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Leipzig's Budget Spirals Out of Control Due to Unfunded Tasks

Unfunded tasks from federal and state governments are pushing Leipzig's budget to the brink. The city must address this issue to avoid a potential deficit in the 2025/2026 double budget.

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Leipzig's Budget Spirals Out of Control Due to Unfunded Tasks

Leipzig's finance mayor, Torsten Bonew, has revealed that the city's financial plan is spiralling out of control due to unfunded tasks transferred from federal and state governments. The city faces a potential deficit in the 2025/2026 double budget.

On September 24, Bonew presented figures for five items, showing a shortfall of 167 million euros. However, the actual amount Leipzig doesn't receive for mandatory tasks is much higher and has grown steadily over the years. The finance department provided two thick PDF packages, but offered no clarity on the issue. The Left faction in the city council has struggled to create a clear table of unfunded tasks due to incompatible reports from different departments. Both Bonew and Burkhard Jung have expressed interest in a reliable overview of how federal tasks are pushing municipal financial plans across the country to the brink. Bonew has agreed to examine the period from 2013 to the present, but noted it would be a massive task for the departments. There are no specific publicly available figures detailing the total sums missing from Leipzig's city financial plan for required tasks between 2013 and the current year, nor the potential deficit for the 2025/2026 double budget.

Leipzig's financial crisis, driven by unfunded federal and state tasks, is a growing concern. The city must address this issue to avoid a potential deficit in the 2025/2026 double budget. Both the city's finance mayor and the Left faction are committed to finding a solution, with Bonew agreeing to examine the problem over the past decade.

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