Göttingen in the savings mode: Council decides decisive budget!

Göttingen in the savings mode: Council decides decisive budget!

The Council of the City of Göttingen decided on Friday evening in a heated session for 2025 and 2026 as well as a budget safety concept (HSK) to counteract an impending massive deficit. After four hours of intensive debate, the majority factions from the CDU, SPD and FDP voted for the necessary cuts. The Greens as well as the left and the group Volt/the party rejected both the household and the HSK. They had asked to develop a savings concept instead of an HSK, with the Greens criticizing the government for the "lack of design".

The city has planned expenditure of around 643 million euros for 2025 and around 665 million euros for 2026, with the income for both years. The draft budget is considered essential to secure the financial ability of Göttingen in the long term. Elvan Tekindor-Freyer from the SPD explained that the cuts are necessary for budget consolidation, even if they are painful. "We don't want to save people," she emphasized. According to the HSK, targeted measures can be developed to cope with the financial challenges of the city, such as goettingen.de

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A budgetary security concept like this is crucial for the restoration of financial stability and minimizes the effects on essential services enriching areas such as culture and sport in Göttingen. The HSK stipulates that the city can continue to invest in infrastructure projects without endangering the basic care of the citizens. In view of the dramatic decline in trade tax revenue, Göttingen will not be the only city that goes into this phase of household security, as goettinger-tageblatt.de determined.