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Thursday 17 September 2020
The confidence of the people in Germany in political institutions will not be affected by the crisis in the Crown. According to a citizen survey, the majority consider that the state is up to the problems and tasks. The public service is also polishing its image, especially garbage collection.
The trust of people in Germany in political institutions has increased considerably. The proportion of citizens who view the state as capable of accomplishing its tasks grew by 22 percentage points to 56 percent compared to the previous year. This is demonstrated by the new public service survey carried out by the dbb civil servants association, which is available to the German Press Agency in Berlin. A minority of 40 percent believe that the state is overwhelmed by its tasks and problems.
It is surprising to what extent AfD supporters trust the state’s ability to act. Only 5 percent of them do this. Twenty-two percent of those who believe the state is overwhelmed at all see schools and education as overburdened by the state. 20 percent of them rate the state as overwhelmed when it comes to asylum and refugee policy, 16 percent in the Corona crisis, 14 percent in the area of internal security, 12 percent in systems of social security and pensions, 11 percent in medical attention and 10 percent in the climate. and environmental protection, as well as taxes and finances.
Citizens give top marks to street cleaning and garbage removal. They could give grades from 1 to 6 and they gave them an average of 1.8. “Good” was awarded to libraries (2.0), museums (2.0), kindergartens (2.2), police (2.3), and universities (2.3). Hospitals, as well as indoor and outdoor pools, received 2.4 each. Social security funds, municipal and local authorities, tax offices, courts and schools also scored higher than 3 on average.
More digitization is needed
Dbb president Ulrich Silberbach primarily blamed trends for largely positive state and public service actions on the Corona crisis. “I think the community will come out of the crisis more stable,” he told dpa. “The vast majority of people say that this state is helping to ensure safety, health, growth and good cooperation in this country.” The public service lacked some 300,000 people. “However, we are happy that citizens get the impression that the state is still coping with the tasks quite well,” Silberbach said. “Anyone who still adheres to the ‘private to the state’ thesis should realize, at the latest, that the majority of people in Germany see it completely differently,” Silberbach said.
Dbb Director Beamtenbund and Tarifunion called on politicians to strengthen public service. This includes a push for digitization, increased specialist training, and your long-term commitment to the state as an employer. Before continuing the collective bargaining for federal and municipal employees in Potsdam on Saturday, Silberbach said: “This also means that the municipal employers’ association understands in the current collective bargaining that we all need a crisis-proof and future-proof public service in Germany.” . In view of the loss of revenue during the crisis, municipal entrepreneurs are currently rejecting revenue increases. These are required by the dbb and the Verdi union.
