What do the parties in Saarland say on other topics?

The AfD wants to strengthen Saarland's rural regions by maintaining and improving infrastructure and digital networks. Services close to where people live are also to be preserved. The platform justifies this with population decline and the loss of services in villages.

The AfD wants to make life in the countryside better. Roads and internet should be good. Doctors, schools and shops should stay nearby. The AfD says villages are missing many things today.

The CDU wants to give clubs and volunteers more support after the pandemic, especially in recruiting young members. It plans permanent funding programs, tax relief, an advisory agency and a parliamentary study commission on volunteering.

Many clubs have too few young members after Covid. The CDU wants to help the clubs. It plans a campaign for youth work. Clubs should work more with schools. Volunteers should have lower taxes and less paperwork.

The CDU wants to keep funding grassroots sports at the current level and suggests a third weekly PE lesson in schools. Swimming pools are to be covered by statewide planning. The platform sees sports as valuable for health, cohesion and integration.

The CDU wants to keep supporting sports in clubs. Schools should get a third PE lesson each week. The state should make a plan for swimming pools. Clubs and schools should work together more.

The CDU wants to keep funding top clubs and develop the Hermann Neuberger Sports School into a training base for Olympic teams. Major sporting events are to receive state money. The platform expects benefits for the state's image, tourism and the regional economy.

The CDU wants to keep funding elite sports. The Hermann Neuberger Sports School should be upgraded. Teams should train there for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Big sporting events should also get money from the state.

The CDU wants to secure funding for sports, culture and other charitable causes through the state lottery company Saartoto. Online casino games in the Saarland are to be offered only through Saartoto and its casino subsidiary. The Sportachtel (one-eighth share for sports) for the state sports federation is to remain.

Saartoto gives money to sports, culture and other good causes. The CDU wants this to stay. Only Saartoto should be allowed to offer casino games online. The sports federation should keep getting its fixed share.

The CDU wants to keep funding the Saarland consumer advice center, including its digital advice service. The office that people threatened with power cutoffs can turn to is also to keep its support. The aim is protection against fraud, misinformation and harm.

The CDU wants to keep funding the consumer advice center. People get advice there, also online. It also helps when someone's power is about to be cut off. This help should stay.

The CDU wants to continue the project of an Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA, International Building Exhibition) for the Greater Region and launch a cross-border IBA. It sees opportunities for business, research, mobility and culture.

An International Building Exhibition is called IBA for short. It is about new ideas for cities, landscape and the region. The CDU wants to continue such a project together with the neighbors. It expects benefits for business, research, transportation and culture.

The SPD wants to keep funding Saarland's consumer advice center according to need. In addition, advice is to reach disadvantaged neighborhoods and remote areas more directly, with more money planned for pilot projects.

The consumer advice center helps people with shopping and contracts. The SPD wants to keep giving it money. Advice should also come directly to neighborhoods. This should help people who find it hard to help themselves.

The SPD wants to examine whether the state should reimburse part of the cost of repairing broken household appliances. It also wants food inspections to be adequately staffed and consumer protection online to be strengthened.

The SPD wants to look into a repair bonus. People who get a broken home appliance fixed would get some money back. Food should be checked well. The SPD also wants to protect people better when they shop online.

The SPD wants to redesign Saarland's volunteer card and support clubs after the pandemic with further funding programs. School camps, youth hostels and volunteering in nature conservation are also to receive more resources.

Many people in Saarland volunteer in clubs. The SPD wants to support these people more. The volunteer card should bring more benefits. Clubs should get funding more easily. Youth hostels should also get money for repairs.

The SPD wants to secure the funding of sports through the so-called Sportachtel and support municipalities and clubs in building and renovating sports facilities. The structures of sports in Saarland and the awarding of grants are to become more transparent and independent.

The SPD wants to support sports in Saarland better. The money for sports should stay secure. Towns and clubs should get help to build sports facilities. The rules for funding should become clearer.