Laschet, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, released an official written response to requests made by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) state parliamentary group. Laschet decided to alter the names of the ministries, for example turning the "Justizministerium" (Justice Ministry) and "Finanzministerium" (Finance Ministry) into "Ministerium der Justiz" (Ministry of Justice) and "Ministerium der Finanzen" (Ministry of Finance), respectively. Nothing else about the ministries has changed, but the renaming will cost taxpayers a total of €26,000. Changing envelopes and invitations will cost €7,600 and changing general documentation will cost €7,400. Changing stamps and seals will cost €3,950 and changing press materials will cost €2,150.

Source: The Local August 22, 2017 09:22 UTC