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Even the CSU man angry: Söder's government accepts Corona criticism - entire Bavarian industry “in the rain”?

2020-10-08T03:56:56.783Z


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.


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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)

Source: merkur

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