Saxony's Greens have sharply criticized the planned cuts in the area of culture in the draft for the 2025/2026 double budget. "Who is supposed to buy the state government's promises in the face of these severe cuts?" said Claudia Maicher, the Greens' spokesperson for cultural policy. Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) had said as recently as February that it would not be possible to consolidate the budget with cultural cuts. Now his government is presenting a draft in which cultural funding is to be cut by 38 million euros over two years.
According to Maicher, the independent cultural scene and offerings in rural areas are particularly affected. "The fact that Culture Minister Klepsch is still talking about reliable funding that would preserve structures and diversity is bitter." For the independent cultural scene and rural areas in particular, this is pure wishful thinking, while enemies of democracy are pushing into social voids throughout the state.
