It is a surprising coup, also a coup that gives rise to hope because it makes the Federal Republic of Germany's continuation of the status quo by no means a given.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt rejected the increase in the fees for public broadcasting, thereby first stopping the automatism that has so far allowed the lavishly financed, billions-devouring system of fee-financed broadcasting to grow so uncontrollably, without synergies.