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Linnemann Calls To Confine Beamte Status to Core Sovereign Roles Starting With Federal Ministries

The CDU general secretary links personnel reform to fiscal restraint without tax increases.

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CDU-Generalsekretär Carsten Linnemann will das Beamtentum auf wenige Bereiche mit hoheitlichen Aufgaben beschränken. Der Vorstoß stieß allerdings auf breiten Widerstand auch aus den Reihen der Union.
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Overview

  • Carsten Linnemann proposes limiting lifetime civil-servant status to areas such as police, fire services, security, tax officials and customs.
  • He questions the need for Beamte across ministries, urges starting changes at the federal level and cites a goal to cut ministry headcount by 8% by 2029.
  • He argues most new appointments occur in the Länder but says the Bund can initiate reform where it has authority.
  • He rejects talk of higher taxes and ties the push to efficiency measures in the health system, including broader insurance bonus programs.
  • Unions and parties voice resistance or caution, with the dbb and CSU defending the status, the Greens urging flexibility with safeguards and the SPD open to discussion; Germany had about 1.7 million Beamte in mid-2024, led by teachers.