What do the parties in Bavaria say on the economy?

The AfD wants to relieve businesses and employees of rules from Brussels, Berlin and Munich. Among other things, small and medium-sized firms would be exempt from the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, the Supply Chain Act would be scrapped, and quotas for women and migrants abolished.

The AfD wants less paperwork for companies. Small firms should no longer have to follow the EU data protection rules. The Supply Chain Act should go. The AfD also wants to end quotas for women and migrants. People should be able to file every application online.

The AfD wants to strengthen Bavaria as a location for industry and high tech. To that end, industry clusters with special rules are to be created, starting a company should take one day, and production sites are to be brought back to Bavaria.

The AfD wants more industry and modern technology in Bavaria. There should be special zones with their own rules for tech companies. People should be able to start a company in one day. Factories should come back to Bavaria from abroad.

The AfD wants to secure Bavaria's auto and supplier industry and its jobs, including those tied to the combustion engine. In its view, the market rather than politics should decide which drive technologies prevail.

Many people in Bavaria work in the car industry. The AfD wants to keep these jobs. It also wants to keep allowing gasoline and diesel cars. People should choose for themselves which car they drive.

The AfD wants to preserve and expand the defense industry in Bavaria so that the Bundeswehr can be equipped with modern gear. It opposes selling German defense companies to foreign buyers.

The AfD wants to strengthen defense companies in Bavaria. These companies build weapons and gear for the military. This should give the German army modern equipment. German defense companies should not be sold to buyers abroad.

The AfD wants to ease the burden on restaurants and hotels, which it sees as part of Bavaria's cultural heritage and an important part of the small and mid-sized business sector. VAT on food and drinks served in restaurants would stay permanently reduced, and red tape such as the mandatory receipt rule would be cut.

The AfD wants to help restaurants and hotels. The sales tax on food and drinks in restaurants should stay low for good. There should be fewer rules. For example, the receipt rule should go. That rule says a business must always print a receipt.

The AfD wants to strengthen technical and scientific subjects, link research and industry more closely, and keep young technology companies in Bavaria with venture capital. The platform argues that a country with few raw materials can only secure its prosperity through technological excellence.

The AfD wants more technology and research in Bavaria. Schools should give more weight to math, computer science and science. Young tech companies should get money more easily. That way these companies should stay in Bavaria.

The CSU commits to skilled trades, family businesses and self-employment and wants to increase support for trade apprenticeships. In its view, mid-sized companies create most jobs and training positions.

The CSU wants to strengthen skilled trades and small firms. Training to become a master craftsperson is free in Bavaria. Schools should hold a trades day every year. Small firms get help with going digital.

Through its Hightech Agenda, the CSU wants to put more than five billion euros into research and technology by 2027. This is meant to make Bavaria Europe's leading high-tech location. Priorities include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, aerospace and biotechnology.

The CSU wants to spend a lot of money on research and new technology. By 2027 it will be more than 5 billion euros. This is about things like artificial intelligence and space travel. Companies in rural areas should benefit too.

The Free Voters want to keep Bavaria as an industrial and technology hub and prevent key industries from leaving. At the same time, Bavaria is to become Europe's leading location for founders, with more start-up funding and less red tape.

The Free Voters want to keep industry in Bavaria. Important companies should not move away. New companies should get more help and money. There should be less red tape.

The Free Voters want to promote sustainable tourism, expand public tourism infrastructure and give tax relief to people working in the sector. They want to counter the decline of rural inns.

The Free Voters want to strengthen tourism in Bavaria. Tourism workers should pay less tax. Inns in the countryside should survive. There should be more buses and trains in vacation areas.

The Greens want to gear Bavaria's business subsidies of about one billion euros a year entirely toward climate neutrality. This "Bavarian Green Deal" is meant to support companies through the transition and, according to the platform, give the state a competitive edge.

Bavaria gives companies about one billion euros in support each year. The Greens want to tie this money to climate protection. Companies should use it to become climate-neutral. The party calls this the Bavarian Green Deal.

The Greens want to put one billion each year into expanding and modernizing infrastructure. This includes fast internet, power supply, buses and trains, rail freight and infrastructure for green hydrogen.

