In statements published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, the president of this group, Ulrich Silberbach, asked for more jobs, a reduction in working hours and remuneration based on performance.

The number of job vacancies is only a snapshot of the current situation. The number will be much higher in the coming years, the leader of dbb said, the umbrella organization of 40 unions.

Silberbach called for long-term personnel planning in the administration that takes demographic change into account. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with the work of the current government.

I am surprised at the priorities of the new government. The Interior Minister talks about equal pay in soccer and early retirement for volunteers, instead of reducing the weekly working week for federal civil servants and addressing long-term employment planning in the administration, he said.

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