Government Funding for Political Education: Implications for 2024

So now none Cuts in political education? In her welcoming speech at the Federal Congress, the Federal Minister of the Interior announced political education Nancy Faeser a few days ago: “The Federal Center for Political Education will be able to continue its projects and measures such as those to strengthen our democracy, combat right-wing extremism, and address conspiracy theories and disinformation in 2024 with the same financial volume.” And she also explained that financing: “Where the 2024 budget provides for lower funds, we will compensate for this using freely available funds from previous years as well as through reallocations within the authorities.”

But what about the other projects and programs in the area of ​​political education? The one presented in September Draft budget 2024 provides so far, overall 130 million euros for political education projects and institutions to delete. In addition to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, this also affects the Family Ministry and the Ministry of Justice. The Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) alone was originally supposed to get by with 20 million euros less.