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In the dispute over the financing of the Corona aid within the CDU, the nerves are apparently blank.
At the weekly presidium meeting, Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier attacked his party colleague Ralph Brinkhaus sharply.
The Union parliamentary group leader had called for the countries to participate more in the aid payments.
Bouffier was visibly touched when members of the group confirmed to SPIEGEL: "I've met personally!" He also said to Brinkhaus: "I urge you to moderate yourself in the future." About the statements in the closed session The Welt reported first.
Brinkhaus receives backing from Lambrecht
Brinkhaus had reiterated his demand on Sunday evening in the ARD program »Report from Berlin«.
“Of course, the federal states have also borne their burdens, but that is out of balance.
And when it comes to the continued payment of aid, in January and into February, we expect the federal states to contribute to this aid, ”said Brinkhaus.
He received backing from Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD), who told “Welt am Sonntag”: “Fighting the pandemic is a national task that must be met by the federal and state governments.
Several prime ministers had already rejected this - albeit not as sharply as Bouffier now in the CDU presidium.
According to SPIEGEL information, Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) also responded with a critical remark to Brinkhaus' initiative.
Thuringia's finance minister Heike Taubert (SPD) told MDR that the federal states were already making a significant financial contribution to combating the crisis.
“For our Free State of Thuringia alone, we initially provided 700 million euros for direct aid in the pandemic.
There are also guarantees. "
Saxony's finance minister Hartmut Vorjohann (CDU) also criticized the MDR for giving the impression that the federal states had not yet participated.
The opposite is the case.
Saxony has launched a corona coping fund of almost seven billion euros.
It is natural for the state to support the local level, well before the federal government has given its commitment to help there as well.
The fight against the pandemic should not depend on the budget of the federal states, said Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) the broadcaster.
“Rich countries could then afford more protection and more compensation than poor ones.
Nobody can seriously wish that. "
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