From the BZ editorial team
The traffic light government keeps inflating its official apparatus.
The number of federal government employees surpassed the record 30,000 for the first time this year!
This is the result of an evaluation by the taxpayers’ association, as reported by the news portal “The Pioneer”. The number of top civil servants with a salary level between B3 and B11 rose accordingly by 168 civil servants to a total of 2146.
The basic salary of these civil servants, without surcharges and ministerial allowance: between 9,000 euros and 15,000 euros per month!
These range from heads of departments and departments to official state secretaries. At 37, the number of Parliamentary State Secretaries is higher than ever.
As the evaluation shows, the ministers significantly expanded their areas of responsibility after assuming government responsibility.
► Naturally, the front runner is Klara Geywitz’s newly created Ministry of Construction (47, SPD) with 51 top posts in management, for which 13 jobs were cut in the Ministry of the Interior.
► Economics Minister Robert Habeck (53, Greens), who installed 30 new top posts, is also particularly active, followed by the Transport and Defense Department with 17 and 15.
► Economical after all: Minister of Finance Christian Lindner (44, FDP), who only set up an additional top position.
The costs alone for the additional 168 civil servants – including supply and overhead surcharges – amount to 50 million euros per year.
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