State government: Saar cabinet meets with Chancellor in Berlin
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Saar cabinet meets with Chancellor in Berlin
The Saarland SPD state government will meet in Berlin on Thursday for an all-day cabinet retreat. In addition to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), State Secretary for Economic Affairs Udo Philipp and the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, will also take part. “Of course we want to do our homework here in the state, but we also know that not all the answers can be found in Saarland alone, but also in cooperation with the federal government,” said Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger (SPD) on Friday in Saarbrücken.
The Saarland SPD state government will meet in Berlin on Thursday for an all-day cabinet retreat. In addition to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), State Secretary for Economic Affairs Udo Philipp and the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, will also take part. “Of course we want to do our homework here in the state, but we also know that not all the answers can be found in Saarland alone, but also in cooperation with the federal government,” said Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger (SPD) on Friday in Saarbrücken.
Everything that moves the Saarland and politics will be on the agenda – including the current challenges caused by the energy crisis. Although there have been cabinet meetings of this kind in Berlin before, “times have seldom been as turbulent as this time,” said Rehlinger.
A day later they will meet with their deputy, Economics Minister Jürgen Barke (SPD), for a talk with Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Jörg Kukies, State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery. The focus is on the topic of transformation with structural change in the economy and the resulting social effects.
“We are willing and have good hope that we will succeed,” said Rehlinger. But there are also points where there can be support from the federal government, for example in the case of subsidies for steel production projects. In addition, one will certainly also talk about whether the idea that the countries should pay 30 percent of the aid might not overwhelm them. “It’s an overall debate that you have to have,” said Rehlinger.
State Chancellery of the Saarland