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ŷŮ's administrative reform has been decided

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The ŷŮ House of Representatives has approved the reform of the administration planned by the black-red Senate. At the most recent plenary session, there was a broad majority in favor, including the votes of the Greens and the Left Party. ŷŮ's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) spoke of an important and historic day for ŷŮ.

“We are adopting a major administrative reform,” he said. The result shows that the path was the right one and that the experiment was a success. Wegner thanked not least the Greens and the Left. It was not a matter of course that the opposition would go along with such a core project. He was concerned with administrative reform not just for one legislative period, but for generations. “Today we are laying the foundations for a functioning city.”

“Authority ping-pong” to be ended

One of the aims of the reform project is to clearly regulate which tasks are undertaken by which administration, what the Senate is responsible for and what the districts are responsible for. Up to now, there has always been “authority ping-pong”, the shifting of responsibilities back and forth. In addition, there should be greater city-wide control by the Senate level, but the districts should be involved at an early stage in projects that affect them.

Constitutional amendment with necessary two-thirds majority

The members of the state parliament approved both a new state organization law and several amendments to the ŷŮ constitution. The latter required a two-thirds majority and therefore support from the opposition parties, the Greens and the Left. The catalog, which determines which tasks are to be taken over by which administration, should be available by the end of the year. Noticeable changes as a result of the administrative reform are not expected until 2026 at the earliest.

Author: dpa/deepl.com
Publication date: 26 June 2025
Last updated: 26 June 2025

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