The Commissioner for Eastern Germany, the Federal government, Marco wall joke, has announced that due to a high level of dissatisfaction in the East, an Initiative for a national dialogue in order to reach people better. Wall joke told Deutsche Presse-Agentur: “Ministers and state secretaries from the Federal and länder governments should not talk much more frequently in structurally weak regions only with companies, works councils and local politicians, but with the ordinary citizens.”

This will always said “subject to entertainment tax,” wall joke: “but We must talk about the Concerns and needs of the citizens with them, and how decisions and processes.”

Such dialog formats had been neglected. “In many regions in the East, there is a depopulation and an Ageing population, and as a result of a lack of prospects”, said the CDU politician.

“We need more dialogue. I would like to unveil a new interview format, following the example of the Saxons talks,“ said wall joke. “The to start in the autumn.”

The “Saxon conversations” are a dialogue format, the Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer (CDU). Also wall joke comes from Saxony.

The mood in the East had deteriorated in the past few years, unfortunately more likely, said the parliamentary state Secretary in the Federal Ministry of economic Affairs. “Many East Germans feel that the policy is not achieved. The acceptance of the parliamentary System is much lower than in the West. This is democracy hazardous to the.“ Political education in the East had to be improved further. “There’s been missed in the early stages of the unit a lot.”

wall joke also said that East Germans are still under-represented in management posts, in addition to the economy, in science, justice and administration. “This must change.” The Federal government will also pursue the way of new Federal agencies or offices mainly locate in the East.

The Commissioner for Eastern Germany also warned, with a view to the Corona-crisis against the planned coal important decisions about the structure AIDS the exit delay. “The people need the coal exit security. The structural strengthening of the law may be due to Corona is not delayed. The infrastructure needs to be improved. I can’t understand in the other länder, is that planning and construction capacities insufficient for other projects.“ Therefore, procedures would need to be accelerated.

not later than 2038 Germany phasing out of climate-damaging production of Electricity from coal. In the East this is the case, the Central German area and the Lausitz. The structural strengthening law is currently in parliamentary procedure. It provides billions in aid for the affected regions.

dpa