The Bavarian SPD wants more help for the needy and the FDP in the state parliament also criticizes the CSU plans. Meanwhile, the AfD is asking for Russian gas.
The guarantees to businesses and aid to social institutions for one billion euros announced by Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) have had a mixed response from the small opposition parties in the state parliament.
“It is reasonable that Söder is doing something now, but the state government could do much more,” says SPD faction leader Florian von Brunn in an interview with our editors. In his view, the Free State of Bavaria would have the financial leeway to relieve more of those in need and do more to create affordable housing. At the meeting of the parliamentary group in Nuremberg, the SPD parliamentary group supported, among other things, a fund for winter heating, additional support for hospitals and a 29 euro ticket.
FDP parliamentary group leader: “It would be nice if Bavaria didn’t block the aid package”
The federal government gives a lot in relation, says von Brunn and calculates that the subsidy already decided for a family with two children amounted to around 2,000 euros. “And this”, he is convinced, “will not be the end of the road.” The federal SPD is now also discussing a cap for the price of gas. If the price continues to rise, “then we need more”.
FDP parliamentary group leader Martin Hagen similarly comments on Söder’s announcements. “It is good that the state government is finally doing more instead of pointing the finger at Berlin. It was late,” says Hagen, defending the traffic light from criticism from Bavaria. He fails to understand that the CSU is fighting the dismantling of the cold progression foreseen in the federal aid package. “It would be nice if Bavaria didn’t block the aid package.” After all, the CSU had been calling for a reduction in the progression of cold for years.
Resistance to successor for “incomprehensible” nine euro note
Furthermore, Bavaria’s resistance to a settlement following the nine-euro bill is completely incomprehensible. After all, the CSU and Freie Wahler themselves announced a 365-euro local transport ticket to Bavaria and, according to the original plans, they wanted to pay for it themselves. “Now the federal government is closing in and Bavaria says no. It’s incomprehensible,” says Hagen.
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Gerd Mannes, deputy head of the AfD parliamentary group in the state parliament, testifies to the state government that “in its disorientation it has once again made a 180-degree turn” and has seized essential parts of the AfD’s demands. Overall, the Söder government’s energy policy is a declaration of bankruptcy. “What we need now is a permanent and affordable energy supply for Bavaria. Put simply, this means more gas, electricity and oil on the market. This requires an immediate return to cheap coal power, nuclear power and Russian energy supplies, “says Mannes.
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