Status: 13.10.2023, 18:30 p.m.
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Manuela Schwesig (SPD, l), Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Malu Dreyer (SPD), Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate. © Hannes P. Albert/dpa
The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer (SPD), expressed her satisfaction with the meeting of the heads of government of the federal states. Quick and tangible measures for more order in the refugee movement have been decided, Dreyer said on Friday, according to a statement from the Mainz State Chancellery.
Frankfurt/Mainz - "Today, all the state premiers have given themselves a jolt to come to a common solution," said Dreyer. In Frankfurt, for example, it was decided that refugees with the prospect of staying should be able to work more quickly and that the introduction of payment cards would be examined. There is a need for faster repatriation of people who are obliged to leave the country and more rights to establish the identity of asylum seekers, said Dreyer.
The states agreed that in such a dynamic situation, the states and municipalities could not carry out their tasks with lump-sum financing. The basic amount of 1.25 billion euros promised by the federal government cannot be the last word - with total costs of more than 23 billion euros for states and municipalities. "We hope that this evening's meeting with the Chancellor will also send out the signal for a joint alliance of democrats for order and humanity in migration policy," Dreyer added on Friday.
The Chancellor had introduced the term "Germany Pact" during a general debate in the Bundestag and called for a national effort to modernise the country. To this end, the traffic light coalition, opposition, states and municipalities should work together better than before. The pact is intended to make Germany faster, more modern and safer.
Scholz wanted to meet on Friday evening with Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU), Lower Saxony's head of government Stephan Weil as SPD representative of the states, as well as opposition leader and CDU leader Friedrich Merz in Berlin. Dpa