Budget: Education largest single budget in the state budget

Budget: Education largest single budget in the state budget

Rhineland-Palatinate is investing heavily in new staff and wants to increase the number of jobs in the state. The bottom line is that the total number of jobs is expected to increase by around 1,500 next year and by another 400 the following year, as Finance Minister Doris Ahnen (SPD) announced when presenting the double … Read more

Budget: More money for citizens’ income?

Budget: More money for citizens’ income?

The Federal Ministry of Labor under Hubertus Heil (SPD) defends the financial planning for the citizen’s allowance next year. The “Bild” newspaper reported, citing documents from the ministry, that the ministry expects expenditure for next year to be 9.6 billion euros higher than officially stated. The ministry contradicted this statement – a spokesman said the … Read more

Budget emergency is imminent: Bremen must save, really

Budget emergency is imminent: Bremen must save, really

The Stability Council is forcing Bremen to make savings. It now wants to cut staff, increase fees and get rid of a few young refugees. Bremen taz First Corona, then the war in Ukraine – the crises of the past few years had long given cash-strapped Bremen more room to maneuver. The two-city state made … Read more

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees the planned cuts in the Foreign Ministry’s budget

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees the planned cuts in the Foreign Ministry’s budget

“We need international engagement to protect prosperity and security, especially here. And for that we need a nimble budget, a security budget,” said the Green Party politician in the debate on the Foreign Office’s budget in the Bundestag in Berlin. She added: “Does this budget that we are discussing here do absolutely everything we need? … Read more

Berlin | Report: No extra money for Ukraine support at first

Berlin | Report: No extra money for Ukraine support at first

Silence on details The Finance Ministry said: “In principle, however, all decisions to support Ukraine are made in close coordination with the Federal Chancellery.” A spokesman for the Federal Press Office stressed with regard to the FAS report that “no statement had been made as to whether the facts were correct or not.” The Defense … Read more

Debate about special funds – Fund for housing construction? SPD leader wants more investments – Economy

Debate about special funds – Fund for housing construction? SPD leader wants more investments – Economy

Construction companies are currently in a real crisis, said Stoch, who is also the parliamentary group leader in the state parliament. “We urgently need housing for people who are already here and for skilled workers who we urgently need. And we need construction activity to keep construction companies alive and to secure jobs in the … Read more

Comment on the budget agreement: The traffic light coalition becomes a standstill coalition

Comment on the budget agreement: The traffic light coalition becomes a standstill coalition

comment Status: 16.08.2024 17:35 The weeks of wrangling over the budget show that the federal government has apparently lost all will to cooperate. This coalition will no longer achieve anything. Will the traffic light coalition manage to produce a draft budget for the coming year in time? Hardly any other question has moved Berlin’s political … Read more

Weinstadt 2024 Investments: Growing Debt Worries Chamberlain

Weinstadt 2024 Investments: Growing Debt Worries Chamberlain

Despite a more than tense budget situation, Weinstadt is not holding back on investments in the coming year – the mountain of debt is growing significantly. This worries the chamberlain. Luitgard Schaber December 17, 2023 – 1:06 p.m Weinstadt is investing heavily in 2024 – a further 6.75 million euros alone will flow into the … Read more

Saxony-Anhalt: State parliament should declare emergency situation due to Corona special funds | MDR.DE

Saxony-Anhalt: State parliament should declare emergency situation due to Corona special funds |  MDR.DE

Only then will it be possible to finance around 60 measures and implement them in the coming years. The catalog of measures includes, among other things, the procurement of technology for the digitalization of all rescue equipment, large equipment for hospitals, digital assistance in schools and the extension of hardship aid. The measures were actually … Read more