“Not tenable,” is Winfried Kretschmann’s assessment of the relief package. Reason: the countries are subject to a rigorous debt brake.
Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann has threatened to say no in the Bundesrat to parts of the traffic light government’s new relief package.
The measures planned by the federal government would result in costs of around four billion euros for the state of Baden-Württemberg alone. “It can’t be lifted,” said the Green politician in Stuttgart. In contrast to the federal government, the states are subject to a rigorous debt brake.
The federal government must first explain to the states how the successor to the nine-euro ticket for buses and trains should be designed. In any case, Baden-Württemberg will no longer accept that the federal government would provide start-up financing and then the states would have to continue to pay. “The state of Baden-Württemberg will no longer give its consent to such proposals in the Bundesrat. That must be really clear to everyone.”
Kretschmann demands clarification on funds
Kretschmann also criticized “that the countries were not previously included”. At a special conference of prime ministers on September 28, there must also be clarification on the federal government’s regionalization funds for rail transport. It cannot be that a cheap ticket is introduced, but the countries have to cancel trains because of a lack of money.
A week ago, the traffic light coalition presented a third package of measures to compensate for the rapidly rising prices, the government estimates at around 65 billion euros. Criticism of this also came from the Union-led states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria. Kretschmann suggested a new federalism commission to clarify the financial issues, “so that we can get out of this endless loop, this quarreling.”
Source: Stern
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