What do the parties in Bavaria say on other topics?

The AfD wants to keep small shops, restaurants, schools and bank branches in rural areas. The aim is equal living conditions across Bavaria. Farmland is to take priority over other land uses, and regional marketing of farm products is to be strengthened.

The AfD wants to strengthen life in villages. Small shops should pay less tax. Restaurants in small towns should get help. Schools and kindergartens should stay open. A bank should always be nearby.

The Free Voters want to develop rural areas on an equal footing with cities. This includes fiber-optic internet for every connection, keeping hospitals and maternity wards, more public transit and secure local supply. Cities are to get enough affordable housing but be densified only moderately.

The Free Voters want rural areas served as well as cities. Every connection should get fast fiber internet. Hospitals and maternity wards should stay everywhere. Buses and trains should get better. Villages should keep shops and access to cash.

The Greens want to overhaul consumer protection in Bavaria: more transparency, stronger legal protection, fair rights to sue and clear product labeling. Food inspection authorities are to get more staff and uniform guidelines. In the platform's view, consumer rights take priority over business interests.

The Greens want to protect shoppers better. Products should clearly say what is in them. Offices should check food better. They get more staff and better equipment for this. Advice centers should get more money. A new state center should protect data better.

The Greens want to make religious and philosophical diversity visible in Bavaria and give all communities equal participation. Students are increasingly to discuss questions of faith and values together instead of being taught only in classes separated by denomination. Participation requires a commitment to the Basic Law (Germany's constitution).

The Greens want all religions to take part equally in Bavaria. Everyone should be able to practice their faith freely and safely. Children should talk more about faith and values together at school. The communities must respect the constitution.

The Greens want to give more support to civic engagement. Plans include a funding program for engagement, more training opportunities and more paid staff to support volunteers. Volunteer emergency responders are to be released from work more easily for training and exercises.

The Greens want to help volunteers. Volunteers help freely and without pay. There should be more courses for them. More paid staff should support them. Emergency helpers should get time off for training.

The Greens want every child to be able to swim safely by the end of elementary school. To that end, a renovation program for swimming pools is to be launched and school swimming lessons strengthened. Club sports are also to be supported, and e-sports clubs recognized as nonprofit.

The Greens want every child to learn to swim. The state should repair swimming pools. Schools should work with swimming clubs. Sports clubs should get more help. E-sports clubs should get benefits too. E-sports means competing in computer games.

The SPD wants to preserve basic local services: village and neighborhood shops, neighborhood aid groups, rural doctors, and postal and banking services. It justifies this with the goal of equal living conditions in urban and rural areas.

The SPD wants important services everywhere in Bavaria. These include small shops, doctors, post offices and banks. Groups where neighbors help each other should get more money. People in the countryside should live as well as people in cities.

The SPD wants to give more support to school sports, recreational sports and elite sports and to raise grants for clubs. Together with municipalities, sports facilities, especially swimming pools, are to be built, expanded and renovated.

The SPD wants to give more money to sports. Sports clubs should get higher grants. Swimming pools should be built and repaired. This way, more children can learn to swim.