Where Germany’s seven parties stand on the big issues
Years to citizenship, dual nationality, the minimum wage, the rent cap, the Blue Card, tuition fees. For each statement we looked up where CDU/CSU, AfD, SPD, the Greens, Die Linke, BSW and the FDP stand in their manifestos for the 2025 federal election, with the original German and the page number. Read the positions, then take the quiz to see where you stand.
CDU/CSUAfDSPDGreensDie LinkeBSWFDP
Migration & citizenship
- Skilled immigrationGermany should make it easier for skilled workers from outside the EU to come and work here.
- Dual citizenshipPeople who become German citizens should be able to keep their previous citizenship (dual citizenship).
- Refusing entry at bordersPeople who come through another EU country and want to claim asylum in Germany should be turned away right at the German border.
- Stricter naturalisationThe bar for becoming a German citizen should be raised further, for example by requiring people to live in Germany longer before they can apply.
- Asylum seekers working at onceAsylum seekers should be allowed to work legally as soon as they have applied.
Work & welfare
Housing
Transport
Foreign policy & defence
- Military aid to UkraineGermany should keep supporting Ukraine with weapons and military equipment.
- Bringing back conscriptionGermany should bring back compulsory military service (conscription).
- Resuming Russian gasGermany should start buying natural gas from Russia again.
- At least 2% for defenceGermany should keep its defence budget at 2% of GDP or more for the long term.
Tax & budget
Energy & climate
- Return to nuclear powerGermany should go back to generating electricity from nuclear power.
- End of combustion-engine banThe EU rule that bans sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 should be scrapped.
- Climate neutrality by 2045Germany should reach climate neutrality (net-zero greenhouse gas emissions) by 2045 at the latest.
- Paying a climate dividendMoney raised through carbon pricing should be paid back directly to people in cash, as a climate dividend (Klimageld).
Health insurance
Society & rights
- Cannabis legalisationCannabis use should stay legal for adults.
- Voting at 16The voting age for Bundestag elections should be lowered to 16.
- Facial recognition at stationsThe police should be allowed to use automated facial recognition in public places such as railway stations.
- Decriminalising abortionAbortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy should be fully legal and no longer covered by criminal law.
- Self-Determination Act repealThe 2024 Self-Determination Act (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz), which lets adults change their registered gender by making a declaration at the registry office, should be repealed.
China policy
EU
Where do you stand on this one?
This is one of the statements in the German Party Spectrum Quiz. The whole quiz takes about five minutes and shows how your views split across the seven parties, plus your place on an economic and social map. No sign-up, and we never ask who you are.
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