Education and climate protection, traffic and pandemics, digitization and the housing market.
There are huge problems that the municipalities of Baden-Württemberg will have to solve in the coming years.
But who should pay for that?
Stuttgart - In the shadow of the rising Corona values and a few days before the important budget debate, hundreds of Baden-Württemberg town hall chiefs come together in Stuttgart to reaffirm their expectations of state politics.
The municipalities are under pressure, warned Steffen Jäger, President of the Municipal Assembly, in the run-up to the so-called municipal political rally in Stuttgart today.
“The municipalities are being challenged financially like seldom before,” he said, referring to the latest figures on the need for expansion in all-day primary schools and the issues of education, climate protection and transport.
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One billion euros less trade and income tax
Lower Saxony's municipalities received almost a billion euros less in trade and income tax in the past few years than they did in 2019. The municipal finances could only be kept stable in the Corona year through substantial support from the federal and state governments, as the municipal report published on Thursday by the State Audit Office shows .
One billion euros less trade and income tax
Difficult budget negotiations expected: criticism of the plan
Next week, the state parliament will discuss the government's draft budget for the next year for the first time.
Left, SPD and Greens need four votes from the CDU or FDP to get their budget through.
Before that there are still a few hurdles.
Difficult budget negotiations expected: criticism of the plan
Greens advise on further course at party congress
There have already been two meetings between the Greens and the FDP.
Before talks with the SPD and the Union, a party congress is now discussing the further course.
Meanwhile, the SPD wants to set the pace.
Greens advise on further course at party congress
The statements of the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) are therefore eagerly awaited.
He has been confronted with the demands of the community assembly for months.
Because it is not yet clear how much the government will give cities and municipalities financial support in the coming year.
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