NRW State President Wüst accuses AfD of disregarding local community issues - The AfD disregards everyday issues pertinent to the general public
In a recent interview, Hendrik Wüst, the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, highlighted the pressing need for infrastructure improvements in the region's municipalities. Wüst, who heads a black-green government in North Rhine-Westphalia, emphasised that the investment requirement in these local areas is at least as significant as on all other levels.
Wüst promised that more than half of the infrastructure special fund allocation for North Rhine-Westphalia would go to the municipalities. However, he did not specify the exact amount of the allocation. The federal government, in coordination with the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) government, has proposed several measures to improve municipal infrastructure.
One such measure is the allocation of funds from the federal LuKIFG special infrastructure financing law (100 billion euros over 12 years). This funding is aimed at eliminating deficits and promoting economic growth in public infrastructure. Additionally, criteria-based support will be provided particularly for financially weak municipalities. Measures ensuring that funds are actually used for municipal investments through digitalization, standardization, and monitoring mechanisms are also being implemented.
NRW is also focusing on accelerating renewable energy projects (wind, solar, hydrogen), supporting circular economy and recycling initiatives, simplifying approval procedures through digital platforms, enhancing trilateral cooperation with Belgium and the Netherlands, and providing targeted funding programs for municipal and industrial climate-friendly investments as part of its wider infrastructure and energy modernization strategy.
Wüst, who has been Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia since October 2021, also stated that the region has reached the limits of what it could accomplish regarding the influx of refugees in 2015. However, the interview did not discuss any negative impacts of the refugee influx on North Rhine-Westphalia.
In a separate development, Wüst was re-elected as state chairman of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia, receiving 98 percent of the votes in the party conference in Bonn. Wüst's communal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia are scheduled for September 14, but the interview did not mention any specific municipalities that would receive the infrastructure fund allocation. The interview focused on the situation in North Rhine-Westphalia since the influx of numerous refugees in 2015 and did not provide details on the changed policy at the European and federal levels that Wüst emphasized the importance of.
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