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Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU)
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In the dispute over the radio license fee for the public broadcasters, the CDU insists in the Magdeburg state parliament on preventing a planned increase by withdrawing the corresponding state treaty.
Instead, the amount of the contribution should be renegotiated promptly under the impression of the corona crisis, said CDU parliamentary group leader Siegfried Borgwardt.
The MPs had previously voted on a corresponding proposal at a morning meeting.
According to SPIEGEL information, two MPs voted against it.
His group is keeping its word, said Borgwardt.
With her there will be no increase.
SPD demands answer from Laschet
With the proposal from Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff, which became known the day before, the CDU will now be in talks with the coalition partners SPD and Greens at noon, who are in favor of increasing the contribution.
So far, it is not only becoming apparent that Saxony-Anhalt is blocking the increase in the radio license fee by 86 cents to 18.36 euros per month.
Since the SPD and the Greens want to support the State Treaty, but the CDU and the AfD are against it, there is also a premature end to the black-red-green state government.
The CDU could form a majority against the will of its coalition partners and with the AfD.
The CDU federal leadership is still holding back.
“The top leadership of the CDU must intervene now and take care of its southpaw.
Otherwise there is a risk of a reactionary majority in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, "said Carsten Schneider, parliamentary manager of the SPD parliamentary group, the SPIEGEL.
He doubts whether CDU boss Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, after Thomas Kemmerich's election as prime minister in Thuringia - with votes from the AfD - can achieve more than inconsequential words, said Schneider.
»Nothing has been heard from Armin Laschet, her deputy and aspirant for the successor, on this crucial question.
The CDU is silent and thereby accepts responsibility. "
The Greens in the federal government are also trying to increase the pressure.
“The Greens in Saxony-Anhalt are working hard to find a solution to this crisis and to build bridges.
That is anything but easy in the situation, "said Greens boss Robert Habeck to SPIEGEL.
He supported the proposal by Sebastian Striegel, head of the Green Party in Saxony-Anhalt.
Accordingly, the state treaty should now be decided.
But in view of the corona pandemic, the premium increase should not come into force until July 1, 2021.
The coalition committee meets at noon
“I really hope that the CDU will also be interested in a constructive solution.
Hopefully she has now realized what it is about. «It should not happen that the CDU and the AfD do common cause and overturn the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty, said Habeck.
At noon, the coalition committee meets in the State Chancellery in Magdeburg.
Possible ways out of the crisis are to be discussed at the meeting.
On Wednesday, the media committee in the state parliament must finally discuss a recommendation for a resolution.
In the middle of December, the vote in the state parliament, which Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) wants to bypass.
The next steps of the coalition are being closely monitored nationwide.
Most state parliaments have already approved the increase on January 1, 2021, or have signaled that they will.
Saxony-Anhalt is considered the only wobbly candidate.
If a country does not ratify the treaty by the end of the year, it does not come into force.
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