Affair about funding: CDU General Secretary: Criticism of Wegner is election campaign noise

Five months before the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, Senator for Culture Sarah Wedl-Wilson (independent) resigned this morning. The Berlin State Audit Office had previously assessed the funding of millions of euros in a number of projects in the area of ​​anti-Semitism prevention as unlawful on Thursday.

Klein said she had “great respect” for the decision and was grateful to Wedl-Wilson for taking responsibility. However, the resignation was also “painful,” “because she was a good senator and she was also very respected in cultural policy.”

Klein sees no conflict with coalition partner SPD

However, to hold Wegner responsible for the affair was “not appropriate to the matter,” said Klein. Instead, it must now be “about the fight against hatred of Jews in this city.” “We have to do everything we can to get the funds onto the streets now,” said Klein, who is also the spokesperson for culture and media for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.

Klein does not see a conflict with the co-governing SPD. “The SPD’s top candidate neither speaks for the coalition nor plays a role in state politics. In this respect, we are completely relaxed about it.” The former Berlin State Secretary Krach is not a member of the current Senate. He has been regional president in his hometown of Hanover since 2021.