Since 25 years ago, the Bonn-Berlin-law was passed, decreases, the number of employees in the Bonn ministries continuously. A new “Bonn Treaty” is prevented by the responsible Minister.
This sentence in the Bundestag has already become a Tradition: “is the law Called upon the request of the group of the Left with the title termination act for the Berlin-Bonn -.” 2016. A year later: “is Called, the request of the group of the Left with the title termination act for the Berlin-Bonn-law.”
in 2018, the same procedure – and this year have engaged the deputies with the request of the left party. It deals with the requirement, the Federal government may, almost 30 years after the German unit, completely to the Berlin move.
A more expensive compromise
The Left budget expert Gesine Lötzsch keeps the Berlin-Bonn act for an anachronism.
Gesine Lötzsch of the Left justified the recurring request: “We find this division of state is just completely ahistorical.” At that time, in 1991, it would have been a hard-negotiated compromise, which had its pitfalls. “In the meantime, many have realized that Bonn has developed very well, Bonn is the seat of international organisations. And the travelling circus is getting more and more expensive.”
