Bundesländer: Schnieder Against Extremism Clause in the Länder Finance Equalisation
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Markus Söder wants to exclude federal states with "extremist" government participation from the state financial compensation - and thereby looks to Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. But would that be possible at all? By Frank Aischmann.
GERMAN federal states that pay into the common federal budget are planning to withhold funds from those federal states where extremist parties, including the AfD and the Left, are in power, German media reports.
Extensive consequences for AfD and left? CSU boss Markus Söder plans an extremism clause for the country's financial compensation.
Markus Söder wants to "do not stand by and watch" when AfD and The Left lead state governments. The respective countries are then to be punished by an extremism clause and claims from the country's financial compensation are to be lost.
With a so-called extremism clause, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) wants to cut off possible governments in Saxony-Anhalt and in the Land of Berlin from money from the state financial compensation.
The Bavarian Prime Minister wants to exclude Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin from the state financial compensation. For this he is looking for allies.
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