Overview

• In an interview with RBB Inforadio, Berlin’s mayor called for a complete relocation of federal ministries to the capital.
• He said the split-location system triggers about 20,000 official trips each year, creating environmental damage and extra costs.
• Six ministries continue to have their primary seat in Bonn under the 1994 law that protects most ministry posts there.
• Wegner argued that younger staff seeking career advancement prefer Berlin, complicating recruitment and retention.
• He contended that North Rhine-Westphalia has blocked past efforts to amend the law and cast a full move as a step toward completing German unity on its 35th anniversary.