As of: March 24, 2024, 5:43 p.m
By: Andreas Seiler
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When handing over the open letter and the signatures: (from left) District Administrator Anton Speer, Erwin Mayr and Ohlstadt's mayor Christian Scheuerer.
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Erwin Mayr from Wallgau strongly criticizes the traffic light government.
With an open letter and 750 signatures he calls for change.
Wallgau – Things have become a bit quieter around the farmers' protests.
However, dissatisfaction with the course of the red-green-yellow federal government is not letting up.
This is shown by a protest action by Erwin Mayr from Wallgau.
The haulage contractor from the Isar Valley has now handed over an open letter together with around 750 signatures from supporters to District Administrator Anton Speer (Free Voters) and the spokesman for the district mayors, Ohlstadt's town hall boss Christian Scheuerer (non-party).
Tenor of the letter, which primarily denounces the problems in agriculture and health care and does not skimp on a dramatic choice of words: Things cannot continue like this at the federal level.
“Do our clinics have to die first and then the farmers?” is the rhetorical question in the headline.
It goes on to say that Germany is in an “existential crisis” and that it is “less than five to twelve”.
Mayr is no stranger.
He is one of the harshest traffic light critics in the region.
In January he organized the first protest trip for farmers in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
At the beginning of February he spoke at a memorial fire at the Farchanter roundabout, which was attended by around 600 people.
Increase pressure on politicians
The 57-year-old, who, as he emphasizes, does not belong to a party, wants to wake up the population and increase the pressure on politicians.
“You have to make a racket for something to happen,” he says.
The anger letter in question, which is addressed to all district councilors and district mayors, is also intended to serve this purpose.
According to Mayr, it was not written by himself, but by a CSU representative who did not want to be named.
And what is the aim of the campaign?
“New elections would be my great hope,” says Mayr.
But he adds that it is not very likely that this will happen.
Perhaps, according to his calculations, the FDP will pull the emergency brake.
Mayr is thinking about a right-wing conservative coalition between the Union and the AfD - despite all the black people's firewall vows.
“The AfD would have to say goodbye to the right wing completely,” he adds.
And what does he say about right-wing populists' considerations of leaving the European Union, the euro area or NATO?
“That’s not possible,” said Mayr.
“This is unacceptable.”
Clinical deficit is a central issue
According to his own statements, the Wallgauer and his colleagues have joined forces to form a loose group that calls itself “Stop the traffic lights”.
The letter in question addresses an issue that is currently causing concern for many district politicians: the exploding deficit at the district hospital.
The effects of this misery are well known: the municipalities have to raise the millions through a higher district levy - and consequently save money on important local projects.
For Mayr and his allies, the culprit is clear: Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
“Despite widely audible cries for help from the health sector, it appears that the clinics are deliberately working towards a market shakeout,” the letter reads.
As in agriculture, compensation for inflation is refused - and the clinics are forced to "accumulate ever larger deficits".
The Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic is a “successful model” that is now “being driven to the wall by those responsible in the federal government due to the municipalities and districts ultimately being overwhelmed.”