What do the parties in Rhineland-Palatinate say on the economy?

The AfD wants to waive exam fees for master craftsman candidates who pass and to raise the advancement bonus. The Meisterbrief (master craftsman certificate) should not be put on a par with shorter substitute qualifications. The platform argues that university study is free of fees while master training is not.

The AfD wants to help craft workers become masters. People who pass the master exam should pay no fees. They should also get a bigger bonus. The master title should stay as demanding as it is now.

The AfD wants to relieve businesses in the state of bureaucracy. An independent regulatory review council would examine rules, and two existing rules would be scrapped for every new one. The platform sees the bureaucratic burden as a competitive disadvantage.

The AfD wants fewer rules for businesses. An independent council should check old and new rules. For every new rule, two old ones should go. The AfD says too many rules hurt businesses.

The AfD wants more business startups by expanding founder stipends and appointing a startup commissioner. State venture capital funds would get more money, and handing over existing firms would become easier. The platform notes that the state ranks 13th of 16 in startup formations per capita.

The AfD wants more people to start businesses. Founders should get more stipends. A commissioner should connect founders and investors. Young firms should get money more easily. Handing a firm over to a successor should also be easier.

The AfD wants to loosen the state's store-hours law. Stores would be allowed to stay open until midnight, and municipalities could permit six instead of four shopping Sundays a year. The platform considers the current rules stricter than in neighboring states and a disadvantage for businesses and customers.

The AfD wants stores to be allowed to open longer. In the evening they could stay open until midnight. There should be six instead of four Sundays with open stores. Stores without staff should be able to open around the clock.

The AfD wants to support restaurants and bars through less bureaucracy and lower taxes. The Schankerlaubnissteuer (liquor license tax) would be abolished immediately, and the reduced VAT rate would also apply to drinks. A new umbrella brand is meant to bring more tourists to the state.

The AfD wants to help restaurants and bars. A tax on the license to serve drinks should go. There should be less sales tax on drinks. Ads across Germany should bring more vacationers to the state.

The AfD wants to shield small and mid-sized businesses from additional requirements and give them a larger share of funding programs. New laws would be checked in advance for their effects on these firms. Public tenders should become simpler, faster and legally more certain so that small firms can bid too.

The AfD wants to strengthen small and mid-sized businesses. New laws should be checked first for their effects on these businesses. EU and federal rules should not be applied more strictly than needed. Government contracts should be easier to get.

The CDU wants to strengthen small and mid-sized businesses and the skilled trades with faster permits, less regulation and no tax increases. Funding programs are to be merged and simplified, and very small programs scrapped. Municipalities are to get enough money to be able to lower their local tax rates.

The CDU wants to help small and mid-sized businesses. Permits should come faster. There should be fewer rules. Funding programs should become simpler. The party wants to end very small funding programs.

The CDU wants to reduce bureaucracy in four steps: when laws are drafted, when they are enforced, by scrapping existing rules and through fully digital procedures. The program calls bureaucracy the biggest brake on innovation in the state.

The CDU wants less red tape. New laws should cause less paperwork. Old rules should be checked and removed. Applications should be digital. Often a simple notice should replace a permit.

The CDU wants Rhineland-Palatinate to remain an industrial state. Electricity prices are to fall, permits are to come faster, carbon capture is to be allowed, and land for new business sites is to be held in reserve together with municipalities.

The CDU wants to keep industry in the state. Electricity should get cheaper. Permits should come faster. Companies should be allowed to capture and store CO₂. Towns should keep land ready for new businesses.

The CDU wants to give targeted support to the defense and arms sector in the state. It points to location advantages from the Bundeswehr, the procurement office in Koblenz and the US forces.

The CDU wants to support companies that work for defense. The state has German and US troops. The CDU sees this as an advantage. This should create new jobs.

The CDU wants to make it easier to found companies and improve access to capital, especially in later funding rounds. Universities and businesses are to work more closely together, and new ideas could be tested under temporary exemptions from state law.

The CDU wants to support new companies. Founders should get money more easily. Universities and companies should work together more. New ideas can be tested even where state rules stand in the way. This would apply only for a limited time.

The CDU wants to make tourism more digital and more visible internationally and to make downtowns more attractive. This includes legally secure shopping Sundays in all cities, a culture funding law and easier reuse of empty buildings.

The CDU wants to bring more visitors to the state. It wants to build more bike and hiking trails. Downtowns should become livelier. Stores should be able to open safely on some Sundays. Empty buildings should be easier to use in new ways.

