Spike in opposition to CSU included: “Paternalism must come to an end” – SPD MPs are calling for federal direct funds to municipalities | EUROtoday

From the SPD’s perspective, the federal authorities ought to have the ability to pay cash on to the municipalities sooner or later with out the detour of the state authorities. “The creation of such an opportunity would directly benefit every municipality in the Free State of Bavaria,” says a joint place paper by the Bavarian SPD members of the Bundestag and the state parliament. The paper is to be selected Wednesday on the SPD parliamentary group assembly in Bad Aibling and is accessible to the German Press Agency in Munich. The head of the SPD parliamentary group, Matthias Miersch, may even participate within the assembly.

“Admittedly, it’s a somewhat unconventional solution that we are proposing together with the state group. But the municipalities themselves know best where they have to invest,” mentioned Holger Grießhammer, chairman of the SPD state parliamentary group, to the dpa in Munich. That’s why they need to have the ability to resolve on their very own accountability – “the paternalism by the Free State must come to an end.”

Behind the SPD’s demand is the accusation in opposition to the Bavarian state authorities of not passing on federal funding or subsidies to the municipalities to the extent essential. As an instance, the SPD cites the federal authorities’s 100 billion euro particular fund for infrastructure within the paper, of which 15.7 billion euros go to Bavaria. “At least 70 percent must be passed on to our districts, cities and municipalities. Our municipalities themselves know best where urgent investment is needed,” mentioned the SPD.

The SPD paper additionally requires extra efforts from the state authorities to free the financial system from the present disaster: “It takes strategies and concepts that are developed and implemented together with trade unions and business associations. There is not enough coming from the State Ministry for Economic Affairs for this.” Among different issues, Bavaria wants its personal collective bargaining regulation and a “significantly increased transformation fund”.