Anke Rehlinger (SPD), Prime Minister of Saarland, in Saarbrücken in 2022.
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Saarland’s Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger talks about money from Bavaria, the transformation of the steel industry, poor start-up opportunities for her country – and gives finance minister Lindner budget tips.
Madam Minister-President, in Saarland, day care fees are to be abolished by 2027. In Hesse and Bavaria – two states that you strongly support as part of the state financial equalization system – the fees are still charged with reference to budgetary solidity. is that fair
Timo Steppat
Correspondent for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland based in Wiesbaden.
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It is a matter of political weighting what you spend money on. Other donor countries take a different view, at least in part.
But you don’t have the money.
In Saarland, the national average for women is particularly low. Not because women really want it, but because many families do the math: If the woman works and may need a second car, then most of the earnings flow into the day-care center fees. As a result, women often take on childcare and remain in 450-euro jobs. The problem: Women in marginal employment are not well protected in old age. That is why poverty in old age is female. And they are also lacking in the labor market in times of a shortage of skilled workers. For us, however, day-care center fees are also about comparing them to Rhineland-Palatinate.