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Hamburg’s coal club against Corona: 2,200 euros per inhabitant

The Hamburg Senate has presented its budget with which it wants to fight the consequences of the corona virus. € 2,100 new loans per inhabitant are planned.

  • Hamburg Senate * presented household.
  • Coronavirus * pandemic is happening Billion loans necessary.
  • Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher * (SPD) stops Investment plan fest.

Hamburg – The Coronavirus-Pandemic Hamburg is not only bad for health. Financially, too Hanseatic city in front of a huge Challenge. With around four billion euros in new loans within two years, i.e. 2,200 euros per inhabitant, the Citizens and the economy to be helped.

City in Germany: Hamburg
Population: 1.845 million (June 30, 2020)
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Hamburg’s budget in the coronavirus pandemic: billions in loans for investment program

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the Hamburg Senate the cornerstones of his budget for the next two years. The plans are dominated by the Coronavirus-Pandemic. The second wave of the pathogen is just breaking over Hamburg in. The incidence value on the day of the press conference was 58.9 *. This means that almost sixty people per 100,000 inhabitants will be new to the in the past seven days Coronavirus have infected. From a value of fifty a city is considered Risk area.

Hamburg’s finance senator Wolfgang Dressel (SPD) and the first mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) have decided on loans worth billions. (24hamburg.de assembly)

© Markus Scholz / dpa & Monika Skolimowska / dpa

So it’s a tough time planning the household. But the Hanseatic City of Hamburg has a plan for how to deal with the economic consequences of the Coronavirus-Pandemic wants to fight. So explained Hamburg’s Senator for Finance Andreas Dressel (SPD): “We want to be in the currently worsening Corona-Lage still not against crisis to save. That’s why we have for ours city very amicable a responsible way between Crisis management and Shaping the future for the two coming Fiscal years sketched. “

Hamburg does not want to save in the coronavirus pandemic

This sketch provides that the Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 2021 a whopping 2.4 billion euros Credit records. Another 1.7 billion euros in 2022. That makes a total of 4.1 billion euros. So around 2,200 euros per inhabitant. Accordingly that should money be used for the Citizens to help and the economy in Momentum to keep. 900 million euros flow into it Economic stabilization program (HWSP). From the pot Investments in the education, the Climate protection, the digitalization, the Mobilitätswende, the research and in Innovation be made.

The city hits the hole particularly hard tax income. Around five billion euros are missing government. But the newly formed Hamburg Senate nevertheless wants to hold on to projects that have already been announced. Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) said: “Despite the corona-related Reduced tax receipts we will Focus of Government program consistently pursued. ”That means that ninety million euros for the expansion of the public Local public transport to provide.

Hamburg is planning a consolidated budget: but only after the coronavirus pandemic

Also for that environmental Protection ample funds are provided. Hamburg’s Senator for the Environment, Jens Kerstan (Greens) receives 227 million euros a year. Not included are the funds required for the new one Subway line U5 are planned – another 550 million euros.

Despite the adverse Framework and the new one Debt, holds Finance Senator Andreas Dressel (SPD) fixed in the plan, the household to consolidate. Just not in the middle of it Coronavirus-Pandemic. The disbursed coronavirus emergency loans would be repaid from 2025. The Authorities Save 250 million euros per year. One targetwhich only has to be implemented when the coronavirus pandemic could supposedly be over.

Fit for the coronavirus crisis: Hamburg’s economic growth has created a financial foundation

That Hamburg in the Coronavirus-Pandemic is financially capable of action, owes the Hanseatic city the good Economic growth the past few years, stated Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD). That got way above that National average and also well above that of Bayern and Baden-Württemberg located.

How long the Coronavirus-Pandemic is still going to take, is completely open. The Winter Dome 2020 is to be canceled due to the current infection situation *. The Christmas markets are also on the brink. Even if the organizers of Santa Pauli have already announced their party on the Spielbudenplatz on the Reeperbahn *. A coronavirus vaccine * is likely to be a long time coming, despite initial attempts on test subjects at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf * (UKE). * 24hamburg.de is part of the Ippen digital network.

List of rubric lists: © Markus Scholz / dpa & Monika Skolimowska / dpa

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