East Commissioner Carsten Schneider presents five-point plan for the East

Tax and investment weak federal states get help from the financially strong. The system does not go far enough for the East Representative. Carsten Schneider demands more funds for the new federal states. The SPD politician has even more ideas to make the East more attractive.

The East Prime Ministers have expectations for the Federal Government. Their acting East Representative has presented a five-point plan to promote structurally weak regions throughout the country.

The Federal Government's East Representative, Carsten Schneider (SPD), announced his early withdrawal from the office.The next federal government had to decide who should carry out the office in the future, Schneider said at a press conference on Thursday in Berlin on the margins of the conference of the heads of government of the East German countries. "I am now still managing and very happy to do so. But that ends then," he added.Schneider emp…

East Commissioner Carsten Schneider calls for more support for structurally weak regions. “We must do even more to ensure that people all over Germany can live well,” the Social Democrat told the “Spiegel.” “Not only in Munich and Münster, but also in the Ore Mountains and the Ruhr region.” According to Schneider, the aim of equal living conditions in the Basic Law is a “central task of the state.” Schneider has developed a five-point plan, whi…