The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior estimates that the reorganization of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria in June 2022 will cost more than 160 million euros. “According to the current state of knowledge and a situation that is still completely unclear at the moment, total costs (…) for the protection (…) of roughly 166.1 million euros can be expected,” said Interior Minister Joachim in a letter Herrmann (CSU) to the members of the budget committee in the state parliament, which is available to the German press agency.
Since the expenditure in the budget of the Bavarian state government could not already be taken into account due to the short-term planning, the budget committee of the state parliament has to approve the release of funds. But because of the majority of votes of the ruling CSU and Free Voters, this is a matter of form.
In any case, the summit of the leading western economic powers, which is to come together from June 26th to 28th, 2022 under the leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the Bavarian Alps, is likely to be significantly more expensive than the premiere in 2015 in the end around 135 million euros to book.
How much the federal government will pay has yet to be negotiated
Around 147 million euros are included in the calculation for the police; in 2015 around 20,000 police officers were on duty. The largest items here are rents and leases for land, buildings, rooms, machines and equipment, at around 52 million euros, as well as 30 million euros for reimbursements to the federal government and other federal states for the use of non-Bavarian police forces.
Another 30 million euros will be used for the purchase of security equipment, including security fences and five so-called SatCom systems for satellite-supported communication systems. A little more than eleven million euros are earmarked for fire and disaster control and rescue services, and 386,000 for the protection of the constitution. It is still unclear what proportion of this the federal government will take over. This has yet to be negotiated.
The last G-7 summit under the German presidency took place in June 2015 in the luxury hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On January 1, Germany will take over the presidency of the “Group of Seven”, which also includes the USA, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada. The European Union also takes part in the summits.
For the first time, Scholz will host such an important international meeting. The G-7 summits have not met in large cities for 20 years. For the penultimate summit, the federal government selected the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm.