CDU parliamentary group leader: the way for the 2022 state budget is clear
Created: 01/26/2022, 19:55
Mario Voigt, Thuringia's CDU faction leader.
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The state budget for this year has cleared another hurdle.
The heads of the opposition CDU parliamentary group and the red-red-green minority coalition agreed on Wednesday evening on a number of legislative changes and reform projects, as CDU parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt told the German Press Agency in Erfurt.
This clears the way for the decision of the budget committee this Thursday and the adoption of the budget with a volume of around 11.9 billion euros at the end of next week.
Erfurt - "We have reached an understanding," said Voigt.
The CDU parliamentary group, which had set conditions for its approval of the budget, had achieved a lot in the negotiations.
Among other things, Voigt called for a review of the Public Procurement Act by the end of September with the aim of simplifying it.
It has been agreed that the application process will be made less bureaucratic for the four Sunday shopping days that are regulated by the Shop Opening Act.
In addition, there will be an anti-bureaucracy commission in Thuringia in the future, which will examine existing regulations in the state.
dpa