Mehring: "The Federal Government's Funding Chaos is Threatening Germany as a Games Location"
Bavaria's Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring has sent an open letter to Claudia Roth, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, regarding the promotion of games in Germany. He criticizes the stagnation of federal funding and the fact that no concept has yet been developed. Once again, he draws attention to the federal states, which he believes could also allocate these funds.
In an open letter to the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), Minister of State Claudia Roth, Bavarian Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring has reiterated his criticism of the government's games funding policy. This is due to the lack of a funding concept for the allocation of the 33.3 million Euros budget. Mehring made similar comments at this year's German Computer Game Awards in Munich and later, warning that the government's "funding chaos" should not be at the expense of the games industry. This time, however, he is directly addressing those responsible at the federal level. Dr Robert Habeck Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and game - the German Games Industry Association also received copies of the open letter, which was made available to the editorial team of GamesMarkt too.