Länderfinanzausgleich: Green Finance Minister threatens to stop payments to Saxony-Anhalt
Baden-Württemberg's Finance Minister Bayaz calls for payments to be stopped in the state financial equalization system if an AfD government were to violate the principles of the rule of law. But is that even possible?
Baden-Württemberg's finance minister, Danyal Bayaz, has questioned payments to Saxony-Anhalt from the country's fiscal equalization system if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party forms the government there. The AfD is currently leading in polls ahead of the September 6 state election in Saxony-Anhalt. Bayaz stated that a solidary federal state relies on common principles of the rule of law and that if a state government challenges these principles, it would have consequences for trust and cooperation in federalism, including financial matters.
The fiscal equalization system aims to ensure equal living conditions across the country and redistributes around 20 billion euros between states annually.
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