Craft President Jörg Dittrich had called for state subsidies for apprentices' driver's licenses. Thuringia's Minister of Transport, on the other hand, sees the companies themselves as required.
Erfurt (dpa/th) - Thuringia's Minister of Infrastructure, Susanna Karawanskij (left), would like companies and craft businesses to be more involved in the mobility of their apprentices. She was responding to a demand by the President of the Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH), Jörg Dittrich, for a state subsidy for trainees who want to get their driver's license. "Instead of a demand for more state support, I would have liked a commitment and financial participation from companies and companies," she told the German Press Agency.
Dittrich had argued that companies that trained young people were fulfilling a task in the interests of society. "The best thing would be if apprentices in rural areas received a direct subsidy from the state for the cost of the driver's license," he said.
Karawanskij pointed out that there is a heavily subsidized trainee ticket in Thuringia. Semester tickets for students, which Dittrich had used for his argument, are not subsidized by the state.
