Fulda's household 2025: millions of millions and heated debates!

Fulda's household 2025: millions of millions and heated debates!

Fulda, Deutschland - Fulda faces a financial challenge! The city councils adopted the budget for 2025 on Friday - a household with an alarming deficit of 5.8 million euros. This was necessary after the city's population, according to the census, was drastically reduced from 70,000 to only about 65,000 inhabitants. The decision and the associated increase in the deficit have triggered violent debates, with the CDU, FDP and CWE supported the budget, while other factions, in particular SPD, Greens and AfD, sometimes practiced sharp criticism, such as the Fuldaer Zeitung reported.

debates about housing and urban development

The SPD/VOTT faction had submitted a total of 31 applications that focus on affordable living and sustainable urban development. This is done in the context of a significant lack of affordable living space in Fulda. One of the central demands is the establishment of a municipal housing association to ensure that social housing is permanently available, as the fuldainfo . In addition, there are various suggestions for discussion, including the conversion of Friedrichstrasse into a pedestrian zone and the improvement of transport policy through attractive local transport.

The CDU parliamentary group leader, Patricia Fehrmann, tried to present the development in a positive light by mentioning the successful planning of projects such as the Kerber site. However, the opposition was dissatisfied with the implemented investments and criticized too little brave action in terms of climate protection and infrastructure. The discussion about the budget thus reflects a complex interplay of financial bottlenecks and the need for future -oriented solutions for the city, which can no longer see itself as a "island of bliss". This faces Fulda in front of a pioneering phase in which new course is urgently needed to meet the needs of citizens and to remain future -proof.