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Increasingly untenable democratic conditions in the Burgenland districtWhat did my inflamed eyes have to read again? On 23 January 2026, the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung published an article with the headline “Villages want a say.” Alarming tendencies are spreading more and more. 
In the article in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung—which, fortunately, appeared only in the print edition—it’s about this wonderful “special fund” that is to be partially distributed to towns and municipalities in the Burgenland district as well. Cynics would say it’s meant to pacify regional politics so it doesn’t rise up against the federal government’s armaments policy, which also devours many hundreds of billions of euros in tax money. So that it doesn’t sound like debt and loans—with hefty interest that people still have to earn—they came up with the term “special fund.” Yes, that sounds much better and like money that somehow was already there—on a savings account or something. According to the MZ article, the city of Weißenfels is facing the problem of a budget hole and is already 40 million in the red. And apparently the city administration thought they’d use this asset—decided in such a peculiar way by the federal government—for projects already planned in the villages, so that Weißenfels doesn’t end up under compulsory administration. Because the Burgenland district had already hinted that things couldn’t go on like this with the city’s finances. Which is rich, considering the Burgenland district itself is deep in the red and wants to adjust the district levy accordingly. The district finances itself from the levy—that is, from what the towns have to pay to the district. The level of the levy is set by the district council, which is also made up of many mayors and lord mayors. These council members are to decide in early March whether they will go along with a higher levy to plug the hole in the district’s budget—which in turn worsens the financial situation of the towns and municipalities. As already reported, the much-loved District Administrator Götz Ulrich (CDU) stated at the last council meeting that the towns and municipalities are strapped for cash—thanks to the “excellent” economic, climate, and war policies of the CDU, SPD, and Greens in recent years. All in all, a “wonderful” mix. And now there are these local mayors in the city of Weißenfels who don’t want to accept that this lovely special fund should be used for projects that are already planned. The special fund, they say, should be used for other, new, additional projects, and the city administration should sound out the wishes of the localities. Terrible, right? This is taking on increasingly untenable democratic conditions. Why don’t the local mayors just content themselves with showing up for the media after the projects conceived by the city administration are finished and proclaiming: “Look, you… um… you citizens: your tax money was burned here! Now please be happy!” Yes, okay, you and your children still have to earn this money first, but it’s already been spent now. That’s great, right? But no: these renegade local mayors want a say. How can that be? Where will we end up if decisions at the grassroots are supposed to determine what politics and administration at the top are to implement for the citizens—i.e., this sovereign? What’s next? Public consultations? I don’t know if that’s a good idea. Because it means that the much-loved leaders simply won’t be able to rule over the heads of this people anymore. If this democratic fever keeps spreading and perhaps even intensifies, the beloved leaders might one day no longer be able to distribute tax money all over the world or fatten up shareholders of big corporations in sectors like pharma or armaments—because this people will want their own taxes spent in Germany first. Now it’s clearly up to these “our democrats” in the governing parties to do everything they can to curb these excesses that are emerging in Weißenfels, in order to protect this “our democracy” from being taken over by the people—right? Fortunately, the Weißenfels city council can put the brakes on this outrageous democracy movement in the districts and vote the way the administration has devised it. So there is still hope! Author: AI-Translation - Maximus Polemikus | |
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