What do the parties say on other topics?

The CDU and the CSU want to keep Christian holidays, Sunday rest and cooperation between church and state, and to upgrade religious education. They want to protect religious freedom and update the strategy against antisemitism.

The CDU and the CSU want to protect Christian holidays. Sunday should stay a day of rest. Religion should be a regular school subject. The parties want to protect Jews in Germany better. Everyone should be free to practice their religion.

The CDU and the CSU want to concentrate sports policy in the Chancellery and appoint a minister of state for sports and volunteering there. Grassroots and elite sports are to be supported equally, and Germany should bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The CDU and the CSU want to strengthen sports. A minister of state for sports should work in the Chancellery. Elementary school children should do half an hour of sports every day. All children should learn to swim. Germany should bid for the Olympic Games.

The Free Voters see grassroots sports as something that holds society together and call on all levels of government to support them. Sports should be open to all ages and social groups, including people with disabilities and people with a migration background.

The Free Voters want to support sports for everyone. Sports should be cheap or free. Clubs in rural areas should get help. People with disabilities should be able to join in too.

The federal government would provide elite sports with all necessary funds, with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) deciding how they are used. An independent elite sports agency would make funding simpler and more digital.

The federal government should pay well for elite sports. The sports association DOSB should hand out the money. A new agency should make funding simpler. Big sports events should be able to take place in Germany.

The Free Voters call for more state money to build, renovate and run municipal sports, cultural and swimming facilities, because the program says municipalities can no longer afford this. Significantly more instructors and coaches would also be trained.

Many towns have little money for pools and gyms. So the state should give more money for them. There should be swimming pools everywhere. More coaches should be trained too.

The Free Voters want esports to be classified as serving the public good and see it as a complement to traditional sports. The program considers large esports events worthy of support.

Esports means competing in computer games. The Free Voters want to treat esports clubs like other sports clubs. They should count as nonprofit. That gives the clubs tax benefits.

The Greens want to bring living conditions in rural areas in line with those in cities. In the platform's view, this includes fiber-optic internet and gap-free cell coverage, accessible health care and lively town centers.

The Greens want to improve life in the countryside. Every village should have fast internet. Cell phones should work everywhere. Doctors should be easy to reach.

The Greens want to make an active, self-determined life easier for older people, with age-friendly municipalities, barrier-free housing and digital participation. Self-determined dying is also to be possible in practice, in line with the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling.

Older people should be able to decide about their own lives. The Greens want to make towns and villages better for this. There should be more homes without barriers. Older people should get help with digital services. People should also be able to decide about their own death.

The Greens support a German bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and want it to respect human rights and sustainability. More federal money is also to go into renovating sports facilities and swimming pools, and both grassroots and elite sports are to be strengthened.

The Greens want the Olympic Games in Germany. The environment and human rights should matter there. The federal government should give more money for gyms and swimming pools. Children should be able to learn to swim well. People with and without disabilities should play sports together.

The Left wants to write sport into the constitution as a state goal and fund it as a public task. The federal government would contribute one billion euros a year for 15 years to sports facilities and swimming pools. The party says access to sport should not depend on income.

Sport should be written into the constitution. The federal government should pay for gyms, sports fields and swimming pools. That means one billion euros a year for 15 years. All children should learn to swim.

The Left wants to protect consumers better against corporations. Plans include a public body in place of the credit agency Schufa, free debt counseling and a ban on commission-based sales of financial products. Advertising for especially climate-damaging products would be banned.

The Left wants to protect customers better. A public body should replace Schufa. Schufa rates whether people can pay back debts. Debt advice should be free. Everyone should get a free bank account.

The PdF wants to reverse the move away from rural areas, arguing that infrastructure and basic public services there are becoming increasingly uneconomical. Its tools are tax incentives, funding programs, bonuses for rural doctors, and money for clubs and sports facilities.

Many people are moving away from the countryside. The PdF wants to change that. Families and skilled workers should get tax benefits. Doctors in rural areas should get extra pay. Clubs and sports grounds should get money too.

The SPD wants to expand consumer protection in Germany and Europe. Market and competition regulators should be able to act and put consumer interests first. Online, there should be special protection against rip-offs and manipulation.

The SPD wants to protect buyers better. Agencies should watch markets closely. Online, people should be protected from scams. This matters most for children and teenagers.

The SPD wants to write sport into the Basic Law as a state objective. The aim is to promote health, social participation, inclusion and integration. It also wants to help renovate sports facilities and back a German Olympic bid.

The SPD wants to put sport into the Basic Law. The Basic Law is Germany's constitution. Sport should keep people healthy and bring them together. The federal government should help repair sports fields and gyms. The SPD also wants Olympic Games in Germany.

The SPD wants to achieve equivalent living conditions across Germany and give targeted support to regions with particular problems. To that end, internet, transportation, health care and education in rural areas are to be expanded. People should be free to decide whether to live in a city or in the countryside.

The SPD wants to improve life in the countryside. There should be fast internet there. Buses and trains should run more often. Doctors and schools should be easy to reach. Empty buildings should be used again.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to require schools, hospitals and cafeterias to offer vegan meals. Municipalities and restaurants that expand their plant-based offerings would receive support.

Schools and hospitals would have to offer vegan food. Vegan means: without products from animals. Towns that serve a lot of plant food would get money. Restaurants would get help too.

Volt wants to fund sports clubs, make sports facilities accessible, and reorganize funding for elite sports. The party justifies this with the importance of sports for health, social cohesion, and personal development.

Volt wants to give money to sports clubs. Sports fields and gyms should be open to everyone, including people with disabilities. Campaigns should win new members for clubs. Top athletes should also get better support.