Prime Minister Weil: Broadcasting contribution AUSTED!

Prime Minister Weil: Broadcasting contribution AUSTED!

In a dramatic turning point, the prime ministers of the federal states decided to stop the broadcasting contribution that has long been discussed. Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil said before the Prime Minister conference in Berlin that the negotiations were stuck and that he "no longer calculates an agreement". The monthly fee for public service broadcasting, which is currently 18.36 euros, should be raised by 58 cents to 18.94 euros, reported Radio Ennepep Ruhr .

like FOCUS , profound reforms for the ARD and ZDF are planned. The talks about the increase in premiums are postponed to December. Instead, the prime ministers recognized the urgent need for a system change in the financing of public service broadcasting. The top goal is to tighten the station landscape: half of the linear savings programs and every third radio station should be lost. Luxury salaries of the transmitter bosses are also part of the discussion about new salary structures.

Because even the early constitutional complaint of ARD and ZDF criticized the early constitutional complaint, since it made the dialogue even more difficult. The prime ministers have agreed that further consultations take place in December and emphasized the need to maintain acceptance and trust in public service broadcasting. These nerve -wracking developments show the endeavors of the countries to modernize the structure of the radio and make it more efficient, while at the same time an drying out creative content is to be avoided.