State financial equalization: Endres: Not a cent from Bavaria for enemies of democracy

After the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the Bavarian SPD sees a need for clarification regarding state financial equalization in the event of a possible AfD government. “We must urgently examine whether and under what legal conditions funds from the state financial equalization can be withheld in order to prevent the financing of unconstitutional structures,” said SPD state leader Ronja Endres to the German Press Agency in Munich.

Endres sees the danger that, in the event of a possible AfD government, the money could also be used to support clubs and organizations that fight democracy. “Solidarity between the countries must not strengthen those who want to destroy democracy,” she said and emphasized: “Bavaria must not give a cent to support enemies of democracy.”

Endres took Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) as an example: He had recently discussed the possibility of reviewing the capital city contract and reorganizing the state financial equalization system if the Left Party were to take over government in Berlin.

And the parliamentary group leaders from the CDU/CSU-governed federal states had also threatened financial consequences for the capital in the event of a successful government formation in Berlin under the leadership of the Left Party at a meeting in Munich.