Schwerin (dpa / mv) - The CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is calling for a 250 million euro school construction program. Despite previous funding programs, there is a large backlog of renovations and renovations in the schools, explained the education policy spokesman for the opposition CDU parliamentary group in the Schwerin state parliament, Torsten Renz, on Tuesday. This was shown by a hearing in the education committee on the state budget. The need was given as up to one billion euros. According to Renz, both state and private schools should benefit from the 250 million euro state program that the CDU is calling for. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the municipalities are responsible for the school buildings and their equipment.