Saarland - Rehlinger (Spd) Rejects Söder's Proposal to Merge Federal States with Ridicule

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The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder makes a blatant proposal. The CSU boss openly thinks about the abolition of smaller federal states. However, the idea finds massive criticism in the social media and among fellow politicians.

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The new German government , of which the conservative Bavarian Social Union (CSU) is part as a minor partner, includes in its coalition agreement a significant reduction in state bureaucracy and public spending. Processes are being digitized and staff reduced in the Ministries of Berlin by forced marches, but no one expected a proposal such as the one just presented by the president of the CSU and regional president of Bavaria, Markus Söder . Wh…

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Markus Söder has a new idea: the number of federal states should be radically reduced. We already know that this will not happen.

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Saarland's Prime Minister Rehlinger has rejected the move by CSU head Söder to merge federal states.

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There will be "no state of central Germany," says Sven Schulze from Saxony-Anhalt. The Saarland Prime Minister also rejects the idea of Markus Söder.

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The Bavarian head of government Söder says it needs "less federal states, quite simply". A CDU candidate from eastern Germany now contradicts. At the same time, he announces a transnational merger of certain administrative structures.