What do the parties in Saxony-Anhalt say on other topics?

The AfD denies the major churches any claim to a special status. This concerns the state's collection of church tax and the Staatsleistungen (state payments to churches). The party argues that the churches have moved away from their Christian mission and are mainly active in social politics.

Today the state collects church tax for the churches. The churches also get money from the state. The AfD says the churches no longer have a claim to this. It says the churches mostly do politics today.

The AfD wants to pay Olympic champions from Saxony-Anhalt a lifelong honorary pension of 150 euros a month. It argues that a gold medal raises the state's reputation and brings an intangible benefit to the public.

The AfD wants to reward Olympic champions from Saxony-Anhalt. They would get 150 euros every month. They would get the money for life. The party says a gold medal is good for the state's reputation.

The AfD wants rural areas across the state to have fast internet, mobile coverage, public transport and medical care. Village stores, bank and postal branches, and clubs are to be preserved and supported so that people stay in the countryside or move there.

The AfD wants to make life in the countryside better. There should be fast internet and cell phone coverage everywhere. Buses and trains should run everywhere. Doctors, stores, banks and post offices should stay in the villages. Clubs should have lower costs.

The BSW wants to promote grassroots sports and invest heavily in maintaining and building sports facilities in the coming years. Priority goes to facilities for school sports and to swimming pools so that people can swim. Youth and elite sports are also to receive lasting support.

The BSW wants sports to be possible for everyone. The state should keep or build gyms and sports fields. Gyms for school sports and swimming pools matter most. Coaches in elite sports should get proper pay. Children and teenagers should be able to do sports everywhere.

The BSW wants more recognition for volunteers and fewer hurdles for part-time civic engagement. Leave entitlements are to be extended, volunteer allowances raised and volunteer work counted toward pensions.

Many people help in clubs for free. The BSW wants to make that easier. They should get time off for it more easily. Volunteer allowances should go up. Volunteering should also count for pensions. Clubs should have less paperwork.

The CDU wants to shape gambling rules so that young people and players are better protected. Illegal offerings are to be fought, while the legal market is to get fair conditions.

The CDU wants clear rules for gambling. Young people and players should be better protected. The CDU wants to fight illegal gambling. Legal providers should have fair conditions.

The CDU wants to strengthen Saxony-Anhalt as a state for sports, from grassroots to elite level. Funding for sports facilities is to continue, and a new program is to help clubs with coaches and trainers. Every child should learn to swim safely as part of school lessons.

The CDU wants to strengthen sports in the state. There should still be money for sports fields and gyms. Clubs should get help with coaches. Every child should learn to swim at school.

The CDU wants to maintain the state's payments to the churches and stand by the church-state treaties. This is meant to keep church services, religious ceremonies and church-run daycare centers going, especially in rural areas. Church buildings are also to be preserved.

The state gives money to the churches. The CDU wants to keep it that way. This should keep church services going in rural areas. Church-run daycare centers should stay too. Old church buildings should be kept.

The CDU wants to promote and protect Jewish life in Saxony-Anhalt and guarantee freedom of religion. It intends to counter antisemitic, Islamist and anti-religious currents with the means of the rule of law. It expects all residents to treat one another peacefully and with respect.

The CDU wants to protect Jewish life in the state. Everyone should be free to live their faith. Nobody has to belong to a religion. The CDU wants to act against hatred in the name of a religion.

The Greens want to renovate sports facilities and swimming pools, cut red tape in sports funding and help clubs with energy costs and renovations. Elite and youth sports are also to get more support, and sports are to be inclusive and free of discrimination.

The Greens want to repair sports halls and swimming pools. Sports clubs should have less paperwork. They should get help with energy costs. Everyone should have the same chance to do sports.

The Greens want to allow families to keep urns at home and to scatter ashes in their own garden, in nature or at designated public places. This is meant to meet many people's wish for a self-determined burial.

The Greens want more freedom in burials. Families should be allowed to keep the urn at home. People should be allowed to scatter ashes in the garden or in nature. Burial in a river should also be allowed.

The Left wants all religious communities to be able to shape their community life on equal terms and without fear. Religious instruction is to be open to all communities in the same way. At the same time, the party stands by its demand to end the state's historical payments to the churches and wants to fight religious fundamentalism.

The Left wants equal rights for all religions. This applies to Christians, Jews and Muslims. All should be able to offer religion classes. The state pays the churches money every year. The Left wants to end these payments. The party also wants to act against religious extremism.

The Left wants every child to be able to swim safely by the end of primary school. To that end, swimming lessons with enough capacity should be available close to home. The platform points out that one in three children currently cannot swim safely when leaving primary school.

The Left wants all children to learn to swim. This should happen by the end of primary school. There should be swimming lessons close to home. The swimming vouchers should be redesigned.

The Left wants to clear the renovation backlog at pools, gyms and sports grounds through long-term investment programs. Funding for club-owned sports facilities should also be large enough for necessary projects to go ahead. The party rejects making membership in the Landessportbund (state sports federation) a condition for funding.

Many swimming pools and gyms are in poor condition. The Left wants them repaired. The state should give towns and cities money for this. Sports clubs should also get more money for their facilities. They should not have to join the state sports federation for this.

The Left wants to make sure children and teenagers from low-income families are not kept out of sports by cost. It plans subsidies for membership fees and a closer link between education and participation benefits and club sports. The platform argues that children from poorer families use club offerings far less often.

Sports cost money, for example for the club and the equipment. Some families cannot pay for that. The Left wants to help these families. There should be subsidies for club fees. Schools, daycare centers and clubs should work together more.

The Left wants to do more to support volunteers in sports, including a statewide volunteer card and secure funding for voluntary service programs. Sports offerings for specific groups such as older people, people with disabilities or queer people are to receive special support. Clubs should get help to operate with few barriers and without discrimination.

Many people help out in sports clubs for free. The Left wants to support these people more. There should be a volunteer card for the whole state. Sports should be open to everyone. This includes older people and people with disabilities.

The SPD wants to strengthen and protect Jewish life and create the office of an antisemitism commissioner. The churches are to keep receiving support, and Islamic communities are to be backed on their way to equal legal standing.

The SPD wants to protect Jewish life. There should be a commissioner against hatred of Jews. The churches should keep getting help from the state. The SPD also wants to support Muslim communities.

The SPD wants to double the flat-rate grants for sports clubs, adjust them regularly and write them into law. An investment program is to secure swimming pools, and sports facilities are to be modernized.

Sports clubs should get twice as much money from the state. The SPD wants to renew swimming pools and gyms. Children should be able to learn to swim. People with disabilities should find it easier to do sports.

The SPD wants to support e-sports and put them on an equal footing with traditional sports. A funding guideline is also meant to cover addiction prevention and media literacy.

E-sports means playing video games as a competition. The SPD wants to support e-sports. They should be treated like other sports. The plan also includes protection against gaming addiction.