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What do the parties in Berlin say on other topics?

5 current election programs in Berlin have points on this topic.

Their points are shown side by side, summarized and placed. The quote and page number for each point are on the party's topic page.

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Each axis measures one topic. There is no single "left" or "right" for everything here: economy, society, migration and security are kept apart. Only what the program says is placed. How to read the placement

The small columns under the bars show how many points sit on each of the five steps.

AfD

Program for the 2026 Berlin state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 1 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

Renovate and expand sports facilities

The AfD wants to clear the repair backlog at Berlin's sports facilities with major investment and an emergency program, and no more sports grounds should be given up. New construction projects are to plan for additional sports space. Facilities should also be better suited to people with disabilities.

Berlin has too few sports fields and gyms. Many are in bad shape. The AfD wants to spend a lot of money on repairs. New sports space should be added. People with disabilities should be able to use it well too.

Promote elite sports and back an Olympic bid

The AfD wants to give more support to competitive sports in Berlin and backs a bid by the city to host the Olympic Games. In the party's view, this requires fully disclosed costs and a secured later use of the venues. Performance and competition are to count for more in sports again.

The AfD wants to support top-level sports in Berlin. Berlin should apply to host the Olympic Games. All costs must be made public first. The new venues should stay in use afterward.

AfD: all 2 points with quotes and page numbers

CDU

Program for the 2026 Berlin state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 1 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Societyleaning conservative (+1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly progressive, 0 leaning progressive, 0 balanced, 1 leaning conservative, 0 clearly conservative

Bid for Olympics, EXPO 2035 and World Pride

The CDU wants Berlin to bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and supports a Berlin-Brandenburg bid for EXPO 2035. It sees these as drivers for urban development, infrastructure and the economy.

The CDU wants to bring the Olympic Games to Berlin. A world fair should also come in 2035. It is called EXPO. The big World Pride festival should come too. This should help the city and its businesses.

Renovate sports facilities and boost sports funding

The CDU wants to expand the program for renovating sports facilities and secure its funding long term, citing a large investment backlog. Facilities are to be upgraded for energy efficiency and year-round use, and funding for elite sports aligned with the federal standard.

Many sports fields and gyms are run down. The CDU wants to fix them. There should be lasting money for this. The facilities should use less energy. Children should be able to train in winter too.

Review Berlin's pool operator and modernize pools

The CDU wants to critically review the management and structure of the Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (Berlin's public pool operator) so that pools open reliably and have enough capacity. Existing pools are to be renovated for energy efficiency and new pools built.

Swimming pools should be open reliably. The CDU wants to check the Berlin pool company closely. This company runs the public pools. Old pools should be renovated. New pools should be built where many people want to swim.

Strengthen talent development and elite sports

The CDU wants to spot and support athletic talent earlier and turn Berlin into Europe's leading sports city. Young athletes should be able to combine competitive sports and school.

The CDU wants to find sports talent early and support it. Young athletes should be able to combine sports and school. Berlin should become the best sports city in Europe.

Ease the burden on sports clubs and digitize them

The CDU wants to give more recognition to volunteers in sports clubs, cut red tape and simplify funding procedures. Clubs are to be supported in going digital and using artificial intelligence.

Many people volunteer in sports clubs. The CDU wants to honor this more. There should be less paperwork. Clubs should get help with going digital.

Support pro sports and stadium projects

The CDU wants to strengthen professional sports as a flagship for Berlin and support major clubs' construction projects. Cost-effectiveness, sustainability and residents' interests are to be taken into account.

The CDU wants to support pro sports clubs in Berlin. It wants to help with new stadiums. Costs and the environment should count too.

Promote esports and found an academy

The CDU wants to strengthen esports in Berlin and position the city as an esports capital. A state-backed academy is to help set up clubs and an amateur league.

Esports means competitive video gaming. The CDU wants to support esports in Berlin. An esports academy should help clubs. Berlin should host big esports events.

Keep cooperation between state and churches

The CDU commits to the existing model of cooperation between church and state. In its view, religions should have a strong public voice, and interfaith dialogue should be promoted.

In Germany, state and church are separate. But they work together. The CDU wants to keep it that way. Religions should be heard in public life.

CDU: all 8 points with quotes and page numbers

Grüne

Program for the 2026 Berlin state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 8 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 8 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Societyleaning progressive (-1), from 2 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly progressive, 2 leaning progressive, 0 balanced, 0 leaning conservative, 0 clearly conservative

  • Climateleaning climate first (-1), from 2 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly climate first, 2 leaning climate first, 0 balanced, 0 leaning growth first, 0 clearly growth first

Strengthen consumer protection and the consumer advice center

The Greens want to expand consumer protection in Berlin and fund the Verbraucherzentrale (consumer advice center) on a lasting basis. People are to receive understandable information about products and services and be able to make informed decisions themselves.

