Kiel key
The Kiel key is a distribution key adopted by the German Conference of Transport Ministers in October 2014 for the regionalization funds allocated by the federal government to the federal states for local public transport .
In 2014, the revision and extension of the regionalization law between the federal and state governments was due. In order to accommodate especially large, populous territorial states that feel disadvantaged according to the previous distribution key under the Regionalization Act , the transport ministers agreed at their conference on October 1 and 2, 2014 in Kiel on the creation of a new distribution key (“Kiel Key”). The proposal came from the then chairman of the conference of transport ministers, Reinhard Meyer (SPD).
composition
The key is made up of the population of the country (as of 2012) and half of the train kilometers registered for 2015. The distribution of the money according to the number of inhabitants and train kilometers is intended to guarantee that local rail transport can run in sparsely populated areas, even if it is not necessarily efficient.
In the calculation, the western German territorial states, whose target rate is above the Königstein key from 2014, give a third of the difference in favor of the states of Bremen, Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia. Overall, none of the federal states loses nominal grants, since the regionalization funds are dynamized by 1.8 percent annually after the agreement with the federal government. In the eastern German states, however, there was clear criticism of the Kiel key. By including the population figures, the eastern German states will receive falling funds in the medium term. The Thuringian Transport Minister Birgit Keller announced at the beginning of October 2015 that Thuringia would push for fundamental changes here.
An agreement was reached on June 16, 2016 at a top federal-state meeting. According to this, the federal government will increase the funds by 200 million euros annually, so that the eastern German states would not have to restrict their transport offer.
Distribution with a degressive course
The percentages per federal state that result from the Kiel key are listed below.
| state | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 10.4400 | 10.6337 | 10.8273 | 11.0210 | 11.2147 | 11.4084 |
| Bavaria | 14.9800 | 15.1090 | 15.2379 | 15.3669 | 15.4958 | 15.6248 |
| Berlin | 5.4600 | 5.4079 | 5.3559 | 5.3038 | 5.2518 | 5.1997 |
| Brandenburg | 5.7100 | 5.5687 | 5.4274 | 5.2861 | 5.1148 | 5.0035 |
| Bremen | 0.5500 | 0.5620 | 0.5740 | 0.5860 | 0.5980 | 0.6100 |
| Hamburg | 1.9300 | 1.9670 | 2.0040 | 2.0410 | 2.0780 | 2.1150 |
| Hesse | 7.4100 | 7.4129 | 7.4159 | 7.4188 | 7.4218 | 7.4247 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 3.3200 | 3.2143 | 3.1085 | 3.0028 | 2.8970 | 2.7913 |
| Lower Saxony | 8.5900 | 8.6136 | 8.6372 | 8.6607 | 8.6843 | 8,7079 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 15.7600 | 16.0830 | 16.4060 | 16.7290 | 17.0520 | 17.3750 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 5.2400 | 5.2389 | 5.2378 | 5.2368 | 5.2357 | 5.2346 |
| Saarland | 1.3200 | 1.3080 | 1.2960 | 1.2840 | 1.2720 | 1.2600 |
| Saxony | 7.1600 | 6.9740 | 6.7880 | 6.6020 | 6.4160 | 6.2300 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 5.0300 | 4.8729 | 4.7159 | 4.5588 | 4.4018 | 4.2447 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 3.1100 | 3.1480 | 3.1860 | 3.2240 | 3.2620 | 3.3000 |
| Thuringia | 3,9900 | 3.8861 | 3.7822 | 3.6783 | 3.5744 | 3.4706 |
Source (with further figures up to 2030): Collection of resolutions of the Conference of Transport Ministers on January 1st / 2nd. October 2014 in Kiel
Individual evidence
- ↑ VMK sends “Kiel Key” into the ring. In: BusundBahn.de. DVV Media Group GmbH, October 6, 2014, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Resolutions of the Conference of Transport Ministers on 1./2. October 2014 in Kiel. (PDF) Conference of Transport Ministers, October 9, 2014, p. 25 ff. , Accessed on September 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung: SPNV: District Administrator Schröder predicts hard times , accessed on October 8, 2015
- ↑ Die Linke Brandenburg: Bund leaves Brandenburg public transport in the lurch , accessed on October 8, 2015
- ↑ Roter Renner: Kompro-Mist , accessed on October 8, 2015
- ↑ No breakthrough in federal-state finance. In: Zeit Online. Zeit Online GmbH, June 17, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2016 .