In the future federal government, too, there should be a representative or a representative for East Germany, but no longer in the Chancellery. The position is to be located in the Ministry of Finance, as it is in the coalition agreement of the Union and SPD is called. The office is to be filled by the SPD.
So far, the function of the Thuringian Carsten Schneider (SPD) as Minister of State in the Chancellery. Schneider recently made it clear that he will give up the position. The Leipzig Green politician Paula Piechotta criticized the new line-up. This means that the East is no longer a top priority, “she complained.
Services East German since unity are emphasized
In the coalition agreement, various political and economic goals for East Germany formulated. The representation of East German in management positions and decision -making bodies is to be improved, it says.
The federal government will relieve the East German countries by paying another ten percentage points of the costs from additional and special supply systems from the former GDR. In addition, the goal is to set up data centers in East Germany and to connect industrial centers to the hydrogen kernel network.
In general, the Coalition agreement the performance of people in East Germany in the 35 years since German unity. «The east has long proven that transformation can succeed. We want to build on that. ”
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