Coalition is playing roulette without a winner
The traffic light coalition is still looking for 17 billion euros for the coming budget. It’s hours rather than days that remain for this. And all three still only focus on the other’s heartfelt affairs. Where does the coalition currently stand in its financial finale shortly before Christmas and the closing time? In the jargon […]
Germany is spiraling into a “national crisis”
Wars and crises are shaking the globe, Germany urgently needs to arm itself better. But a ruling from Karlsruhe shakes the plans of the traffic light coalition. Historian Adam Tooze explains what should be done now. The balance of power in the world is changing, and numerous crises are overlapping. It is therefore high time […]
Budget 2024 will probably not be passed as planned: traffic light in financial crisis
Apparently the traffic light wants to postpone the budget discussions. An important meeting is to be canceled. The FDP had previously shown itself open to the step. The traffic light coalition wants to cancel the budget committee’s adjustment meeting for the 2024 budget this Thursday. A corresponding letter from the committee secretariat was available to […]
Budget 2024 will probably not be passed as planned
Apparently the traffic light wants to postpone the budget discussions. An important meeting is to be canceled. The FDP had previously shown itself open to the step. The traffic light coalition wants to cancel the budget committee’s adjustment meeting for the 2024 budget this Thursday. A corresponding letter from the committee secretariat was available to […]
FDP open to postponing budget discussions
After the Federal Constitutional Court’s budget ruling, the FDP is open to postponing discussions on the budget. The budget for 2024 is actually scheduled to be passed on December 1st. The FDP parliamentary group is questioning the coalition’s timetable for the adoption of the 2024 federal budget. It would be “no problem for the Liberals […]
Juso boss Türmer questions the traffic light coalition
The new Juso boss is taking a hard line against the traffic light coalition. Philipp Türmer even wonders how long it will last. The new federal chairman of the Jusos, Philipp Türmer, has questioned the ability of the SPD coalition with the Greens and FDP to act. “No coalition is an end in itself, not […]
Heated debate in the Bundestag about the Karlsruhe budget verdict
After the Federal Constitutional Court overturned the traffic light’s budget plans, 60 billion euros are missing. This is now being discussed in the Bundestag. The Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on the traffic light budget plans poses major problems for the federal government. 60 billion euros are suddenly missing from the budget because, according to the […]
Friedrich Merz sharply criticizes traffic lights
The Constitutional Court declares the 2021 supplementary budget null and void. Now opposition leader Friedrich Merz is sharply criticizing the traffic light coalition. After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 void, opposition leader and CDU leader Friedrich Merz sharply criticized the traffic light government. “Karlsruhe has stopped the self-service mentality […]
Federal Constitutional Court ruling on the debt brake – that’s what Friedrich Merz says
The Constitutional Court declares the 2021 supplementary budget null and void. Now opposition leader Friedrich Merz is sharply criticizing the traffic light coalition. After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 void, opposition leader and CDU leader Friedrich Merz sharply criticized the traffic light government. “Karlsruhe has stopped the self-service mentality […]
Only a third want the traffic light coalition to continue to exist
The popularity of the traffic light coalition continues to decline. In the “Deutschlandtrend” survey, only 30 percent want it to continue. According to the current ARD “Germany Trend”, 41 percent of citizens in Germany are in favor of a new election before the end of the legislative period. At 32 percent, just under a third […]
