Overview
- The State Ministry reports spending totaling nearly €100,000 on external photography from 2020 through September 2025, including €18,936 this year to September.
- A government spokesperson links higher outlays to rescheduled post‑pandemic appointments and a temporary staffing gap in online communications.
- Annual costs were €4,360 in 2020, €3,574 in 2021, €19,230.15 in 2022, €32,897.11 in 2023, and €19,925.87 in 2024.
- Images are produced for websites, social media, press materials, and to record ceremonies, state and inaugural visits, and cabinet photos.
- FDP lawmaker Friedrich Haag criticizes the spending as unnecessary and points to contrasts across ministries, with €16,224 at the Economics Ministry and €1,017 at the Science Ministry through September 2025.