Is the Bavarian state government forgetting an entire industry in the Corona crisis?
The opposition is sounding the alarm - and there is now trouble even in the CSU.
Munich
- The
Bavarian state government
also spent a lot of money
on the economy
during the
Corona crisis
- the “Special Coalition” of
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
wanted to
prevent
the big crash in the pandemic crisis
with all their might.
But according to the opposition, it left an important group "out in the rain".
After a committee meeting on Wednesday (October 7th), among others, the state parliament SPD sounded the alarm.
Even more remarkable:
criticism
also came from the
CSU
itself.
Bavaria in the Corona crisis: Opposition angry with Söder's government - "Infrastructure is crumbling that you can watch"
It's about art and culture in the Free State.
Science Minister Bernd Sibler (CSU)
answered “none of the pressing questions” - although the affected artists and cultural workers “suffer massively”, as the SPD parliamentary group said.
“Unfortunately, the minister's report consisted of empty phrases.
Unfortunately, there were no concrete measures or declarations of intent for those involved in the cultural sector, ”said
cultural policy expert Volkmar halib
.
The state government leaves “cultural workers and solo self-employed people in the rain.
That is no longer acceptable! "
Söder's minister in the criticism - obviously also in the CSU
His
Green counterpart, Susanne Kurz
, was also appalled.
Solutions are not in sight, she tweeted: “In the meantime, the cultural infrastructure of our country is crumbling that you can watch.” It is no longer the time for “fluffy words”.
State Minister Sibler's report: the curtain closed and most questions still open.
Solutions not in sight.
Meanwhile, the cultural infrastructure of our country is crumbling that you can watch.
No more time for fluffy words! #Kulturretten #kulturkrise
- Susanne Kurz 🌻💚 (@sannekurz) October 7, 2020
But a prominent
CSU politician
also criticized the politics of his own party: A fixed number of visitors regardless of the size of the room made little sense at cultural events, complained the
former Minister of Economics Franz Josef Pschierer,
according to a report by the
BR
.
Currently in Bavaria a maximum of 200 spectators are allowed to attend concerts and the like in closed rooms.
In the open air there are 400. Pschierer is also President of the Allgäu-Swabian Music Association.
Söder's government under fire: Bavaria's culture “in the rain” - no solutions from the CSU and free voters?
The question of
opening strategies for Bavaria's cultural institutions
and an
extension of the cultural
aid remained open, half-body annoyed.
All efforts to improve had been
rejected
by the
CSU
and
Free Voters
- although they had not found any better solutions.
The Social Democrats are also angry about another detail: They wanted to stream the meeting online because there is
great interest in the topic
among
cultural workers and students
.
But the government refused.
Halbib's verdict: "The government parliamentary groups are blocking citizen-friendly and transparent parliamentary work".
In a new book, Söder himself spoke about a "political near-death experience".
It seems questionable that the struggle for the future of Bavarian culture brings him into similar hardships.
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