After the budget freeze imposed by Saxony's Ministry of Finance, the big arithmetic has begun in the other ministries. The "management measures" - as they are officially called - amount to five percent of the so-called other expenditure in each individual department. The Ministry of Finance announced the total for all departments at around 185 million euros on Wednesday. Together with already estimated savings of 80.1 million euros, the departments will have to save a total of 265.1 million euros. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labor has to cope with the largest sum - 57.6 million euros. The Ministry of Social Affairs has to make savings of 33.5 million euros and the Ministry of Culture 31.2 million euros. The Ministry of Science and the Arts has 30 million euros.
In the previous week, the Ministry of Finance had asked the other ministries to provide evidence of savings totaling 265.1 million euros by the end of the year. According to the Ministry of Finance, there are no further restrictive requirements, especially not in relation to specific budget items or projects. The departments will only report to the Ministry of Finance on the implementation of the requirements after the end of the year. "In this respect, the Saxon State Ministry of Finance is currently unable to name individual areas of responsibility or projects that will be directly affected by the management measures in the individual plans."
