What does the federal government take on?

Question of costs still unresolved shortly before G7 summit

Created: 06/24/2022, 07:11

Who bears the costs for the G7 summit?

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The G7 summit in 2022 at Schloss Elmau is imminent.

The Free State estimates around 188 million euros - how much does the federal government take on?

Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Bavaria estimates around 188 million euros for the G7 summit.

From the point of view of the state government, the federal government should at least pay, after all, it is the organizer.

But nothing seems to have been clarified so far.

G7 summit 2022 in Elmau: Who will bear the costs?

A few days before the start of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau, it is still unclear who will bear the costs of deploying the police and security forces.

It is expected that the federal government will participate as an organizer, a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior told the German Press Agency.

"However, the relevant negotiations have not yet been completed."

The Free State continues to expect total costs of around 188 million euros, but actually always wanted the federal government to assume the costs.

However, he only planned to spend 80 million euros on the meeting.

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The state chairman of the German Police Union in Bavaria, Jürgen Köhnlein, estimates that more than a quarter of all Bavarian officials are on duty in Elmau during the summit days.

In the other regions of the Free State you have the same amount of work with fewer people.

With two G7 summits within a few years, "Bavaria has fulfilled its target for the next 100 years," said Köhnlein.

The federal government should not duck when it comes to the question of costs.

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