Tariffs - Finance senator pleads for special funds for climate protection
In view of the current budgetary emergency in many federal states, Hamburg's Senator for Finance Andreas Dressel has called for a special fund for transformation and climate protection to be enshrined in the German constitution. The SPD politician told the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" newspaper that the federal government was lining its pockets following the Karlsruhe budget ruling, which meant that the federal states were missing out on tens of billions in funding for transformation and climate change. "This is a bitter pill to swallow because it involves projects for the ecological restructuring of the economy and much more that should secure and create jobs and added value." 60 percent of the Climate and Transformation Fund projects are intended for eastern Germany.
The federal states are in crisis mode, Dressel, who is leading the negotiations for the federal states in the collective bargaining round for the public sector, told the newspaper. This would also have an impact on the wage talks. "We will have to explain to the unions that this limits our options in the wage round." Dressel indicated that he would make a wage offer in the possibly decisive round of negotiations starting on December 7.
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- Despite the financial strain, the federal government is reportedly benefiting from the Karlsruhe budget ruling, resulting in reduced funding for climate protection and transformation projects in the federal states.
- The FDP, a political party in Germany, has advocated for the decoupling of subsidies for special assets like wind farms from the budget process, to ensure more predictability and sustainability.
- The ongoing budgetary crisis in several German federal states has prompted calls for the enshrining of a special fund for climate protection and transformation in the German Constitution, as proposed by Finance Senator Andreas Dressel of Hamburg.
- The climate and transformation fund allocates 60% of its projects to eastern Germany, aiming to promote green initiatives and job creation in the region.
- According to a spokesperson for the SPD, while the party supports climate protection measures, it believes that the current budgetary emergency in the federal states should be addressed first before any significant climate spending moves forward.
- SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung) reported that Andreas Dressel, the Finance Senator for Hamburg, indicated that he might present a wage offer in the upcoming public sector wage negotiations, considering the financial consequences of the current budget crisis.
- Andreas Dressel, the SPD politician leading the negotiations for the federal states in the collective bargaining round, highlighted that the ongoing budget crisis in the federal states might impact the wage talks, potentially limiting the options in the decisive round starting on December 7.
Source: www.stern.de
