
Three months after prime minister markus soder’s government declaration, the CSU has decided on numerous political priorities in the state parliament and secured the financing. The opposition’s massive criticism of the 61-billion-euro supplementary budget and the various amendments – including the creation of a border police force, a state office for asylum, the reestablishment of a supreme state court and the passage of the mental health assistance law – was inconsequential on wednesday, however, because of the CSU’s absolute majority of the votes.
There was only one point on which the SPD, the greens and the free voters were allowed to throw a spanner in the works: the votes needed to change the constitution for the planned limitation of the term of office for bavarian minister presidents were not to be obtained, according to the opposition’s previous announcements. A two-thirds majority in the state parliament is needed to change the constitution. But the opposition refused to support it, seeing the mabnahme as nothing more than an electoral manover.
Expensive election gifts?
At least financially, the state parliament paved the way for the implementation of soder’s other announcements from his first government declaration in april. The increase in the budget to 61 billion euros is already the second time the budget has been revised. He now also secures the political priorities announced by soder, such as the introduction of a state care allowance and a bavarian family allowance. Both payments are to be made from september onwards – i.E. Before the state elections on 14 october. October – to be paid to applicants.