The Greens want to support mid-sized companies and industry in digitalization and climate-neutral production, among other things with a credit-financed RLP-Zukunftsfonds (future fund). In the party's view, economic success and climate protection belong together.

The Greens want to help small and mid-sized companies. The companies should become more digital and climate-friendly. There should be a future fund for this. The state would borrow money for it. Unneeded red tape should go.

The Greens want to make the Meisterbrief (master craftsman certificate) free of charge in order to tackle the shortage of skilled workers in the trades and lower financial barriers. In addition, dual vocational training is to become more attractive and starting a trade business easier to finance.

The Greens want the master craftsman certificate to be free. This should help more people become masters in a trade. People who start a business should get loans more easily. Trainees should get affordable housing and a cheaper ticket for buses and trains.

The Greens want to expand state support for new businesses and draw up a dedicated startup strategy for Rhineland-Palatinate. Young companies should get easier access to venture capital and stay in the state after their founding phase. The platform sees startups as drivers of innovation.

The Greens want more support for new companies. The state should make a plan for this. Founders should get money from investors more easily. The new companies should stay in the state.

The Greens focus on nature experiences in tourism and want to speed up the expansion of hiking and cycling trails. The state's protected areas would get more staff and funding. Recreation in nature and the preservation of biodiversity should be possible side by side.

The Greens want more vacations in nature. They want to build hiking and cycling trails faster. Protected areas should get more money and more staff. Animals and plants should stay protected.

The Greens want to double the number of businesses and facilities in the state certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All), a label for verified accessibility. Low-income families would also get more help with family vacations. According to the platform, vacations in the state should be open to everyone.

The Greens want vacations to be possible for everyone. More hotels and offers should be accessible. Accessible means people with disabilities can use them too. Families with little money should get more help for vacations.

The SPD announces a decade of high public investment. Money from the federal special fund plus additional state funds is to go into transport routes, digital networks, and universities and research.

The SPD wants to invest a lot of money for ten years. The money comes from the federal government and the state. It should go to roads and railways. Fast internet, universities and research should also get money.

The SPD wants to target the state's support tools, especially loan guarantees, at companies that have to transform. This is meant to keep investment possible even in uncertain markets and to keep industrial jobs in the state.

Many companies have to change a lot. The SPD wants to help them. The state should guarantee loans for these companies more often. A guarantee means the state steps in if the company cannot pay. This should keep jobs in the state.

The SPD wants to found a "Standortgesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz" as a single point of contact for companies looking to set up in the state. A "commercial land turbo" is also meant to create new commercial and industrial sites across the state.

The SPD wants more companies to come to the state. There should be one central office for this. Companies get all their advice there. New land for businesses should also become available faster.

The SPD wants to simplify more rules, shorten planning and permitting procedures and digitalize processes. Workers' rights, consumer protection and the goal of climate neutrality are to remain untouched.

The SPD wants less red tape for companies. Permits should come faster. Many things should be done digitally. The rights of workers and consumers stay protected. Climate protection also remains a goal.

The SPD wants to develop the state's innovation fund further and introduce growth financing for young companies. Small and mid-sized businesses are to get an "AI check," and skilled trades an innovation bonus for AI applications.

The SPD wants to support young companies with new ideas. They should also get money to grow after they are founded. Small companies should get help with AI. AI means artificial intelligence. Skilled-trade businesses should get a bonus for using AI.

The SPD wants to strengthen the skilled trades and dual vocational training and attract more young people to trade occupations. The Aufstiegsbonus (advancement bonus) is to be expanded, and in the long run master craftsman training should be free of fees.

The SPD wants to strengthen the skilled trades. More young people should learn a trade. Training to become a master craftsman should one day be free. A master title should count as much as a university degree.

The SPD wants to market Rhineland-Palatinate more uniformly as a travel destination and create a joint tourism umbrella brand. The tourism strategy is to be implemented and developed further, and the sector's digitalization is to be advanced.

The SPD wants to bring more vacationers to Rhineland-Palatinate. The state should advertise with one shared brand. Guests should be able to do everything for their trip digitally. Nature and culture should be protected.

The SPD wants to make the state's funding programs simpler and give municipalities more responsibility of their own. Public procurement is to move faster, permits are to be standardized and sector-specific procedures digitized.

The SPD wants to hand out state funding in a simpler way. Towns should decide more for themselves. Public contracts should be awarded faster. Permits should work in a similar way everywhere and be digital.