, and the municipalities' share is to be dropped.

The Left wants more staff in daycare centers. In nurseries one staff member should care for 3 children. In kindergarten it should be 7.5 children. Municipalities should no longer pay a share. The state should cover the extra costs.

The Left calls for a Kindergrundsicherung (basic child benefit) of at least 630 euros a month for every child, without sanctions and as a stand-alone benefit. According to the platform, family planning should not depend on income.

Every child should get money from the state. The Left wants at least 630 euros a month. No one should be allowed to cut this money. Applying should be easy.

The Left wants parents to be able to apply for Elterngeld (parental allowance) with the midwife's birth confirmation, and wants foster parents treated equally for this benefit. It also calls for uniform grants for foster families and a round table for single parents.

Parents should be able to apply for parental allowance faster. The midwife's certificate should be enough. Foster parents should also get parental allowance. Single parents should have a say in politics.

The Left wants better staffing at youth welfare offices, ombuds offices in every county and statewide minimum standards for youth services planning. The aim is to protect children better and let them grow up under comparable conditions everywhere.

The Left wants to protect children better. Youth welfare offices should get more staff. Every county should have an ombuds office. Families get help there in disputes with the office. The same rules for youth services should apply across the state.

The Left wants help for children and families to arrive early and reliably. It proposes an easily reachable first point of contact, fixed deadlines and binding handovers between youth services, the public health service, schools and family courts. In cases of domestic violence, protecting the child would come first.

The Left wants to protect children better. Families should get help fast. There should be one place that is easy to reach. Offices, schools and courts should work together better. Children should get medical care even without health insurance.

The Left wants to anchor child and youth work, with minimum standards, as a legal entitlement in the state's child and youth services law. State funding would rise and grow automatically each year. Staff would be paid according to public-sector pay scales, because the platform sees their situation as often insecure.

The Left wants to secure youth work by law. All young people should have a right to it. The state should give more money for it. The money should go up every year. Staff should be paid better and have secure jobs.

The Left wants to secure youth clubs and other open meeting places with fixed opening hours and stable staffing. Vacant buildings would be turned into youth spaces together with young people. School camps and vacation programs would be open to everyone regardless of how much money a family has.

The Left wants more places for young people. Youth clubs should be open in the evenings and during school breaks too. Empty buildings should become meeting places. Vacation trips should not depend on parents' money. Nobody should have to show an ID.

The Left wants to disclose each year which services exist for children and where the gaps are. A children's rights budget would show in the state budget which funds improve participation. Binding prevention chains would settle responsibilities and deadlines so that families are not sent from office to office.

The Left wants a report every year on services for children. The report should show where something is missing. The budget should show which money helps children. Money should go where the need is greatest. Offices should have clear duties and deadlines.

The SPD wants to expand youth work in the state. County-level youth councils would get more money and staff, and young people would receive their own budgets for projects. Youth clubs and self-organized spaces would continue to be supported.

The SPD wants to do more for young people. Youth groups should get more money and more staff. Young people should have their own money for projects. Youth clubs should be repaired and supported.

The SPD wants to pool counseling services for families and develop them into family counseling centers. Family policy should reflect the diversity of family forms. The state would also back a Bundesrat initiative against discrimination toward rainbow families and queer people.

Families should get help in one place. The SPD wants to create family counseling centers for this. The SPD says there are many kinds of families. Rainbow families should not be treated worse.

The SPD wants to strengthen Frühe Hilfen (early support for families), family social work, and family education. Early support is meant to relieve families, prevent risks to child welfare, and limit later youth welfare costs. Houses of Juvenile Justice would also be made possible.

Families should get help early. This is meant to protect children. The SPD wants to expand social work for families. When young people commit crimes, police, prosecutors, and youth services should work together in one place.