2023-05-10 20:45:57
In Germany, the federal and state governments have provisionally agreed on a new distribution of the burden of refugee costs at a top-level meeting in the Chancellery. This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz late yesterday evening following the meeting with the prime ministers of the German federal states on Wednesday evening in Berlin. According to this, the federal government will pay one billion euros more for the states and municipalities for the year 2023 because of the increased number of refugees.
A fundamental decision on permanently higher federal funds for financing the accommodation and care of those seeking protection was postponed. “Our country is facing a major challenge,” said Scholz at the final press conference in the Chancellery.
In November, a regular conference of prime ministers will then discuss how the system can be further developed in the long term, as Scholz added. A working group is to submit further proposals by then.
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