Focus, the German news magazine, picked up an interesting topic today.....public TV and radio taxes on the public.
There was a meeting last week (Tuesday) with ARD/ZDF (the public TV group) and the commission that sees over their operation.
Over the past couple of years, various Germans have tried to challenge the monthly fee situation and hoped to get it dumped. So far, none have succeeded. The commission though....seems to be thinking along the lines that eventually, some challenge will succeed.
It's pointed out that in a recent poll.....nearly 40-percent of the public is fed up with the media tax and they want it gone. 55-percent want it to remain.
What the ARD/ZDF crew point out in public discussions, is that for this period of 2021 to 2024.....they are are more than three billion-Euro short on income. So, they need the monthly amount (17.50 Euro) to go up. My guess is that it'll have to reach 20-Euro per month as a minimum.....unless of course....they downsize.
The commission? They aren't attached to any political agenda (at least they claim that), and their enthusiasm is simply to ensure the mechanism survives on. But finding three billion Euro in savings?
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