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The Chancellery doesn’t know what its civil servants earn on the side
The Federal Chancellery in Berlin
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In several federal ministries, civil servants have well-paid additional income. But not all houses record extra earnings systematically. The Federal Chancellery follows suit star-Information about this.
The Federal Chancellery cannot provide reliable information about what its civil servants have earned in total from additional income since the beginning of the legislative period. This emerges from an overview by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). star is present.
Accordingly, the federal government would have “no meaningful information” about this, as this is in the Federal Chancellery “were not systematically followed up”. In seven other federal ministries there would also be “no systematic recording of all income”, but only in the legally prescribed case constellations, according to the BMI response. These included the following houses:
- Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- Ministry of Health (BMG)
- Foreign Office (AA)
- Ministry of Transport (BMDV)
- Ministry of Construction (BMWSB)
- Ministry of Defense (BMVG)
The information comes from an answer to a written question from CDU Bundestag member Matthias Hauer.
Criticism of the Chancellery
Since the beginning of the traffic light’s term in office, over 90 secondary activities have been decided in the Chancellery. According to the BMI response, 31 of the additional activities applied for were approved and 59 were reported. Civil servants must either have all paid secondary employment approved or reported – with exceptions.
The CDU member of the Bundestag Hauer criticizes a double standard. “While many people in Germany, from craftsmen to farmers, suffer from more and more bureaucracy, the federal government turns a blind eye to itself and often even foregoes recording the additional income of its employees,” said Hauer star. There is an “urgent need to catch up” here, also to protect employees.
“The government has apparently lost track of the secondary activities in the Federal Chancellery,” said Hauer. There is hardly any other way to explain why she is sticking with the amount of additional income, even though she has knowledge about it.
After star-Information, civil servants in federal ministries have earned more than two million euros through secondary employment since the start of the traffic light government. The frontrunners are therefore the officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance. A total of additional income of around 716,000 euros was achieved there. This information also comes from an answer from the Interior Ministry to a written question from the CDU politician Hauer, about which the star had previously reported. To this written question (Printed matter 10/10022, No. 32), the BMI now also refers to this in its current answer. It is not possible to say conclusively how much civil servants in all ministries have earned from additional income since the traffic light started – because this is not recorded by all ministries.