Overview

• Lawmakers passed amendments to the state organizational law and Berlin constitution with a qualified majority to enact the reform.
• The Senate will handle taxes and major citywide tasks while the 12 districts take charge of local services and smaller projects.
• Parliament instructed officials to finalize a detailed catalog of responsibilities by December 2025.
• The reform aims to eliminate the so-called authorities ping-pong by clearly assigning each function to one administrative level.
• Governing Mayor Kai Wegner described the vote as laying a multi-generational foundation for more efficient city governance.