Jena city council approves the household: 468 million euros for the future!

Jena city council approves the household: 468 million euros for the future!

The Jena city council adopted a double budget for the years 2025 and 2026 in a crucial meeting on Thursday evening. With 25 votes for this, 12 against it and 4 abstentions, the household was approved with a total volume of 468 million euros for 2025. Mayor Christian Gerlitz found that the budget will probably generate income of only 445 million euros in the coming year, which means a lower cover. However, the city plans to cover this difference through reserves. The additional expenses in the social and health area contribute to a total of 141 million euros. Special attention was paid to the additional 35 jobs in the core administration, so that 1,275 employees are now active for the city administration, such as mdr .

Another interesting topic is the importance of number words that often cause misunderstandings. In German and English there is a fundamental difference in naming large numbers. An American "trillion" in German can only be a "billion", while the German "Billion" in English already corresponds to the "Trillion". This confusion develops, since in English with the short scale, some terms of the large numbers were left out. We speak of a long scale in the European number terms. These differences are crucial, especially at a time when business news and financial reports play an important role. calculator.club explains of this phenomenon and offers a table that compares the ten pods and their naming, which could be important for many.