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Regarding the progress report on the federal government's gigabit strategy, Finance and Home Affairs Minister Albert Füracker makes it clear: "The federal government should finally fulfill its responsibility for the digital infrastructure assigned to it by the Basic Law and promote expansion with significantly higher funds. It is about the digital future of our country. We are completely astonished where the federal government's optimism comes from given this chronology: a sudden halt in funding in 2022, complete underfunding in 2023 and now drastic funding cuts amounting to billions for 2024 and 2025. Even industry representatives are warning that Germany's fiber optic target is in danger. A desolate record for the federal government in terms of gigabit expansion. The losers are the people and the companies!"
Füracker continued: "The federal government must increase the funds for fiber optic funding, simplify its funding program and finally stand by its promises and announcements! In Bavaria, around 80% of all households will have a gigabit connection after the current construction work has been completed. Bavaria has voluntarily invested over 2.5 billion euros in funding for this. However, the federal government's gigabit strategy only promotes fiber optic expansion where gigabit is already available. Many communities in rural areas, on the other hand, have been suffering for years from insufficient funding and the bureaucratic hurdles of unambitious federal funding. The federal government has no feeling and no heart for the rural regions in Germany."
