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What do the parties in Hamburg say on other topics?

5 current election programs in Hamburg 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 2025 Hamburg 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

Support grassroots sports and small clubs

The AfD wants Hamburg's Dekadenstrategie (ten-year sports strategy) fully implemented in urban planning and sports funding. Grassroots sports and smaller clubs should receive a base payment. State tasks should not be shifted onto sports clubs.

The AfD wants more support for sports for everyone. Small sports clubs should get a fixed basic amount of money. Tasks of the state should stay with the state. Clubs should not have to take them over.

AfD: the point with quote and page number

CDU

Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 3 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 3 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Societyleaning conservative (+1), from 2 points

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

Renovate, protect and build sports facilities

The CDU wants to step up the renovation program for sports facilities, end the sale of sports fields and build new ones. Among other things, this is meant to shorten waiting lists in children's and youth sports.

The CDU wants to repair sports facilities and build new ones. Sports fields should no longer be sold. Then more children can play sports in a club. Schoolyards should be open to everyone outside school hours.

Expand swimming pools and strengthen swimming lessons

The CDU wants to modernize and expand swimming pools so that schools and clubs get more water space. All children are to learn to swim, which the program sees as a vital skill in a city on the water.

All children should learn to swim. The CDU wants to renew and expand swimming pools for this. Schools should get more staff for swimming lessons. There should also be more free pool times.

Increase sports funding and support clubs

The CDU wants to provide more money for sports funding and work more closely with clubs and associations. Volunteering, clubs' integration work, elite sports and sports events are to get more support.

The CDU wants to give sports clubs more money. Clubs also help immigrants settle in. They should get more help for that. Athletes who win an Olympic medal should get a higher bonus.

Back an Olympic bid with Hamburg

The CDU favors Hamburg hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036 or 2040, also together with other German cities. It expects benefits for the city and wants to set standards for sustainable Games.

The CDU wants Olympic Games in Hamburg. The Games could take place in 2036 or 2040. Hamburg can also bid together with other cities. The CDU believes the Games are good for the city.

Interfaith dialogue, imam training and Christian holidays

The CDU backs Hamburg's "religious education for all" and wants to support imam training in Hamburg that is free of foreign government influence. Christian holidays and traditions are to be protected and the churches' social work supported more strongly.

The CDU wants imams to be trained in Hamburg. Imams lead prayers in mosques. Other countries should have no influence on this. The CDU also wants to protect Christian holidays.

Protect Jewish life and make it visible

The CDU wants to make Jewish life in Hamburg more visible and supports rebuilding the Bornplatz Synagogue. Public institutions, especially universities, should actively protect Jewish people from attacks.

The CDU wants to protect Jews in Hamburg better. The synagogue at Bornplatz should be rebuilt. Universities should protect Jewish people from attacks. The CDU rejects all hatred of Jews.

CDU: all 6 points with quotes and page numbers

Grüne

Program for the 2025 Hamburg 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 progressive (-1), from 2 points

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

Strengthen sports clubs and volunteers financially

The Greens want to fund the sports funding agreement for organized sport at a level that covers actual needs. For volunteers, they call at the federal level for higher tax-free allowances. The platform's reasoning is that volunteering in sport is declining.

Many people in Hamburg volunteer in sports clubs. The Greens want to support this work. Volunteers should pay less tax on what they are paid. The clubs should get enough money from the city.

Use sports halls better and build multi-story

The Greens want to meet the growing need for sports space by building multi-story halls and opening school gyms to clubs for longer. Elementary school gyms are to be available from 4 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. New halls are to be barrier-free.

Hamburg needs more space for sports. The Greens want to build sports halls on top of each other. Clubs should use elementary school gyms from 4 p.m. New halls should be accessible for everyone.

Make access to sport easier for everyone

The Greens want money not to be a barrier to club sport, especially for children and young people. Benefits from the Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket (education and participation package) are to be easier to claim. In addition, girls and women in sport are to be specifically supported and free offerings in parks expanded.

All children should be able to join a sports club. This includes children from families with little money. Getting state help for this should be easier. Girls and women should get more chances in sport. There should be more free sports in parks.

