Von Dassel: Discussion about administrative reform is pointless

The district mayor of Berlin-Mitte, Stephan von Dassel, sees a lot of room for improvement in the administration.

However, the Green politician does not think that more power for the Senate is the solution.

“I find the discussion a little bit idle.

She always comes back at the beginning of an electoral term, "said von Dassel of the German press agency.

"If you are honest, you always get the same result:

Berlin - Actually, the responsibilities are clearly regulated, and administrative problems are often associated with a lack of resources. "

Berlin's former governing mayor, Klaus Wowereit, criticized last week that the twelve Berlin districts had too much power and that the administration of the capital was “worse off than any district savings bank”.

Von Dassel thinks the first point is wrong.

"Very large municipalities that are organized very decentrally, London for example, also work."

The Green politician continues: "I said ten years ago: If someone can prove to me that Berlin works better without district citizenship offices, without city councils and without district mayors, then I'll be the first to give up my job." has been provided.

“That's why the following also applies here: where is an example of districts blocking?” Flat-rate bashing does not bring anything.

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But even from Dassel's point of view, not everything is going smoothly: “There is a case where both are responsible, as was the case with the Müllerstrasse cycle path, where we got terribly caught between the district and the country,” he said.

"We are not in a position to then say that two administrative units now have to function as one unit for four weeks and not just write letters to each other."

Von Dassel finds some things simply over-bureaucratized: "Sometimes you ask yourself - at zebra crossings for example - why do we have to ask the head office?", Says the district mayor.

"And if we have listed buildings and have to approve a new railing, two monument protection authorities have to do that, the lower and the upper - what is that for?"

He finds Wowereit's savings bank comparison understandable: “That is partly true in the technical area.

If we cannot send an electronic vacation request within our houses, then that is not the standard that every small business enterprise has. ”Dpa