Tag: federalism
Deutschlandticket: Bundestag decides on financing
platform The planned “Deutschlandticket” is to start on May 1st with an introductory price of 49 euros per month. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikita) Berlin The Bundestag has decided to finance the 49-euro…
Countries bunker local transport money in the amount of 4.6 billion
commuter train The states are responsible for local transport, but demand a lot of money from the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Frank Sorge) Berlin The budget politicians of the traffic light…
How the states exempt the federal government
Federal Audit Office Sharp criticism of the financial management of the federal and state governments comes from the authority in Bonn. (Photo: IMAGO/Dominik Bund) Berlin The Federal Court of Auditors…
The federal government sees the responsibility of the states
DB regional express The federal government refuses to talk to the states every year about how high the ticket price should be. (Photo: imago/Ralph Peters) Berlin The federal government refuses…
The price of the 49-euro ticket wobbles right from the start
Regional trains at Hamburg Central Station The new nationwide ticket is deliberately called “Deutschlandticket” so as not to be tied to the introductory price of 49 euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
States and municipalities are demanding more money
Refugee accommodation in Berlin Cities and municipalities warn of overloading. (Photo: imago/Christian Mang) Berlin A few days before the refugee summit, a dispute broke out at Federal Interior Minister Nancy…
Public finances: poor federal government, rich countries
There is an often overlooked gap in the debate about public finances: the German state ended the past year with a deficit of a good 100 billion euros. The deficit…
How federal, state and local governments are undermining federalism
Berlin Shortly before Christmas, Bundestag Vice President Yvonne Magwas brought the 3,600 residents the good news: “Bad Elster can tackle the expansion of the gym,” emblazoned above the constituency announcement…
Bavaria receives the most funding from the federal government
Berlin After a year of dispute, the federal and state governments have agreed in principle on how they want to promote the expansion of the fiber optic network in uneconomic…
Digitization of administration: Federal government leaves schedule open
authorities room The federal states had until the end of 2022 to digitize all 575 administrative services and offer them online. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior,…
Digitization of administration: Federal government leaves schedule open
authorities room The federal states had until the end of 2022 to digitize all 575 administrative services and offer them online. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior,…
Berlin was supposed to become a Washington DC on a small scale
Brandenburg Gate Berlin needs a new start. Maybe along the lines of Washington DC? (Photo: Reuters) The summit against youth violence ended with a lukewarm appeal that the riots on…
Germany needs a fundamental state reform
cartoon To a large extent, the state has stumbled through the crises. (Photo: Burkhard Mohr) In a small group, Volker Wissing (FDP) recently expressed a bitter truth. The turnaround in…
The federal states want to have a loud say in the federal government again
Berlin After a good year of government by the traffic light coalition at federal level, the political climate in the federal system has changed. “As with citizen income, we will…
The federal states want to have a loud say in the federal government again
Berlin After a good year of government by the traffic light coalition at federal level, the political climate in the federal system has changed. “As with citizen income, we will…
The federal states want to have a loud say in the federal government again
Berlin After a good year of government by the traffic light coalition at federal level, the political climate in the federal system has changed. “As with citizen income, we will…
Federal Minister of Justice Buschmann: “Countries can introduce compulsory insurance”
Berlin A mandatory insurance against natural hazards for buildings desired by the federal states will not be implemented by the federal government for the time being. Federal Minister of Justice…
SPD and FDP reprimand Annalena Baerbock for national security strategy
Berlin The domestic policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, Sebastian Hartmann, warns the Foreign Office headed by department head Annalena Baerbock (Greens) that the national security strategy will fail…
“The Deutschlandticket will come now”
49-euro Germany ticket The federal and state governments had agreed to share the cost of the “Germany ticket” with 1.5 billion euros each. However, the federal states, like many transport…
Auditors warn of an expensive deal
Berlin The federal states will again discuss the implementation of planned relief in the energy crisis with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) this Thursday. There is still a need for clarification…