The Greens want to protect customers better. The consumer advice center will get reliable funding. People get advice there about purchases and contracts. Schools will teach more about money, advertising and debt.

Expand sports programs and renovate sports facilities

The Greens want to make sports accessible to everyone in Berlin and treat sports facilities as part of basic public services. Certain groups are to receive targeted support, gyms and pools are to be renovated or newly built, and coaches are to be paid better.

The Greens want everyone in Berlin to be able to do sports. Broken gyms and swimming pools will be repaired. Girls, women, children and people with disabilities will get more programs. Coaches will get more pay. All children should be able to learn to swim.

Make major sports events climate-neutral and fairly financed

The Greens want to attach conditions to major sports events in Berlin. By 2030 they are to be climate-neutral and respect human rights, and organizers are to share in the public costs they cause.

The Greens want clear rules for big sports events. By 2030 the events should no longer harm the climate. Organizers should help pay for security and traffic. They should get no tax breaks. Sports for everyone should not lose money because of this.

Restrict gambling ads, support esports

The Greens want to limit advertising for sports betting and do more to educate people about the dangers of gambling. At the same time, esports and gaming are to be supported through nonprofit structures as part of youth culture.

The Greens want less advertising for sports betting. Schools will talk more about the dangers of gambling. Nonprofit clubs will not be allowed to advertise gambling. Esports will get support. Esports means people play video games as a competition.

Oppose Berlin's Olympic bid

The Greens reject Berlin's ongoing bid to host the Olympic Games. The platform cites environmental damage, financial risk, and social effects such as rising rents and displacement.

Berlin wants to host the Olympic Games. The Greens are against this. They say the Games cost a lot of money. They harm the environment. And rents may go up.

Expand accessible, climate-neutral sports facilities

The Greens want a citywide network of sports facilities that are accessible and climate-neutral. Every district is to get at least three inclusive sports facilities, and freely accessible sports areas are to be expanded.

The Greens want more sports facilities in Berlin. People with disabilities should be able to use them well. Every district should get at least three such facilities. The facilities should not harm the climate. There should also be more free outdoor sports areas.

Build pools and ensure every child learns to swim

The Greens want every child in Berlin to learn to swim and every district to have renovated, accessible pools. They plan a pool-building push with new construction and reopenings, especially in underserved districts.

Every child in Berlin should learn to swim. The Greens want to build new pools for this. Closed pools should open again. Marzahn-Hellersdorf should get an outdoor pool. There should be more swimming classes, also during school breaks.

Regulate advertising in public space more strictly

The Greens back the aim of the "Berlin werbefrei" (ad-free Berlin) citizens' initiative to regulate commercial advertising in public space more tightly. They argue that advertising affects everyone and therefore needs binding rules.

The Greens want stricter rules for ads in the city. They support the citizens' initiative "Berlin werbefrei" on this. They reject large ads on scaffolding in front of apartment windows. Ads should not put anyone down.

Make Berlin an age-friendly city

The Greens want to gradually redesign Berlin so that older people can get around and spend time outdoors comfortably in daily life. This includes joining a World Health Organization network, more public toilets and seating, accessible housing and a discounted Deutschlandticket.

The Greens want to make Berlin better for older people. There should be more shaded benches and drinking fountains. There should be good public toilets in every neighborhood. People with little money should get a cheaper Deutschlandticket. It should be easier to adapt apartments so they have no barriers.

Grüne: all 9 points with quotes and page numbers

Linke

Program for the 2026 Berlin state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 10 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 10 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Civil liberties and securityleaning civil liberties first (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly civil liberties first, 1 leaning civil liberties first, 0 balanced, 0 leaning security and order first, 0 clearly security and order first

  • Climateleaning climate first (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly climate first, 1 leaning climate first, 0 balanced, 0 leaning growth first, 0 clearly growth first

  • Migrationleaning open (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly open, 1 leaning open, 0 balanced, 0 leaning restrictive, 0 clearly restrictive

Improve public space, push back advertising

The Left wants to reclaim public spaces for neighborhood and public-interest uses and reduce commercial advertising there. According to the platform, Berlin should be less of a place for consumption and enjoyable even without money.

The Left wants squares and streets to serve neighbors more. There should be fewer ads there. People should be able to enjoy Berlin outdoors without spending money.

Make public toilets free and add more

The Left wants to abolish user fees at public toilets and add more locations. The platform treats toilets as part of public infrastructure and criticizes that urinals are free while stalls often cost money.

The Left wants free public toilets in Berlin. They should be open day and night. Today many stalls cost money. Urinals are mostly free. The party thinks this is unfair. There should also be more toilets.

Daily exercise in schools and support for grassroots sports

The Left wants to gradually establish daily physical activity at Berlin schools and invest in sports facilities and physical education teachers to make it possible. Sports should be accessible regardless of income, background, age, or gender, with grassroots sports as the foundation. Ticket prices for sporting events should be socially affordable.

