Overview

• Wegner emphasized his commitment to maintain a consensus-driven, conflict-free governing approach.
• He warned that refugee accommodation and integration services remain overstretched despite a slowdown in new arrivals.
• Wegner described Berlin’s finances as critical, requiring cuts across public services and substantial reductions in cultural funding.
• He praised Friedrich Merz’s new federal government for its decisive start and insisted that Berlin must not bear the costs of federal mandates alone.
• He pledged to boost the BVG with new trains later this year and launched a cultural dialogue to identify savings without shuttering venues.