Warn Warn: Cuts endanger children and adolescents in Vorarlberg!

Warn Warn: Cuts endanger children and adolescents in Vorarlberg!

Vorarlberg, Österreich - The debate about massive cuts in child and youth welfare reaches a dramatic highlight. In the first days of 2025, the Greens tip, Daniel Zadra and Eva Hammerer, expressed sharp criticism of the cuts, which are planned at both federal and state levels under ÖVP and FPÖ. Zadra emphasized that the credibility of the ÖVP had suffered severe, while it did not meet the right clip and obviously does not meet its responsibility. "A clearing in climate funding is a climate policy nonsense, but also an economic policy," said Zadra, while he referred to the need to promote the promotion of renewable energies such as photovoltaics and wind power and not to forget the interests of children and adolescents, as is also the case in his message in the report of vorarlberg.orf.at .

reductions in youth welfare threaten

With the planned cuts of 19 percent in the federal budget for the youth association work and other programs, youth welfare is at a critical point. On World Children's Day, the family committee discusses the children's and youth plan (KJP), whose budget is to decrease by over 44 million euros compared to the previous year. This would threaten important leisure activities and international youth encounters, which endangers the future of numerous young people in Germany, according to the warnings of leading representatives such as Eva Adams from the Berlin State Youth Ring and Wendelin Haag from the Federal Youth Ring. "Children and adolescents are overlooked by politics again," said Mario Machalett from the Hessian Youth Ring and criticized the short -sighted cut plans, as well as Wanderjugend-nw.de was reported.

acute dangers not only exist for the youth (association) work, but also for voluntary services. The already lean framework conditions could be further exacerbated, which could result in up to a third of all voluntary positions. Such massive cuts in child and youth welfare are not only economically negligent, they also endanger the democratic community and the voluntary commitment of young people in Germany. The voices of those responsible are unmistakable: Without fundamental changes, the situation will deteriorate drastically for the youth.