Children should be active at school every day. For this, the Left wants to build and repair sports halls. There should be more sports teachers. Sports should be possible for everyone, even with little money. Tickets for sports events should be affordable.

Boost support for sports volunteers and clubs

The Left wants to back volunteering in sports by raising the allowance for volunteer coaches and using digital tools to cut paperwork. Clubs would get planning security through a renewed agreement with the Landessportbund (state sports federation) and more investment funding.

Many people work in sports without pay. The Left wants to raise the allowance they get. They should have less paperwork. Sports clubs should get reliable money from the state.

Renovate gyms and sports facilities over ten years

The Left wants a decade of stepped-up investment in sports facilities and would create a central public construction office for building them. Renovating school gyms comes first so that mandatory physical education can take place again.

Many gyms in Berlin are in bad shape. The Left wants to spend a lot of money on sports facilities for ten years. School gyms should be fixed first. A new office should manage the building work. Gym times should be handed out online and fairly.

Renovate public pools and make entry free for minors

The Left wants to renovate Berlin's public pools, keep them reliably open and make entry free for children and students under 18. ID checks at the entrance would end, and every child should be able to swim by the end of elementary school.

The Left wants to fix the public pools in Berlin. Children and teens under 18 should get in for free. No one should have to show an ID at the door. All children should learn to swim in elementary school. Pools should also be open during school breaks.

Allow swimming in the Spree, Havel and lakes

The Left wants to lift the blanket swimming ban in the Spree river and designate legally secure river bathing areas at suitable spots. Swimming in lakes that people already use would also become legal, so districts without an outdoor pool get public places to cool off.

Today people may not swim in the Spree river. The Left wants to end this ban. There should be river bathing areas at good spots. Swimming should also be allowed in more lakes. Each district should get at least one bathing spot.

Reject a Berlin Olympic bid

The Left opposes a Berlin bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, citing underfunded grassroots sports and shortcomings in public services. It supports a referendum on the question and says it will respect the result.

The Left does not want the Olympic Games in Berlin. It says the Games cost billions. That money would then be missing for everyday sports. The people of Berlin should vote on it themselves. The Left wants to respect the result.

Renovate the Sportforum and the Olympiapark

The Left wants to clear the renovation backlog at the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen and the Olympiapark. The Sportforum is to become a European showcase campus for elite sports, and the Olympiapark an open sports park for residents. The platform presents this as an alternative to costly Olympic construction.

Berlin has two large sports sites: the Sportforum and the Olympiapark. Both are in poor shape. The Left wants to repair and modernize them. The Olympiapark should stay open to everyone. Young athletes should get more help with school and careers.

Keep ice rinks open, expand water sports facilities

The Left wants to preserve all of Berlin's ice rinks and ice stadiums and to upgrade their cooling systems through an investment program for energy efficiency. For water sports, the Grünau regatta course is to be expanded into the city's central main facility. The aim is to secure both sports despite high energy costs and aging equipment.

The Left wants to keep Berlin's ice rinks. The cooling systems should be renewed and use less energy. The rinks should not cut their opening hours. Water sports should also get better facilities. People with disabilities should get easier access to the water.

Expand free neighborhood sports

The Left wants to support sports outside of clubs and expand free exercise options in public spaces. Run-down soccer pitches and basketball courts are to be renovated through a special program. Local children and teenagers are to take part in the planning.

Many people do sports without joining a club. The Left wants more options for them. Broken soccer pitches and basketball courts should be repaired. Children and teenagers should have a say. People should be able to borrow sports gear for free.

Support nonprofit esports

The Left wants to support nonprofit structures in esports and bring gaming further into club life. Esports is to become part of municipal youth work and association work. Offerings oriented toward the common good are to be made legally eligible for sports funding.

Esports means people play video games as a competition. Many young people do this. The Left wants to support esports in clubs and youth work. The money should come with rules. For example, protection of young people should be strengthened.

Linke: all 12 points with quotes and page numbers

SPD

Program for the 2026 Berlin state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 1 point

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 1 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

Advance bids for the Olympics and EXPO

The SPD wants to push forward a Berlin bid for the 2040/44 Olympic and Paralympic Games and for EXPO 2035, together with Brandenburg. It expects this to boost urban development, infrastructure, and digitalization.

The SPD wants Berlin to bid for the Olympic Games. This means the Games in 2040 or 2044. Berlin should also bid for the world's fair EXPO 2035. Brandenburg should take part. Berliners should have a say from the start.

Support sports clubs, facilities, and swimming pools

The SPD wants to keep giving clubs free use of sports facilities and to invest in new construction, renovation, and accessibility. Sports are to be a regular part of daily life in daycare centers and schools. Every child should be able to swim by the time they finish elementary school.

Clubs should keep using sports fields and halls for free. The SPD wants to build and repair sports facilities and pools. Children should do more sports in daycare and school. Every child should learn to swim in elementary school.

SPD: all 2 points with quotes and page numbers