Overview

• Söder proposed cutting the family-related entitlement to part-time work for Bavarian civil servants from a child’s 18th to the 14th birthday and offering incentives to work beyond pension age.
• A reported element would cap general application part-time at 50% of full-time hours, with details still to be defined in forthcoming rules.
• The plan maintains protections for schools, including about 1,500 additional teacher posts by 2027, and expands childcare with 50,000 new places by 2028 and simplified funding for municipalities.
• Long-term savings targets include eliminating around 10,000 state positions by 2040 and reducing consultant roles by a quarter by 2030, while creating a new Landesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz.
• Strategic spending pledges feature a large AI/data center in Schweinfurt, a vaccine research center, a Defence Lab in Erding, more support for e‑games and fusion research, and potential measures for the auto sector, with borrowing left open pending fiscal projections.