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Daniel Günther (CDU), Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, at a photo opportunity after an interview in his office in the State Chancellery.
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After an initial discussion about the budget situation, the state and municipalities initially appear to be reconciled.
The state government confirmed commitments to all-day care.
Kiel - In the future, there will be 196 million euros for all-day care in Schleswig-Holstein.
This is 85 percent of the investment costs that the state government had promised, said Prime Minister Daniel Günther on Thursday after a meeting with the municipalities.
The CDU politician explained that the tense budget situation could only be solved by the state and local authorities working together.
The state government also stands behind the promises it made to the municipalities in September 2023.
According to Günther, the main topics discussed were the heating transition and all-day care.
In addition to the expenses for all-day care, there are around 105 million euros that are available to support the municipal heating transition.
The meeting between municipalities and the state government was the first of its kind, explained the mayor of Neumünster, Anna-Katharina Schättiger.
“We also signaled from the start that we were looking for a consensus.” It was good that the state government signaled that it stood by its commitments.
The municipalities were also assigned tasks by the federal government.
Schättiger said: “The federal government usually doesn’t give much thought to where the financing comes from.” The state government and the municipalities would come together for further discussions.
Only on Tuesday did the state government announce that it would save one billion euros in the budget by 2030 and also spend reserves from the pension fund.
The aim is to gradually bring income and expenses back into line.
These announced steps were met with criticism from associations and the opposition.
dpa