Olympic bid only with a public vote

If Hamburg is considered as one of several host cities for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Greens want the public to be involved early and to make the final decision. The party intends to follow the process critically and constructively.

Hamburg may bid for the Olympic Games. The Greens want to inform people in Hamburg early. In the end, the citizens should decide. The plan must be clear and must not cost too much.

Open the Blue Mosque to believers and Iranian exiles

After the ban on the Islamic Center Hamburg, the Blue Mosque should again become a place for Shiite believers and for Iranians in exile. The Greens want to achieve this in close dialogue with these groups.

The state banned the Islamic Center Hamburg in 2024. It had used the Blue Mosque. The Greens want Shiite believers to use the mosque again. Iranians in exile should also have a place there. The Greens want to talk with these people about it.

Give interfaith dialogue a permanent structure

The Greens want to keep supporting and expanding the exchange among religious communities and with the city. Together with the communities, a permanent place and format for dialogue is to be created that also includes non-religious associations.

In Hamburg, religions have talked with each other for a long time. The Greens want to strengthen this exchange. There should be a fixed place for talks. Groups without religion should take part too.

Set up a counseling office on sects and cult-like groups

The Greens want to create an office in Hamburg that informs and advises on new religious and ideological groups and so-called psycho-groups. The reason given is that some communities create psychological dependence and can thereby endanger individuals, families and society.

Some groups make people dependent on them. That can harm people and families. The Greens want a counseling office for this in Hamburg. People affected and their relatives can get help there.

Strengthen the consumer advice center and consumer education

The Greens want to strengthen consumer protection through information, education, transparency, and enforcement of rights. The consumer advice center is to be expanded further, and consumer education is to start in daycare centers and schools.

The Greens want to protect consumers better. Consumers are people who buy things or sign contracts. The consumer advice center should offer more services. Children in daycare and school should already learn about this.

Grüne: all 8 points with quotes and page numbers

Linke

Program for the 2025 Hamburg 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

Promote grassroots sports, reject Olympics

The Left wants more and renovated sports facilities, cheaper public pools and more money for clubs and coaches. It continues to oppose an Olympic bid by Hamburg.

The Left wants more gyms and sports fields. Public pools should become much cheaper. Children and teens with the KiJu card should get in for free. All children should learn to swim. The Left does not want Olympic Games in Hamburg.

Linke: the point with quote and page number

SPD

Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 3 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 3 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

Strengthen consumer rights and the consumer advice center

The SPD wants to make the Hamburg consumer advice center's services permanent and expand them where possible. At the federal level it pushes for longer warranty periods, free credit reports and a repair index.

The consumer advice center helps people with problems over purchases and contracts. The SPD wants to keep and expand this service. Customers should have longer warranty rights. Credit reports from Schufa should be free.

Support volunteering with a card and training

The SPD wants to continue the volunteer card and make it more attractive. Volunteers are to get better training, and a "House of Engagement" is to be established.

Many people in Hamburg volunteer. The SPD wants to support them. The volunteer card gives discounts and should get better. Volunteers should get more training. There should be a house for volunteering.

Increase support for sports clubs and facilities

The SPD wants to keep raising funding for sports clubs and investment in sports facilities so that clubs can take in more members. Sports options are to be close to home, affordable, and often free.

The SPD wants to give sports clubs more money. The city will build new gyms and renovate old ones. Sports should be nearby and cheap. Many outdoor options should cost nothing. Children from poor families should also be able to join clubs.

Free swimming lessons for all children

The SPD wants every child in Hamburg to be able to learn to swim free of charge, mainly through school lessons. To that end, swimming pools are to be expanded, modernized, and newly built.

Hamburg is a city on the water. So all children should learn to swim. It should cost nothing. Children learn it in elementary school. The city will build new pools for this.

Support a bid for the 2040 Olympics

The SPD backs a German bid for the 2040 Summer Olympics and considers a joint bid by Hamburg and Berlin possible. For the party, this depends on the support of Hamburg's residents.

The SPD is in favor of Olympic Games in Germany in 2040. Hamburg could bid together with Berlin. The people of Hamburg should agree to it. Top-level sports in Hamburg should also get better support.

SPD: all 5 points with quotes and page numbers