Kassel fights with record deficit: household 2025/2026 on the brink!

Kassel fights with record deficit: household 2025/2026 on the brink!

The city of Kassel took an important step in municipal financial policy on May 1, 2025. The Jamaica coalition, consisting of the Greens, CDU and FDP, enforced the double budget for the years 2025 and 2026 without any changes. This has already been recommended in advance in the committee and is to be presented to the city council on May 5 for resolving, as kassel.de

In addition to these basic figures, the various factions would like to make adjustments in special areas. Among other things, the Social Democrats have applied to increase the funds for the Henschel Museum by 25,000 euros (2025) and 50,000 euros (2026) to create a staff position. However, this application only found support from the SPD and the left. The application for an additional million euros per year for climate protection measures was also rejected.

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DIE LINKE also had numerous applications, including a significant sum of eight million euros per year for free meals in schools and daycare centers. However, these were not supported by the other factions. Applications from the AfD to reduce urban grants also met with rejection. The local advisory councils had suggestions for the new construction of the Olof Palme House and to promote the local community, which were also rejected.

For the city of Kassel, this assembled household means that it will be confronted with scarce resources and growing demands of citizens in the coming time. This condition is not new and reflects the challenges that affect many municipalities in Germany. The book on consolidation measures in municipal financing, such as the interdisciplinary approach to identify consolidation potential, is putting the problem to the fore by showing practical and methodological solutions that could also be important in Kassel, such as ESV-ELIBRARY.de notes.

The final decision on the budget will take place on May 5 at 4 p.m. in the town hall. Due to the stable support from the Jamaica coalition, the majority are considered safe for the double budget.