2023-08-03 17:48:25
In the dispute over the cuts in budgetary funds for administrative digitization, the Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag wants to push through an about-face. “We call on the Federal Minister of the Interior to fundamentally reconsider the political priorities of her house expressed in the previous budget draft,” said the deputy parliamentary group leader of the Greens, Konstantin von Notz, of the FAZ need to sharpen significantly.”
The draft budget for 2024 passed the cabinet at the beginning of July, although not all disputed issues have been resolved. In the parliamentary deliberations that now follow, some of the focal points may shift.
In the digital sector, the dispute revolves around the plans of the SPD-led Federal Ministry of the Interior to only provide three million euros for the digitization of administrative services in the future, after investing 377 million euros this year and even billions in previous years.
This message surprised the Greens, said von Notz. He pointed out that the federal government also has an obligation to the states. Therefore, the responsible ministry must provide the necessary funds. The digital ministers from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg also reacted critically. “We want to ignite the digitization turbo and not put on the digital brakes,” said the digital minister of Baden-Württemberg Thomas Strobl (CDU).
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The Association of Family Entrepreneurs also pointed out that there had to be “profound structural reforms” in administration in order to make progress in digitization. “It’s about time that Chancellor Scholz made this topic a top priority and pushed it forward,” said Association President Marie-Christine Ostermann. The same must also happen in the federal states and municipalities. She accused the traffic light government of having “improved the situation” compared to the previous government.
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