Before the parliamentary elections : Eastern coal countries, appeal to Merkel

The three East German ' coal of the countries are in "great concern" that the Structural support for the governments concerned not be granted by the Federal government, as the coal Commission two months ago suggested. "In the talks with representatives of the Federal government the impression that the political appointments are supposed to be qualified at a lower level, is increasing," write the Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer (Saxony, Germany), Reiner Haseloff (Saxony-Anhalt) and Dietmar Woidke (Brandenburg), Germany, to Angela Merkel. The country's politicians hope to gain from the Chancellor's support for the "binding" hedging in the coal Commission recommended structural aid of 40 billion euros up to 2038. "This special Fund could be fed by annual allocations of the Federal budget, similar to how you do at the coal financing law of the case", - said in the Letter.

On Wednesday, the East German Prime Minister Merkel in Thuringia, Neudietendorf (Kreis Gotha) met. Christian shepherd (CDU), the Eastern Representative of the Federal government, called for greater decentralization of the Federal and länder authorities. Authorities should draw his opinion from the Metropolitan areas, and increasingly in the area. In the past, rather, the opposite happens. "If the Federal government is accounted for and ready to be discreet you need to help organise the countries on their level," said shepherd.

country leaders complain about the differences between East and West

on the Occasion of the meeting, several countries defendant's heads of the differences between the East and the West – for example, when the amount of the pension, the wage level or the settlement of the Federal authorities. In Neudietendorf, the politicians wanted to advise on how the structural weaknesses can be compensated. The Prime Minister of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow, who currently holds the presidency of the Eastern Prime Ministers ' conference, spoke of "significant Differences" that continued for 30 years after the fall of the wall. The lower wage level, injustices in the pensions, and the deprivation of the East with the Federal authorities on the count of"".

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The settlement of authorities is one of the measures recommended by the so-called coal Commission as a compensation for the brown coal industry. Rud € 1.3 billion of the Federal government on an annual basis and for the duration of 20 years in the transport infrastructure, the economic and innovation promotion as well as for the establishment of authorities and research institutions provided. A further 700 million euros expect the country every year "to minimise the risk of structural measures", such as the Prime Ministers write. Without the co-financing of the countries, as it is now apparently in Berlin is required. The Chancellor is warned of a "considerable burden of confidence in a successful implementation of the structural change process". In Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg, elected in the fall.