Another state in Germany is also planning to introduce fees in the coming years. There has been a latest article about it in the "Spiegel" Newspaper and here is a translated version of it.
Source: Spiegel
With a new fee for foreign students, North Rhine-Westphalia wants to improve its education budget. The CDU and the FDP have agreed on Friday in their coalition negotiations to demand 1500 euros per semester from every student coming from a country outside the European Union.The black-yellow coalition plans to put the money into the universities of the country. They could take up to 100 million euros per year in the medium term, said FDP boss Christian Lindner. He spoke of an "innovative way to improve the quality of teaching in NRW".As a result, politicians have a similar course to their colleagues in Baden-Württemberg. In the coming winter semester, the state will introduce a study fee for non-EU foreigners of € 1500 per semester and will invest them in research and teaching.General government fees will not be levied either in Düsseldorf or in Stuttgart - according to current status. However, the new fee in Baden-Württemberg has again prompted the protests. Many students who were not affected by the scheme also complained. The attack violated the equal treatment principles, it said, when the plans were presented for the first time in autumn 2016. The student action group against study fees criticized "the economic exploitation logic, according to which the people who come here are judged".Students from EU countries, Erasmus students, refugees and other needy are to be exempted from fees in Baden-Württemberg. In Düsseldorf too, the new coalition is thinking about exceptions: CDU Landeschef Armin Laschet said that students from third countries like Turkey, who were born in Germany and have a German school leaving certificate, would not have to pay.
Source: Spiegel
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