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The Bought Regional PoliticsDo you sometimes wonder why the locally elected representatives don’t utter a single moo or baa in the face of the daily promises coming out of Berlin? 
Deindustrialization is underway. Every day brings reports of corporate bankruptcies, job cuts, or companies relocating their production abroad. The foreseeable consequence is rising unemployment, even if it increases only slice by slice, as long as severance payments are available for those laid off. And what do we hear from regional politics on this? Exactly! Usually nothing! Or a regretful sigh about how unfortunate it all is. The causes have been laid down by politics in Berlin and Brussels. Rising energy prices, worsening framework conditions, bureaucracy that is supposedly always being reduced but constantly grows. A new regulation here, an extra obligation there. The international competitiveness of the former export champion Germany is not being strengthened this way. Meanwhile, international competition is rising. One reason why regional politics keeps its feet still could be observed in the Naumburg city council on 09/24/2025. Mayor “Mr. Müller” (that’s what his nameplate said) spoke of great fortune coming to cities, municipalities, and counties, including in Saxony-Anhalt. Because the special fund organized by the federal government is being distributed. The city of Naumburg will receive 14.5 million as investment funds over the next 12 years. Mayor “Mr. Müller” stated that Naumburg will receive the largest sum in the Burgenland district because the allocation was based on area size and population. Naumburg is also classified as a financially weak municipality. According to “Mr. Müller,” Weißenfels mayor Martin Papke was not particularly pleased, since Weißenfels will only receive 12.3 million from the special fund, even though it has more inhabitants than Naumburg. The mayor also mentioned the city of Zeitz, which, also being financially weak, is set to receive 11.8 million. The video starts at the point where this topic is addressed. In Naumburg, if Mayor “Mr. Müller” has his way, these millions will be invested in road construction over the coming years. A vote in the city council is necessary for this, however. Mayor “Mr. Müller” also pointed out that in recent years there had been no subsidies for municipal road construction. Funds could also be invested in voluntary projects such as sports fields or renovating the Bulabana. The necessary subsidies could be co-financed with the special fund’s own resources. Mayor “Mr. Müller” wants the city administration to compile a list of measures that can be financed with the special fund. He also called on council members to create such lists themselves. However, the mayor sees ten times the current investment needs. It will require careful consideration of which projects should be prioritized and sustainable. At the time of the council meeting, there were no implementation regulations. Thus, the funds must always be applied for first. The federal government is also launching additional funding programs to renovate, among other things, sports facilities and bridges. What do we take from this?Nothing works without subsidies. Cities, municipalities, and counties do not have the means to independently finance projects. They are always dependent on the drip-feed of funds from the state, the federal government, and the EU.The funds must be applied for. This means the local administration is busy submitting applications to the authorities who can provide the subsidies. A saying comes to mind: “Bureaucracy was created to fulfill the needs of bureaucracy.” The Bought Regional PoliticiansIt is clear why regional politicians don’t question the fact that special funds are state debts. And state debts must ultimately be paid back by the citizens somehow. Servicing the interest alone requires significant economic output. Mayor “Mr. Müller” also seems to always speak of special funds so as not to make this connection explicit.That with growing deindustrialization it will become increasingly difficult to service the debt with tax revenues also went unmentioned. There is therefore a dependency of regional politics – not only due to party affiliation. It is certainly not out of the question that regional politicians who criticize federal politics too much, or at all, will have a much harder time securing subsidies for their counties, cities, and municipalities. So they keep their feet still, even while seeing that the overall development is anything but positive. I can imagine, however, that if regional politicians clearly and in large numbers sent signals to the state capital, to Berlin, and to Brussels, the financial situation of counties, cities, and municipalities could be much better, so that they would not have to constantly beg for subsidies. For then there could be different legislation ensuring that more money from the region stays in the region. But anyone who wants to be re-elected prefers not to make themselves unpopular “at the top.” For then they would also lack the support of their own party. Even if not a single euro flows directly into the pockets of regional politicians, their silence is, in a sense, being bought. So it continuesThus, the madness in federal politics is met with silence. And here too we find the saying: “Silence means consent!” Consequently, the silence of regional politicians is interpreted as agreement, and federal politics continues to pursue its agenda – regardless of the fact that in many respects this is bad for the population.Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | |
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