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The Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, has dismissed the Minister of the Interior, Holger Stahlknecht (both CDU). Thus, he drew the conclusions from a shaky interview with Stahlknecht about the coalition’s dispute over the radio license fee and the statement that a minority CDU government was conceivable, as announced on Friday by the State Chancellery.
In conversation with him The voice of the people CDU country chief Holger Stahlknecht said on Friday that his party would not agree to the planned increase in the radio license fee. “The CDU will not vacate its position,” he said. The CDU will vote against the increase in the Magdeburg state parliament on December 15, as will the AfD. Together, the factions of the two parties would have a majority in parliament.
In the interview, Stahlknecht no longer rules out a break in government in Saxony-Anhalt that was caused by the attitude of the CDU. In the state, his party governs jointly with the SPD and the Greens. The two coalitionists have announced that they will approve the planned increase. Stahlknecht said he did not assume the two government partners would end the coalition, but was open to a minority CDU government until the June state elections.
The State Chancellery announced that the relationship of trust was “seriously disturbed”
Prime Minister Haseloff has always categorically excluded a minority government, as well as dependence on AfD votes. The State Chancellery in Magdeburg announced at noon that Haseloff would continue to lead a government “that also has reliable majorities in the state parliament.” The “necessary relationship of trust” was “so seriously disturbed by Mr. Stahlknecht’s actions that he could no longer belong to the state government.”
Previously, representatives of the two partner parties of the Kenya Alliance had been irritated by Stahlknecht’s remarks. The leader of the Green parliamentary group, Cornelia Lüddemann, interpreted Stahlknecht’s statements as an attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff and prepare a minority government with the AfD. The leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Katja Pähle, also accused Stahlknecht of pursuing personal goals.
Stahlknecht criticizes the information and the procedure to increase the contribution
Stahlknecht criticized in the interview that broadcasters reported unbalanced on East Germany. “Public broadcasters from time to time do not report on an equal footing, but with the index finger raised from moralizing.” However, he did not want this to be understood as interference with freedom of the press. It should be possible to test the structures of those who live on taxpayers’ money, Stahlknecht said.
He also justified his position in the interview with the procedure in which the commission for determining the economic needs of the broadcasting corporations (KEF) set the increase in the broadcasting rate at 86 cents to 18.36 euros. Stahlknecht said: “KEF presents its proposals oiled, anointed and no longer vulnerable,” he said. As a result, state parliaments would become an “instant club” when it comes to license fees, he said in the interview.
Based on KEF’s recommendation for contribution, federal states must conclude an interstate transmission agreement. This can only be approved with the unanimous vote of all countries. The ARD is already calculating the consequences of a rejection of Saxony-Anhalt. Consequently, financial support between broadcasters would no longer be possible, which could lead to the bankruptcy of grant-dependent stations such as Radio Bremen or Saarland Broadcasting.
