Elster/MZ – “I can answer that with a resounding yes.” Peter Müller’s answer to MZ’s question as to whether the impression that the bureaucracy is having a huge impact on many things that appear necessary and feasible is correct. “In my opinion, the bureaucracy is simply too high,” explains the mayor of Zahna-Elster (free voters) with full conviction. Decisions dragged on “forever, you wait and don’t know what will happen”. Commitments, approvals and subsidies often come in compact form at the end of the year, making implementation and accounting difficult. “It should actually be clear in the previous year what you can plan for the following year,” then security would be much higher.
