Soder aims to preserve 10,000 public sector positions
In a bid to create a more efficient and functional state, Bavaria's Minister President, Markus Söder, has announced plans to reduce around 10,000 civil service positions by 2040. This reduction, which is twice as many as previously planned, will be achieved through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and bureaucracy reduction.
The state government's savings plan, however, does not explicitly mention the use of AI in this context. Söder has also expressed a desire to reform part-time options for teachers, aiming to employ career changers in education only when there is a genuine need, as up to 50% of trained teachers are currently part-time.
The reduction will not lead to a starved state, Söder assured, but rather to a streamlined state apparatus. The cuts will extend to the ministries and the state chancellery of Bavaria.
The plan to reduce positions will be set into law, but the specific number of civil service positions to be reduced in the state government was not mentioned. Approximately 40% of Bavaria's budget goes to the public service.
Holger Grießhammer, the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament, advocates for consistent bureaucracy reduction and better digital offers instead of a clear-cut in the public service. He suggests that state employees should concentrate on their most important task: service to the citizen.
In addition to these measures, the state government of Bavaria plans to achieve savings on costs for asylum seeker accommodations through fewer migrants and targeted repatriation. However, the specifics of these plans were not detailed in the provided information.
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