Germany reviews €186M democracy program funding

German Federal Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) is planning to redesign the funding guidelines for the 'Live Democracy!' program by this summer. The program currently costs around 186 million euros annually, and thousands of individual projects will be reviewed for their effectiveness, with potentially ineffective ones being phased out. Those affected by the potential changes are already protesting the planned review and redesign of the funding structure. The move represents a significant evaluation of government-funded democracy initiatives in Germany.