The Ampel coalition agreement is said to be almost ready, and the first drafts for lists of ministers are circulating in Berlin.
It should be a rather un-Bavarian alliance.
This is not a question of local patriotism - but of many billions of euros.
Munich - Two months ago, Andreas Scheuer received praise from Bavaria, which earned him anger and anger in the rest of the republic.
The CSU * chairman Markus Söder * wanted to say something nice about the permanently wealthy Federal Minister of Transport *.
"You brought us a lot of money to Bavaria *", said Söder during a party conference speech and repeated with energetically waving hands: "I don't know any ministers who bring as much money to Bavaria as Andi."
Applause at the party congress, bewilderment in the north, east and west: Söder bluntly named the unspoken understanding of office for CSU federal ministers.
They should bring more money to Bavaria than the Free State would be entitled to according to calculation keys.
Bavaria first, that's how it went in 16 years of union government.
The matter of course ends now.
For the first time in 16 years of federal government without the CSU
The new federal government wants to take office in December *.
No more CSU in it, which also sees itself as a Bavarian lobby party.
How much Bavaria is now in the coalition depends on the SPD *, Greens * and FDP *.
First and foremost, it's a question of people.
Bavarian ministerial candidates are rare at traffic lights.
Green parliamentary group leader Anton Hofreiter from the Munich district is considered set *, maybe even again for the topic of transport.
The FDP probably has no ministerial candidate from the Free State.
The Franconian financial politician Katja Hessel is mentioned here and there as a maybe state secretary.
Even with the SPD, which has been in constant opposition in Bavaria for decades, the only thing that comes up here is the name of Bärbel Kofler, a native of Freilassing.
The Franconian health politician Sabine Dittmar is also named for the second row.
That's not a lot with around 15 departments.
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Söder already coined the saying "stones instead of bread"
There is no doubt: the CSU will fervently point out how the traffic lights disadvantage the south.
“Stones instead of bread” will be given to Bavaria, says Söder since October.
This is about more than sensitivities.
Bringing back investments was not invented by the CSU.
An example from the last legislative period: CDU Research Minister Anja Karliczek directed a 500 million cash injection for a battery research center to Münster.
She ignored the advice of experts, the anger from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg anyway, and the following protest by the Federal Audit Office.
Bavaria preferred?
CSU refers to fast administration in the Free State
You don't always have to be so clumsy.
In the CSU it is said that a lot of money flows to Bavaria because the administration is faster there.
If an infrastructure project gets stuck somewhere in the republic, if funds are left behind, a Bavarian project that is ready for construction is immediately on hand as a substitute.
The
Spiegel
recently added up the numbers
.
Accordingly, during the term of office of the CSU Minister Scheuer, 6.3 billion euros flowed into Bavarian federal highways, a good 21 percent of the total.
According to the “Königsteiner key” (a rule of thumb for the distribution of funds among the federal states), Bavaria would only be entitled to 15 percent.
The larger NRW would get 21 percent - in reality, however, a few billions less in traffic.
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Successor to Andreas Scheuer?
Anton Hofreiter is considered a candidate for the post of Minister of Transport.
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Dobrindt: "Bavaria has always had transport ministers"
"Bavaria benefits considerably from the fact that it has or had federal transport ministers time and again," said Scheuer's predecessor Alexander Dobrindt, in whose constituency, incidentally, "thank you" posters hung for years for bypasses that he pushed through as a minister.
Isn't that so bad if the next Bavarian, Hofreiter, runs the transport department *?
Only then will you stop for Bavaria's rails?
Several Green politicians had criticized the CSU practice very sharply.
They speculate that the CSU transport minister would secretly pass on information to Bavaria as to when, where and how the next funding pot will be available.
However, the fight is also being waged in other departments.
The research budget, several billions in investment, is in great demand.
And the Ministry of Defense is not about cash injections, but about troop locations.
Bavaria has not yet been discussed for either ministerial post.
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