SPD wants to help from reductions threatened projects

“We can’t get any money and we have no secret box. But we talked to many projects and clubs that are promoted from the budget from the anti -discrimination department, ”said Özdemir. “We asked if there are, for example, remedies that have not yet been spent. We knitted this emergency fund from many smaller sums. “

Roads cannot be completely compensated for

It is not possible to compensate for the cuts 100 %. “But it is a total of several hundred thousand euros for half a dozen organizations, especially in connection with anti-Semitism prevention,” said the SPD MP. “There are predominantly projects that, in addition to funding from the education administration, have already received funds from the Senate Department of Cansel Kiziltepe.”

Otherwise their work would be systematically destroyed. The SPD suspects that the CDU wants to delete the funds that are not politically approved. “We are shocked and indignant how shamelessly this political agenda is driven,” says Özdemir. “Using the reduction situation to thin out the carrier landscape is already a massive intervention in civil society work.”

This includes, for example, the initiative queer format with its queer education department, which had expected almost 500,000 euros and was set to zero by the education administration. “We try to catch this with 150,000 euros for this year,” said Özdemir.

Money for projects against anti -Semitism

Support is also intended for the “Meet2Respect” project, which is known for his school visits, in which an imam and a rabbi come together together. “” Meet2Respect “, which were also set to zero, get 125,000 euros.”

The Kreuzberg initiative against anti -Semitism (Kiga) is expected to receive 113,000 euros as a compensation for the funds deleted by the education administration. “We do what needs to be done so that civil society is not destabilized,” said Özdemir.

The savings of the education administration are concerned with the concrete implementations of the savings in the 2025 budget, which the black-red government coalition agreed and which were decided in the state parliament in December.