The Greens want to spend one billion each year on infrastructure. That means things like rail tracks, power lines and internet. Companies should be connected to rail more easily. Pipelines for hydrogen are also planned.

The Greens want to support the Mittelstand (small and mid-sized businesses) in the ecological transition with a 300 million euro fund. Funding programs would become easier to access, with one-stop advice and fixed processing deadlines.

Small and mid-sized companies have to adapt. The Greens want to help them with 300 million euros. Applying for support should get easier. Offices should answer within a fixed time.

The Greens want to promote regional economic cycles so that Bavaria is less vulnerable to global crises. A state strategy for resource efficiency and a circular economy agency would help firms with recycling.

The Greens want more goods to be made in the region. That way Bavaria should get through crises better. A new agency would help companies with recycling. Small breweries should also be kept.

The Greens want a procurement law for Bavaria that sets binding environmental, social and human rights requirements for public contracts. Small and mid-sized companies and start-ups would get a bigger share.

The state buys many things and awards contracts. The Greens want a new law for this. Companies would then have to follow rules on the environment and human rights. Small companies should get contracts more easily.

The Greens plan a start-up drive for young companies in all regions, with special offers for women and for people with a migration background. In the cultural and creative industries, social protection and minimum fees would apply.

The Greens want to help people start a company. Women and immigrants would get their own advice services. Artists and creative workers would get a minimum pay. Bavaria should also become a good place for game companies.

The Greens want to raise spending on research and development in Bavaria from 3.41 to 4 percent of economic output. Research funding would be guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Greens want to spend more money on research. Today it is 3.41 percent of economic output. It should become 4 percent. Research should serve sustainability.

The Greens want to use public money to double private investments in diverse founding teams, up to 50,000 euros. The aim is more founders and more investors from these groups.

Some groups rarely start companies, for example women or people with a migration background. The Greens want to change that. People who invest in such teams get the same amount on top from the state. This applies up to 50,000 euros. There will also be a second center for women founders.

The Greens want stronger support at universities for start-ups with sustainability goals. Think tanks are to bring together academia, business and society, and founders are to be allowed to use university rooms and technology.

The Greens want to support start-ups at universities. This is about ideas that help the environment and society. Founders should be able to use university rooms and data centers. That makes starting less risky.

The Greens want to refocus Bavaria's tourism funding on sustainability and adaptation to global warming. State money for snow cannons would end. Workers and residents in tourist regions are also meant to be better off.

The Greens want tourism that protects nature. The state should stop paying for snow cannons. Towns get advice and money to make the change. People who live and work there should have better lives and jobs.

The Greens want to boost sales of regional products with digital marketplaces, delivery services and funding. In every county, regional managers are to advise and connect producers and retailers.

Many people like to buy products from their region. The Greens want to support this. There should be online marketplaces for these products. Every county should have regional managers. They advise local producers and shops.

The SPD wants to manage the changes in the economy and the world of work with a new transformation agency, regional networks and a fund. Bavaria's economy is to stay strong, become climate neutral and be more balanced regionally and socially.

The economy is changing a lot, for example because of climate and computers. The SPD wants to start a new agency for this. The agency advises companies and brings help and courses together. There should be networks in the regions. A new fund should pay for this.

The SPD wants to keep Bavaria an industrial state and invest in research, digitalization, startups and the skilled trades. It commits to sustainable growth and rejects a policy of degrowth. Support for the trades is to be tied to collective bargaining coverage.

The SPD wants Bavaria's economy to stay strong. It wants to spend more on research. Young companies should get more help. Skilled trades should get grants when someone takes over a business. Bavaria should lead in recycling.

The SPD wants international trade agreements to contain enforceable rules on sustainability, human rights and decent work. The Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act) is to be complied with and tightened. Bavaria's offices abroad are to help companies meet such standards and build partnerships that include civil society.

The SPD wants stricter rules for trade with other countries. Companies should respect human rights, the environment and fair work. The supply chain law should become stricter. This law makes companies check human rights at their suppliers too. Bavaria's offices abroad should help companies with this.