"On 27.08.2025, the AFD parliamentary group in the Bundestag requested that the federal allocation of €700,000/year to the Endlager Konrad Stiftungsgesellschaft mbH be canceled without replacement. This AFD motion in the Bundestag makes me really angry. For 5 years - from 2007 to 2011 - I personally and alone with the then Federal Environment Ministers Sigmar Gabriel and Dr. Norbert Röttgen as well as the Minister President of Lower Saxony, David McAllister, successfully fought hard in various discussions for a million-euro compensation for Salzgitter. On 01.01.In 2012, I finally succeeded in establishing the Endlager Konrad Stiftungsgesellschaft mbH, which is supported by the federal government, the state and the city of Salzgitter as founding partners. With its allocations from the federal government and the energy industry in the millions, it does not relieve the municipal budget, but rather exclusively strengthens voluntary work and supports our diverse landscape of non-profit clubs, associations and institutions in their projects in the areas of education and training, sport, art and culture, youth welfare, voluntary fire departments, environmental protection and science with a maximum funding rate of 80% and a very streamlined approval process. The 900 charitable projects funded by our Endlager Konrad Stiftungsgesellschaft mbH since 2012 with a total funding volume of € 22 million would not have been realized without these foundation funds. Social life in our town and the communities of Lengede and Vechelde has been revitalized in its volunteer structures and made fit for the future. The AFD motion in the Bundestag is a slap in the face to every non-profit organization, association and institution in our town and in the communities of Lengede and Vechelde. The damage the AFD parliamentary group wants to inflict on our local people is unbelievable. I am sure that the other parliamentary groups in the Bundestag will reject this AFD motion, which is extremely damaging to our urban society."

Some of the lighthouse projects that have received funding from the Endlager Konrad Stiftungsgesellschaft mbH to date:

• New construction of the water rescue station at Salzgittersee by DLRG Lebenstedt local group, funding totaling 984,000 euros in 2021 and 2024
• Renewal of the artificial turf surface SV Glück Auf Gebhardshagen e.V., funding of 221,340 euros in 2024
• Additional changing rooms at the ice rink on Salzgittersee by Sportverein am Salzgittersee e.V., funding of €387,000 in 2021
• Renovation of the clubhouse of the Ringelheim e.V. allotment garden association, funding of 111,000 euros in 2024
• Procurement and installation of a photovoltaic system, Förderverein Jugendcamp Neuwerk e.V., funding of 95,275 euros in 2024
• Conversion and modernization of the shooting range complex for large and small caliber rifle club Üfingen e.V., funding 208,000 euros in 2023
• Renovation of the hall forecourts of Luftsportgemeinschaft Schäferstuhl e.V., funding of 95,500 euros in 2022