Abolition of "special representatives" purely symbolic policy of Union SPD - Many representatives do not have their own budget

The German Taxpayer Institute (DSi) has described the abolition of 25 special representatives as "pure symbol politics". Just half a million euros will be saved according to initial estimates, according to the institute in an analysis paper, which the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (NOZ) had in advance available. In order to fulfill the promise from the coalition agreement, further commissioner positions would have to be dropped, according to "NOZ" …